I was seventeen when I first heard about the concept of The List. Bob and me when I was more or less 17—young and idealistic. Have you heard of it? The List of the top five or ten celebrities with … Continue reading
1: sunk to or existing in a low state or condition (to lowest pitch of abject fortune thou art fallen — John Milton) 2 : a. cast down in spirit, servile, spiritless (a man made abject by suffering) b. showing … Continue reading
I have been having the most awkward conversations lately. It seems like every conversation I have taken part in over this past week has been extremely awkward. Like, bordering painful. This morning, for example, I was walking through the hall … Continue reading
Several months ago I signed up to buy a little chunk of ad space on a seriously funny blog, ABDPBT. There was a really long wait list for said ad space, so I figured I’d have plenty of time to … Continue reading
My husband is growing out a beard this fiscal year. p.s. That is a french fry. This he does with energetic vigor and pride, regardless of my dismay and the copulatory frigidity resulting in said dismay. Facial hair on men … Continue reading
Tomorrow I begin the last semester of my university career. It is a surreal feeling, to be sure, but not, I suspect, as surreal as the feeling I’ll have when I walk off the campus at the end of my … Continue reading
I have a perma-runny nose. It’s one of the countless benefits of living in the world’s worst country. Oh, FINE—Canada’s not the world’s WORST country. Not while Yemen is still around. It’s just cold here. Really cold. The other day, … Continue reading