January 2010
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My Dear Acquaintance (A Happy New Year), Regina...
December 2009
21 posts
2000 Miles, Coldplay
I know that Christmas is...
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While I’m talking Suri, here she is on the beach tree:
This is the fourth tree that she has adorned this season.
“Go Dawgs! War Eagle! Roll Tide! Happy holidays to you and yours!”
– Nancy Leigh, in the closing lines of her holiday letter. Nancy Leigh is our favorite neighbor in South Carolina and writes what is, in my opinion, the definitive holiday letter. Also, my sister and I can’t stop saying, as fast as is humanly possible,...
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Um. These are amazing.
by Craig Gleason The United States of Gaga
(via andreainspired and delisandwich)
BOOM:
Her new songs address serious themes like women’s shame about their bodies and the need for open communication in relationships; her often physically distorting costumes show that the pursuit of the feminine ideal is far from natural. Her commitment to confront the changing notion of what’s ‘natural’ puts Gaga on the same road traveled by artists she admires, such as the...
Best Christmas Gift EVER:
Thanks, Mom (sorry, neighbors)!
A Thank-You Note to Men
By Mary-Louise Parker
To you, whom it may concern:
Manly creature, who smells good even when you don’t, you wake up too slowly, with fuzzy, vertical hair and a slightly lost look on your face as though you are seven or seventy-five; you can fix my front door, my sink, and open most jars; you, who lose a cuff link and have to settle for a safety pin, you have promised to slay unfortunate...
meaghano:
me: your current assistant is on a date. joco: what? really?! me: yeah. but you know, a 2nd date. arguably the most important date. joco: true. i mean, i support that. i always supported you going on dates. me: … *uproarious laughter*
And I told him that I couldn’t go because I had to assist a yoga class (which I did—I went to the date sweaty and just out of...
Tips for avoiding a third date while on a second...
Tell him that you have a Suri Cruise ornament** hanging on your Christmas tree.
Tell him that you made it yourself.
When he says, ‘Um. As in Tom Cruise’s daughter?’, smile and nod like a deranged maniac.
*These tips were just tested tonight and the actual outcome remains to be seen. Stay tuned.
**Images of the Suri ornament are forthcoming, I promise. Again, stay tuned....
On having a straightmanfriend who gets IT™:
Sam: Who would you rather have sex with, Taylor Swift or Lady Gaga?
Lindsay: Do you even have to ask?
Sam: Gaga! I just wanted to hear you say it! Oh Lindsay we are having so much fun today!
Last night I got an email from my love, Andrew, with a link to an article whose headline reads Woman Accused of Setting Fire to Husband’s Penis. In the body of the email, Andrew included this note: ”This is my new favorite court case. So gorgeous!”
It turns out that it pays to know people with a passion for Australian law. Full story here. You’re welcome.
Notes to self:
If you go on a first date expecting to hate the guy’s guts, chances are you’ll be pleasantly surprised (and totally relaxed—what have you got to lose, amiright, since you’re pretty sure that you hate him already?).
Even if you do hate the guy’s guts, you’ll have been right making it a win-win, really, because you know how much you love to be right (you love it...
