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Spider will die.
This giant spider thought he was smart, hanging out on my ceiling where I couldn’t reach him. But I’m a human. And humans invented things to stand on, and boots with which to smash invading insects. So, spider, you will … Continue reading
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Sometimes at work …
… when your co-worker gets all snotty about prepositions (“I think they mean on the web page, not in it!”) you have to make a police badge. Preposition police: In your face. On your case! Which she’ll wear with pride.
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Some people are so hard to please.
Drive is out today. You’ve heard me talk about it several times before, and if you haven’t seen it, you have yet another chance because you can go buy it on DVD right. now. Even my friend Clay is excited. … Continue reading
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I lied, but here’s a T-rex joke.
Oops, you didn’t see me much this week as I promised. Turns out I was sleeping until 1 p.m. every day. I’ve been working the late shift at work and for some reason sleeping the remaining hours of every day. … Continue reading
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One of life’s little mysteries
Cat Dog. Just … why? And how did they (it?) do their (its?) business? I really think they should have made Cat Dog anatomically correct. It would have solved years of questions and pondering from a curious audience. Sorry for … Continue reading
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All you need on a snow day
A fluffy lil kitty! Apparently it’s snowing in Ohio. It hasn’t yet dropped even a speck of snow in London this winter, but nonetheless I’d still like to have Harris here to keep me warm!
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Disaster preparedness.
I may not be prepared for a natural disaster, but God dang it am I prepared for the neighbors or housemates being loud. I never have fewer than five boxes of earplugs. The United Kingdom makes it difficult for me … Continue reading
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I’m a fashionable, yet hairy, single Muslim gal
Every now and then I’ll have a period of a couple months where I’ll receive the same ad, everywhere I go. One time Mr. Web thought I was extremely hairy(??!), so he kept offering me mass hair removal products. I … Continue reading
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!
You might think you have the best mom in the world, but you don’t. My mom knows everything. I still don’t listen to her, but rest assured, I am ALWAYS proven wrong and she doesn’t even have to say anything … Continue reading
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Nothing like a sister’s love
I rolled into work about 5 am Tuesday and got on Facebook, as one does. My sister, who is in Ohio and 5 hours behind in time, started chatting to me immediately, telling me about how my city-living parents bought a … Continue reading
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Where are you from when you’re a military kid?
First, I just want to say thank you to all the people who commented on my post that was featured on Freshly Pressed this weekend. THANK YOU! I read every single comment and tried to respond to as many as … Continue reading
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Does hailing cabs make you fabulous?
Before I moved to London I couldn’t wait until the day I was a big city gal, whimsically hailing cabs with a casually glorious semi-smile on my face. I’d toss my shopping bags in the back and be on my … Continue reading
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Parents on Facebook: Friend or Don’t Friend?
A blogger I follow wrote about how she only recently added her parents on Facebook, despite living 4,000 miles away from them. I couldn’t believe it! But then I started thinking about it, and I wouldn’t want most people’s parents … Continue reading
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SJP love.
I’ve known too many guys who say Sarah Jessica Parker looks like a horse and they don’t understand what women find fascinating about her. I can’t really explain it either. Despite all of her continually crap movies, I love her. … Continue reading
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