Category Archives: Musings

Thirty in thirty – #4: USPS sucks too…

Ahem. So one of the searches I’m seeing here most frequently these days is “UPS sucks” (and variants thereof), mainly because of the story I related here earlier and the pictures of the mangled packets that arrived the next day … Continue reading

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Thirty in thirty – #3: Don’t wee wee on my festive march

Ok, so I’m way behind with my 30 in 30, and maybe I’ll make up for it, and maybe I won’t. I’m posting tonight, so be happy. I am! In other words (and this is the theme of this post), … Continue reading

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Thirty in thirty 2009 – #-1: This is not the post you’re looking for. *jedi mind trick*

Third day of my thirty-in-thirty challenge and already I’m not really in the mood to post – it’s kind of been one of those days where I’m just too drained to put anything coherent together, so I’ll insert a make-up … Continue reading

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Thirty in thirty 2009 – #2: When you have another one…

Ever since about five days after Torsten’s birth (or maybe it was even beforehand), friends, family and random strangers – even my therapist – have been talking about when we have the next one. I wasn’t even remotely listening when … Continue reading

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Thirty in thirty 2009 – #1: My blog needs re-seeding and just a little weeding.

Warning: To those who may read to the end, I have not gone back on my word, so chill. This’ll make sense to anyone it needs to. So… my blog is starting to look like our backyard in Denver before … Continue reading

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Thirty in thirty – the 2009 almost-guaranteed-to-fail version

So. A long time ago, I tried to do this thirty posts in thirty days nonsense. I think I made it to about day seven before giving up, and since I’m even more of a bloggoslackifier ((tm) GWB, I’m sure) … Continue reading

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An open letter to President Obama

Dear Mr. President, Holy freaking crap. No, really. I come home from a beautiful sunny walk this morning to this headline: Memo: Two al Qaeda leaders waterboarded 266 times. I don’t care what your excuse is, President Obama – I … Continue reading

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How’s that other face doin’, Ms. Palin?

Dear Sarah, This is a rant, but since you appear to be about as interested a reader as our beloved 43rd president, I’m pretty sure it doesn’t matter what I say – you’re busy readin’ all those newspapers and magazines … Continue reading

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Wow…

Obama won. He really won. Pardon me while I pinch myself to see if I’m dreaming… finally, the American people chose intelligence over posture, temperment over bluster, and vision over fear. About… damned… time. I’m proud of us. But mostly, … Continue reading

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