In which I’ve not done shit. I’ve slept about twenty of the past forty hours, I think. Or I’ve at least spent them in bed, either sleeping or listening to my iPod. I no longer get the cramps I was getting last year (the ones that made me weep for hours and contemplate performing an […]

In which I’m eavesdropping on AmmZon and Jonq in the living room. Jonq, who is a bartender and dropped by here on her way home from work, just told a driving joke. I repeat it here for your amusement: Ninety-four percent of the population, when skidding toward a ditch, say, “Oh shit!” But Iowans say, […]

In which the holiday is just plain bugging me. I’ve rarely been single on Valentine’s Day. In the past, I’ve approached the day with either a studied indifference or a banked hope that I might get a little something nice… I’ve rarely had the sense to date guys who were willing to celebrate with chocolates […]

In which it weirds me out that I’d never heard of this. So my roomie AmmZon is totally sick today, the poor monster. When she gets sick, she always wants her comfort food, which happens to be, and I quote, “an All American cheeseburger – ketchup only! – and fries and a Coke,” from McDonald’s. […]

In which I’m lazy. And broke. I slept all day not because I was tired but because I had nothing to do and nowhere to go and no one was home to talk to. I had two cigarettes in my pack and no money to get any more, and one thing that poverty has taught […]

In which it came from here. Allegedly, these are the words most commonly found on goblinbox.com: The inclusion of the words “bed,” “sucks,” and “shit” is so amusing! I don’t think it scanned my archives, though, because all of these words can be found on the index page. But still, pretty funny. I totally want […]

In which it worked this time! Sorry for the brief outage. I just upgraded to the latest version of WordPress, because mine was three versions old and, you know, security updates and such. Now I’m off to see if all my plugins still work…