November 10th, 2005
For the amusement of both my Maine friends and my Southwestern friends: Yesterday I was making soup, and I actually went into a food store–here, in Albuquerque, the heart of the desert Southwest–to look for oyster crackers.* It wasn’t until I was actually standing in the cookie/cracker aisle that I thought to myself, […]
November 9th, 2005
I’ll start off my post-declaration blog with a topic that’s probably fairly safe, as my ire about it was not sparked by anyone I know. The instigator in this case was a documentary I saw snatches of, a week or so back, on PBS. I don’t generally watch PBS (though my girlfriend inflicts […]
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Amy's Brain Today
Perhaps part of my blogstipation of late is comparative. I’ve been trolling the blogosphere, reading all the witty incisive slang-term-laden commentary out there, and wow does it make me feel like a big loser writer. I don’t use cutting-edge creative words like “asshat,” “schmoopy,” “ginormous,” or “fucktard.” I don’t have any cute […]
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