Fried foods
In which there’s a snack orgy for Sunday dinner. I worked all weekend, of course, because nobody gives a shit that I MOVED TWO THOUSAND MILES TO HANG OUT WITH THE GUY I LIVE WITH AND NOT TO WORK AT THE...
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Recipe: My chai
In which there are a million chai recipes, but this one is mine. My Chai Ingredients 3 c. water 2 c. whole milk 3 black tea bags 2 whole cloves 1/8 to 1/4 tsp. ground cardamom 1/8 to 1/4 tsp. ground...
View ArticleHell In A Handbasket, or, You Kids Get Off My Lawn, or, It Wasn’t Like This...
In which I complain about things I don’t like. Because I’m spiritual and restrained like that. Finance I spend a lot of time on Amazon.com. I just do. I’m a Kindle owner several times over, I like...
View ArticleHomemade Chicken Noodle Soup, in three parts
In which there’s a recipe for soup, because I want to know EXACTLY WHERE THIS IS and not have to read a dozen other recipes again the next time I decide to make soup for Scott. I haven’t eaten chicken...
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Basically the only hobby I indulge in anymore is cooking
In which I watch TV, cook, and hang out online. (WHAT IS NOT TO LOVE ABOUT THIS RIVETING CONTENT, I ASK YOU.) Hi. Welcome to my day off. It’s pleasantly sunny outside, although the high is still ONLY...
View ArticleThe work they don’t pay you for
In which I’m a domestic goddess. When I got up this morning — and when I say ‘morning’ you should read ‘afternoon,’ because I didn’t get up until twelve-thirty — I already had dinner planned and was...
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This is what I did today.
In which it’s not much, but it’s what there was. Hitting Snooze I was scheduled to work a short noon-to-four shift today, which sucks because it’s too cold to walk and there’s no bus so I’d have to...
View ArticleAn attempt to answer a question.
The death of expertise is a rejection not only of knowledge, but of the ways in which we gain knowledge and learn about things. It’s a rejection of science. It’s a rejection, really, of the foundation...
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Here’s my schedule!
In which Scott came home for lunch and told me it’s now confirmed that we can actually move this weekend. Today: pack. Tomorrow: pack. The day after: pack and clean. Saturday: MOVE. RENT A TRUCK AND...
View ArticleIt’s now the middle of the week after the week they said they’d call me.
In which I don’t think I got the job. Well, it’s Wednesday afternoon, and I haven’t heard back from the CU. Pretty sure they offered both of their lovely P/T teller positions to other applicants. I’m...
View ArticleHere in the future, job hunting sucks! Ha-HA!
In which OMFG WHO EVEN ARE THESE PEOPLE. With the very, very few exceptions of one or two small businesses looking for help, the job market is now a shitshow of fake work-at-home pyramid schemes,...
View ArticleWhatever happened to shift-based scheduling?
In which full availability is stupid and bad for everybody. When I worked at a 7-Eleven in my 20′s, there were shifts. There were day people, swing people, and graveyard people. Everybody had a regular...
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Hard-core Housewifery
In which I cooked and cleaned all day yesterday! Over the weekend we visited Microcenter, where we purchased a monitor, a Toshiba Satellite, and a USB headset. The latter two items were for me, with...
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Amazon Prime Now: Fun, but weird!
In which the lack of integration and the strange selection of available items is weird. Prime Now. It’s a thing where, if you live in a designated big city, you can order stuff from Amazon and have it...
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Working Full Time: Still not really a fan, but it could be so much worse!
In which I’m working full-time and NOTHING (in terms of domestic chores) IS BEING DONE! Floors are filthy. Sheets really need to be laundered. Tub could use a scrub. Not sure when I last brushed my...
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I’m an aging domestic! I’m so boring! Come read about cooking and plants!
In which my life is so completely the opposite of rock star. I’m not entirely sure how I’m supposed to feel about it. Both of the houseplants, the kalanchoe a co-worker gave me last year and the...
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On the cult of printed books.
In which I’m kind of a dick about people trying to wean themselves off of their identification with their belongings (which is a very important stage of development, of course, but seriously, this has...
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This right here.
In which I bitch about things I see on Twitter! (You kids get off my lawn!) A snowflake narrative is being claimed by nearly everybody these days, from African Americans to feminists to white males to...
View ArticleHow is accusing someone of rape ten years after the fact ‘brave and courageous’?
In which I go off on stuff that has nothing to do with me and about which I know nothing! Because it’s the internet! A guy from Tor has recently been accused of rape. He had to resign. (I don’t know...
View ArticleA killer app
In which I talk about the news. Was told by WaPo via popup that I’d already viewed my allotment of free stories for the month, and was invited to give them a hundred bucks per year. Instead, I switched...
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