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Fatty on a Treadmill
I signed up for Facebook in 2004. Back then it was still new, and slowly opening up to various colleges across the country. I navigated the site on my trusty Dell desktop computer. I noticed that an acquaintance of mine had joined a new group, something along the lines of “Hey Fatty Get Off My
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We’re going to Disney World.
We’re going to Disney World next month and instead of turning into a proper Disney Adult I’ve turned into a Disney Monster. Ask me about my attractions spreadsheet. It’s color-coded and notes whether or not the queue has air-conditioning and if the ride is going to give me motion sickness. Ask me how many times
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Lines I Like
I am currently reading George V: Never a Dull Moment by Jane Ridley and am very much enjoying it. Ms. Ridley notes that within George’s childhood household it was normal to refer to people and places as “dear little” or “poor little.” She quotes Marie, Queen of Romania, who wrote that this practice made it
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The Grammys 2023
I don’t usually watch the Grammys but my girl Brandi Carlile was up for a couple big awards this year and my other favorite, Kacey Musgraves, was scheduled to perform so I grudgingly stayed up past my 9:30 PM bedtime with the rest of the nation so as to enjoy the outfits, the performances, the
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Weird Things My Husband Says
“Reading logs are fun!” I think that nothing makes reading less than fun than having to track and log the amount of time you spent reading every day. Can we, parents and teachers, all just agree that it’s time to kill the reading log?