Sometimes when I get musically lonely, I will turn to a former spurned lover for comfort.
Late last week I had to put the brakes on my love affair with Lucinda Williams’ “West.” Things were moving too fast and I was afraid it would burn too brightly too quickly and I would tire of her. [...]

Things I Always Wanted to do Because of the Song

Since about November, we’ve had a steady stream of break and bake cookies coming out of our toaster oven here at Hell, Inc. on a daily basis. We’re dorks, me and my co-workers. We like each other so much that we invent little rituals where we bask in our likingness.
Today, for the first time [...]

I’ve been slowly picking my way through The Brothers K by David James Duncan. My all-time favorite Westercrush Smoo recommended it to me ages ago, and I finally picked up as part of Reading Plan 2007 (whereby I am reading books that I own but haven’t read ever).
As I said the book is a [...]

Max is at the computer wearing a shirt that says ‘Blame My Sister’ and playing Webkinz. He’s singing a song that goes a little something like this, Bubba Petunia, Bubba Petunia, Bubba Petunia’s HERE! Bubba Petunia is what he calls Jaycie to make her mad. It just makes me laugh.
At 7 a.m. he leaned over [...]

How much should one spend on a decent pair of over-the-ear headphones?

I have a short story due tomorrow. I, of course, haven’t even begun to re-write it, because well it doesn’t need to be done all the way until tomorrow at 7:30.
For this workshop, I’m rewriting “Hey Lady” a story that was brand new for Dale’s class in October. The name is probably gonna change [...]

For the past four or so years I have been complaining bitterly about the pink greenbag Starburst jellybeans that taste like dishsoap.
It was a flavor abomination akin to the Lemon-scented Pledge flavored yellow Starburst. That damn dishsoap jellybean harshed my euphoric Easter candy buzz.
However, I am glad to report that after downing the very [...]

I don’t even know how it came up last week at class, but for some reason Kelly, Jags, and I got to talking about boys and Google.
This allowed me to espouse Crackpot Theory #48: The Google of the sexes.
After writing iwilldare.com for some six and a half years I have noticed a difference in [...]

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In this episode of Bookclub Bitches, FFJ and I read Hush, Vol. 1 & Vol. 2, a Batman graphic novel. Lucky for you, I don’t think I mention my vagina once. However, I do elude to the fact that it’s the topless version of Bookclub Bitches, and at one point FFJ gives a [...]

All my life I’ve wanted to be a music geek. I try really hard, but just the fact that I have to try at all means I’m totally not a music geek.
I don’t let my non-geekness stop me from pretending like I am one. From what I can tell on the outside looking in, [...]

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Twin Citians were surprised last night when a sudden tropical heat wave left residents springing from their beds to see what was the matter. Residents from as far away as Hopkins flew to their windows in a flash, tore open the shutters and threw up the sash.
“It was really strange,” Sven Sundgaard [...]

As a Valentine’s gift to myself I bought Lucinda Williams’ new album “West”, and I am in love. I’ve listened to it nonstop since downloading it yesterday morning. This album is breaking my heart in all the right ways.
The first song “Alright” could have been ripped from my very own secret diary. She sings, [...]

Riddle me this: Why is it so damn easy and almost satisfying to hate someone you’ve never even met before?

It looks like Google forget the L in there fancy-pants Valentine’s logo graphic.