Archive for August, 2006

While we were away, someone stole the radio out of our car. The thief gingerly picked the door lock with a bobby pin, nudged out the radio, unplugged it (leaving no damage to the dash), and then re-locked the doors before leaving.
You know you’ve been in the city too long when you feel grateful to […]

In case you haven’t been watching MTV lately, or in case you just want to watch this again and again until you can perform your own routine at the gym, here’s the OK Go, “Here It Goes Again” video.

Today’s baby update email says “your belly may soon be big enough to announce to the world that you’re expecting.”
Soon? Soon?! Eat it, baby update. Strangers have been offering me seats and pointing out uneven spots on the floor for three weeks. Everyone is making twin jokes, which by the way are hilarious. Hilarious in […]

Airport sinks should neverevereverever run out of soap. Note to self: Do not touch face for the next three hours.

The Weapons of Terror

Originally uploaded by MaggieMason.

We arrived at the airport ready to fly into New York, and there was a news crew in the lobby. This makes me nervous, I said. Bryan said news crews always broadcast from the airport. Really, I said. Sure, […]

Mighty Goods is one of Time Magazine’s 50 Coolest Websites! What’s more, my friends at The Morning News and Not Martha are on the list as well. (Woot!) You’ll find the details on Mighty Goods here. I know a lot of you read Mighty Goods, so thank you for all the links and support. If […]

A few days into our Argentina trip, we have dinner at Te Mataré Ramirez, a restaurant our guidebook describes as “sensual.” The all-red interior and French slow jams suggest a swanky gay club, but for the copious murals of masturbating women. (Closeted swanky gay club?)
We find our table and order champagne, which arrives with dubious […]

I just wrote an article about San Francisco parks for The Morning News series called “A Walk in the Park.” Please go read it.

-I’ve heard nursing is hard.
-It HURTS! Seriously. Take the kinkiest sex you’ve ever had, like someone full-on biting your nipple, and it’s nothing compared to how that kid is gonna latch on.
-Ow. Do you… eventually get calluses or something?
-Eventually you toughen up, but at first it’s just super sensitive and raw. You’ll want to give […]

Me: Yikes. Did you know that they discovered that some monkeys speak in sentences?
Bryan: Really?
M: Yes. And dolphins use names.
B: Wow.
M: I’m thinking again that we probably shouldn’t be eating animals, though they are delicious.
B: Why not?
M: Because we don’t have to. We have other means of survival. And they have personalities. And they mourn. […]