Last night, my boyfriend wasn’t feeling well; I found him in bed and inchoate when I got home from work. I brought him hot honeyed tea and ice water and let him rest while I worked on a web project, and then I started feeling hungry. He said he wasn’t [...]
Monday misguided cleverness
Monday misguided cleverness
Apparently TS Eliot was the first editor who rejected Animal Farm for publication. The Times Online has the text of the actual rejection letter.
Cute!
Cute!
I wish they had these when I was lil… Check out My Little Predator, My Little Alien, My Little Han Solo in Carbonite, My Little Skeletor, My Little Edward Scissorhands and way more at artist Mari Kasurinen’s website…
Finding inspiration through Ada
Finding inspiration through Ada
There are already well over ONE THOUSAND Ada Lovelace Day posts listed at http://ada.pint.org.uk/; I’ve been so moved by so many people’s that I wanted to highlight a few that really touched me, whether they were well-written, moving, taught me something, or were just about really cool ladies.
Kick-ass women in tech
Kick-ass women in tech
I explained two weeks ago that when I first learned about Ada Lovelace Day back in January, I was about halfway through drafting this post, my response to—and in some ways, retaliation against—the many “best”/”most influential” people in tech list links that were flooding emails, facebook pages, delicious networks, and print publications right around the turning of the new year.
a missive from the far north
a missive from the far north
I’m in New Hampshire right now, assisting with preparations for my sister’s wedding shower.
And I present to you reason number 87 why I will never, ever consent to get married in a long white gown.
Heh.
Heh.
I’m on an email list for a wonderful little local desserterie in Boston called Finale. Today, I got one of their occasional blast messages, and it gave me a good giggle. Scan the screenshot below, and see if you can spot what so amused the hell out of me. So, [...]
No pressure or anything.
No pressure or anything.
I just found out that my boyfriend’s sister’s wedding, which we attended together last June, won Special Events Magazine’s Best Event of the Year, and netted the event planner a Gala Award.
First leggings, then scrunchies, now…
First leggings, then scrunchies, now…
While at the salon, I like to take the opportunity to read trashy women’s magazines. I saw this pictured on a model in Lucky magazine, and my jaw d-r-o-p-p-e-d.
yes, I want this too, please
yes, I want this too, please
So, with this being a recession and all, I suppose imaginary shopping is the best way to go when it comes to luxury goods. In which case I’d shell out the big nonexistent bucks for one of these conjunctive lovelies: A deluxe carrying case for an ampersand, designed by Marc Johns.
gorgeous retro book design
gorgeous retro book design
Ohhhh…pretty! (Some favorites from the much-larger “I Can Read Movies” series by spacesick.)
Ada Lovelace Day — start drafting your posts!
Ada Lovelace Day — start drafting your posts!
In ninth-grade science class, we watched a documentary about the discovery of the double helix, and it left me blazing indignant with anger. James Watson and Francis Crick, the two men who won the Nobel Prize for this discovery, had stolen essential research from the offices of an x-ray crystallographer [...]
Beezus and Ramona
Beezus and Ramona
I love love my boyfriend’s nieces; they’re like the perfect kids. Because they’re children and this is public, I’ll call them Beezus and Ramona; there’s a definite resemblance to the book illustrations. Beezus is 10, a totally fearless ball of energy and ideas; she’s almost never still. She’s super-physical, terrifying [...]
