I’ve been wanting to set the record straight on something for quite some time now.
Back at college, my much-beloved Mount Holyoke College, to be precise, there were lots and lots of squirrels. These squirrels were less than impressed or intimidated by the flocks of students swarming around their habitat, and were both [...]
Archive for March, 2004
Finer than frog’s hair
Posted in Uncategorized on 28 March 2004 | 2 Comments »
o frabjous day!
Posted in Uncategorized on 25 March 2004 | Leave a Comment »
Well, I got an honest-to-god (freelance) job lead today. One that I am, let’s say, 88% certain will result in real, paid work. I’ve been so happy about this prospect all day that I’m actually kind of tired. It’s exhausting to receive unexpected good news, and then stroll around all day, tossing it from hand [...]
Dowry.
Posted in Uncategorized on 23 March 2004 | Leave a Comment »
Today I sent out the final payment for what we’ve been calling our “marriage debt.” (I know, in certain overwrought historical romances, “marriage debt” means something quite different. That’s why it’s funny.) We still owed some money to the place we rented out for the weekend, and so we paid it. [...]
…and also, I hate shorts.
Posted in Uncategorized on 22 March 2004 | Leave a Comment »
Despite our recently acquired, and rapidly melting, five inches of snow, I can sense the approach of Spring. It’s somewhat attributable, of course, to the yammerheads on radio and TV, who wasted a fair bit of time over the weekend telling us about the “first day of Spring”, which allegedly occurred yesterday. But [...]
The elements of style, baby
Posted in Uncategorized on 21 March 2004 | Leave a Comment »
Evidence that I can learn new information, and thus get over a previously persistent pet peeve:
In brushing up on my copyediting skills, I’ve reread Strunk and White (and yes, laughed out loud several times. Really — it’s a very entertaining read! Check it out!) and in so doing, discovered that gerunds really DO [...]
What typeface is my parachute?
Posted in Uncategorized on 21 March 2004 | Leave a Comment »
OK, let’s give props where props are due: although I have long admired a few extremely worthy diarists (tequila mockingbird, geese aplenty, felber, and various friends of mine from grad school), the one that actually got me to put fingertips to keyboard was mimi smartypants.
Someone had directed me to her site a few months ago, [...]
and we’re off
Posted in Uncategorized on 21 March 2004 | Leave a Comment »
Although part of me is convinced that once I start an online diary, such a thing will suddenly cease to exist, will become so immeasurably passe and unhip that it is outlawed — despite this firm belief, I am, indeed, starting one. Mostly, I’m beginning to feel guilty for posting long, story-telling comments in [...]
