Things that piss me off

Mostly I am pissed off because I am too exhausted and busy lately to be very pissed off about much. When I selected the topic, I had numerous rants in mind. I wanted the following to be long and involved: 1) When you send a book “book rate”–now called media mail from the post office– … Read more

Oh so Mattel!

So there used to be this website that had a kind of virtual Magic 8 Ball on it. You typed in your question, hit enter, and inside the 8-Ball graphic would come the answer: “Outlook is good,” “Not likely,” etc. Today I stopped by the site, and found this. I used to work for Mattel … Read more

3 Things on My Mind

It’s Saturday and the clock is ticking. I have three very distinct things that all need to be accomplished by Sunday night, each of which could easily take all of hte time from now to then, and each requiring an entirely different mindset. 1) Clean house for house guest arriving Monday. I can’t take the … Read more

A Big Thank You

Paul has asked me to send a big thank you to everyone who took the time to look at and vote for this year’s Coca-Cola Refreshing Filmmaker candidates! Like Peter O’Toole at the Oscars, I have to report that Paul did not come home with the big prize. Unlike Peter O’Toole, however, his happy circumstance … Read more

Announcing Will!

I have a friend who once told me that she really hated verb + name movies and book titles…like “Regarding Henry,” “Chasing Amy,” etc. (She could think of a bunch, I find I am at a loss). I guess she wouldn’t really like the title of this post. Anyway, I digress. We have an excellent … Read more

Feet

Mine are large. I wear a nine and a half, which is not you-have-to-order-them-from-a-special-online-store large, but just slightly larger than average. Average, when I last checked, was about size eight or nine. Most shoe brands will have half sizes up until size nine, and then whole sizes, like this: 6, 6.5, 7, 7.5, 8, 8.5, … Read more