Below you'll find all my writing tagged with the word Ruby. The posts are listed in chronological order. Click the post title to read more.
On 88% of all weekends in any given year, I am perfectly happy not to leave the confines of Supergenius HQ. I have hermit-tendencies and I’m more than willing to indulge those tendencies. However, all that changes when the hermitude is forced upon me rather than something I freely choose. When it’s forced upon me [...]
Temps were in the 40s yesterday here in Minnesota. It caused a lot of melting, and then when the temps went back to normal it caused a lot of freezing and has effectively turned the street in front of Supergenius HQ into a skating rink. Neither Ruby or I can skate very well. I tried [...]
Tonight was my last night of writing class. I am not there. I am home. The fact that I am home seems a small wonder in and of itself. I left The Nerdery at 4:55 and pulled into my garage at 7:41. Usually it takes me 20 minutes to get home, 30 minutes on a [...]
My little Ruby will turn over to 100,000 miles tomorrow on my way to work. How quickly the time flies. It seems like just yesterday she was at 30,000.
Because torturing Max about Sweet Caroline never gets old, Jaycie and I listened to two songs on repeat as we tooled about town — Neil Diamond’s “Sweet Caroline” and Elvis Costello’s “Veronica.” After about two listens a piece, Jaycie turned to me. “Which song do you like better?” “Veronica,” I said. “Huh.” She pushed up [...]
I was a victim of crime tonight. Well, Ruby and I were. While I was happily chatting about the creative process, borrowing books, and angst at Grumpy’s, some bastard was breaking into poor, lonely Ruby sitting in the parking lot at the Open Book. Of course the only reason that I know this is because [...]
Eurydice is missing. I discovered this last night. She could be one of two places, work (where I am not) or in the front seat of Ruby (who, as I type, is up on some lift getting some sort of gasket fixed to the tune of $417.32). My stomach is in knots. I’ve never not [...]
Last night when I pulled into the bowling alley parking lot great billowing clouds of steam poured from Ruby’s hood. Not a good sign. Tony went out to go look at her. In the fading light and with the last night of bowling about to begin he couldn’t tell what the matter was. After bowling [...]
Okay, so I actually only saw Sister #4 for about 12 minutes so far today. She didn’t get up until right before I had to leave to get the traditional $50 Thanksgiving Cheesecake. Yes, I feel totally yuppie and completely sinful for spending so much on a cake. In my defense it will last two [...]
this morning was the first time i drove Ruby to work since the accident on February 3. though i hesitated and my stomach hurt,i decided to drive past the scene of the accident. i had driven past it driving Sister #4′s car, but i knew i had to do it in Ruby. There was no [...]
ruby is back! ruby is back! and man is she one sweet looking truck. she’s all nice and shiny and shit. plus they totally cleaned out the front seat area, picking up the books off the floor and the bottles of water. it makes me wish i had cleaned out the back area to see [...]
finally, finally, finally, someone called me back. someone actually called. and when i heard the news, i fell straight to my knees and began to weep. ruby’s coming back to me! ruby’s coming back to me! ruby’s coming back to me, probably on friday. i was so happy to hear that they weren’t gonna total [...]
i’m pretty sure the mechanics at precision auto care about ready to KILL me. not that i blame them, i am being a bit on the annoying side. but damnit, i need to know what the hell is going on with Ruby and when i can expect her back. obviously the don’t know that they’ve [...]
double argh! i just called the mechanic to see if i could get any sort of scoop at all on Ruby. Apparently they won’t know what the hell is going on until after 10 a.m. tomorrow. BOO! don’t they realize that i am going totally insane here. like i can wait until tomorrow. i think [...]
well it’s 4:30 and i STILL haven’t heard anything about Ruby’s condition. it is driving me absolutely nuts. i hate waiting. plus, since i can’t leave the house, the house is the only place i don’t want to be. i am going crazy. i’m cranky and i’m bored. and i’m thinking about leaving another voice [...]
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