Monthly Archive for March, 2009
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 hungry, but I didn't care. I knew how to rouse him. I went to the Harvest Coop down the street and… Continue reading
Apparently TS Eliot was the first editor who rejected Animal Farm for publication. The Times Online has the text of the actual rejection letter. Continue reading
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... Continue reading
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. Continue reading
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. Continue reading
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. Continue reading
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. Continue reading
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. Continue reading
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. Continue reading
Ohhhh...pretty! (Some favorites from the much-larger "I Can Read Movies" series by spacesick.) Continue reading
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 named Rosalind Franklin, without which they never would have deduced the helical nature of DNA. Watching how she was treated… Continue reading
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 to watch on her jungle gym, and would excel at gymnastics or basketball. She wants to be a rock star like… Continue reading
