Archive for March, 2007

The girl at the next table is very drunk. When her tablemate heads for the restroom, she unexpectedly turns to me and my friend.
“God damn, he’s cute. You know? He’s cute right? I know! He’s married, and I’m engaged, but man. You know what I mean? Man! I mean, don’t get me wrong, I love […]

The Art of Disappearing
by Naomi Shihab Nye from Words Under the Words: Selected Poems
When they say Don’t I know you? say no.
When they invite you to the party
remember what parties are like
before answering.
Someone telling you in a loud voice
they once wrote a poem.
Greasy sausage balls on a paper plate.
Then reply.
If they say we should […]

1. How restaurants, when they give me tea, never give me the ability to stop the brewing process. Help me out here, restaurants. A saucer for the teabag, a little basket that lifts out of the pot, thereby removing the loose leaves. Or, if you want to get all fancy, a carafe of boiling water […]

In Portland, a group of punk youth is entrenched on sidewalk. They are smoking, trying to out-blasé one another. One holds a sign that reads, “AT LEAST WE’RE NOT MUGGING YOU.”

If you’ve ordered a book or a T-shirt from us a while ago and haven’t gotten it yet, please drop a note to Bryan at contact [at] mightygirl [dot] com. We’ve had a couple of weird mailing issues lately, so we’re unfortunately no longer able to ship outside the U.S. Also, we’ve added contact info […]

From the January 2007 edition of Esquire:
James Watson, Scientist:
“Do things as soon as you can If a decision needs to be made, make it. It gives you more time to change your mind.”
Penn Jillette:
“I asked [Phyllis Diller], ‘How do you do so many things?’ And she said, ‘I don’t do anything that isn’t easy. I […]

It’s harder to look threatening when you’re posing outside the Quiznos in a strip mall.

Bryan: (Bouncing the baby, singing a Doors tune) C’mon c’mon touch me babe!
Me: (Grimace)
Bryan: What?
Me: Nothing, I just thought you were singing a sweet song to the baby, and then it turned vaguely pedophile.
Bryan: (Singing to the same tune.) There are puppies in my van, let’s play!
Me: (doubled over laughing) Gah! Stop!
Bryan: Your mommy said […]

1. I was reading a New Yorker article about an entomologist who used to roll her hair up in the car window when she was driving while sleepy so that her hair would jerk her awake if she fell asleep at the wheel.
2. Alice’s correspondence with age Four and a Half will hurt you […]

I’m three months pregnant, and my 9-year-old nephew and I discuss baby names:
Trevor: What will you name it if it’s a boy?
Me: Maybe Hank.
Trevor: Hank Aaron had more home runs than anyone else.
Me: Really?
Trevor: He was MVP in 1957.
Me: I didn’t know that.
Trevor: He was also black at the time.