In which this is a more cheerful post than yesterday’s. The Curse, I think it’s ending. Yay! The weather, I think it’s gorgeous! Yay! The Taco John’s, they make really good fresh lemonade and I have some! Yay! I bought some new shampoo at Everybody’s recently, and it’s made my hair all bouncy and curly. […]

In which there is now a nationwide ban on a particular type of abortion procedure. The term ‘partial birth abortion’ was coined by a right-to-lifer (Congressman Charles Canady, R-Fla) expressly to fuel an already volatile debate. However, as much as I hate to admit it, the term is a fair description of a fairly horrific […]

In which I feel gross. The Curse. It has arrived. I thought it had arrived on Saturday, but then today rolled around and I realized that the weekend had been only the precursor. Cramps come in many varieties of intensity, yea verily. When I was younger and had three-day discomfortless periods, I thought women who […]

In which he will be mourned. Vonnegut died at age 84 yesterday. I’m deeply sad. He will always be one of my favorite authors. The man was brilliant. His works changed the way I think. The hours I spent reading Vonnegut were among the best of my reading career. Whenever I finished reading him, I […]

In which I tell you all about my new restaurant crush. I just drove up Burlington street to the Istanbul Grill and ordered lunch. For $5.95 I got a falafel pita, fries, and a cup of lentil soup. Vegetarian lentil soup, even! They forgot to give me a spoon, but I still *heart* them. They […]