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What’s working, what’s not
What's working: Caffeine What's not working: Caffeine
Trailer learnings
Steam is a very efficient cooking method. If your garden hose springs a leak, it can be repaired with a $5 coupler. Trader Joes sells precooked meats that are actually very tasty. Gray water smells bad. Plants don't love it, but it won't kill them. If your propane tank is the old kind, it can't …
Amy Ray
Amy Ray at the Troubadour, Los Angeles, January 28, 2009 Nora loaned me the LP of the very first Indigo Girls album in 1990. It was shocking to me how they talked about the Bible and Jesus. They were lesbians, right? My brother the rock critic mocked them, for this lyric in particular: "I am …
Self improvement
I'm 44. I am starting to think that I cannot really change my stripes. I have been trying. For a long time now. Yeah, I had some bad habits that were really getting in my way. Like, risk of death kind of things. I addressed those and they were lifted. But what about these more …
Good morning, new America, old California
I went to sleep drunk at 11pm last night. What warring emotions: elation at Obama's landslide, despair at the lead for bigotry in my home state. Stephanie stayed up, TV on and laptop by her side, anxious look on her face. I hoped that the morning would bring good news, but I was pessimistic. The …
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9,000 cups of coffee
I was making the descent down the parking garage yesterday and feeling a craving for sweets. It is a rare craving for me, and so I was mentally indulging it, trying to imagine the perfect satisfaction. Pie? No, too red, too tart. Ice cream? No, melty and cold. Chocolate? Yes, but how? Not a bar, …
The Ditty Bops are a revelation
Sibyl, Steph, and I went to see the Ditty Bops on Saturday at Largo at the Coronet. I met Amanda years ago and had heard them once on CD, but having seen them live (with Lynn Jeffries' wonderful shadow puppet play) I am officially in love. These are some righteous, courageous, charming, and sexy lesbian …
Earthquake in the workplace
We had risen to break for lunch when the temblor hit. A loud boom! Then strong jolts. I knew what was happening as others said in business tones, “What was that?” And looked to each other for answers. Again in business tones, “That’s an earthquake.”Survival instinctI eyed the table nearest me and went for it. …
Rash
I got poison ivy when I was visiting my brother in Indiana. He lives by the St. Joseph River in South Bend. FishingOn the last night of my visit we went down to the river bank to "fish" with my 7-year-old niece. It is an adorable ritual my brother developed with his daughter in which …
