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Gardening Update: Pestilence and Corpses As Far As the Eye Can See 25 Aug 2013 | 01:22 am
Back in May, I wrote about my habit of lovingly planting a garden and then slowly murdering it through neglect. In that post, I vowed to do better this year. I allowed myself a smaller, more manageabl...
The NFL’s New Bag Policy and What it Means for You 22 Aug 2013 | 05:25 pm
For the 2013 season, the NFL has introduced a policy that puts new limitations on items fans are able to bring into stadiums. Well, not so much the items themselves, but the containers used to hold th...
Running Form 22 Aug 2013 | 08:40 am
Oh Phoebe Buffay, the life lessons we learn from you. When pursuing your musical dreams, don’t be a sell out—sing about what’s meaningful to you, such as a little black curly hair. Don’t let pimps spi...
Hooked! 21 Aug 2013 | 07:01 am
When daydreaming up this post (often done as I shower or contemptatively clip my toenails), the word “hooked” kept resurfacing, dragging itself across my mental awareness as I pushed it away. It feels...
This is How I Make Beer 20 Aug 2013 | 09:44 pm
I finally had a weekend off, so I spent the first day doing almost nothing, and the second making ten gallons of beer. I’ve been out of beer in my kegerator for over a month and that is a sad state of...
I Need a Grown Up: It Takes a Library to Raise a Child (Part One) 20 Aug 2013 | 05:08 am
I am not an orphan. I have never had a hard-knock life, sported curling ginger locks, sang about tomorrow’s weather, or urged through a secret radio code that kids drink their Ovaltine. But, like orph...
Do We Have Too Many Celebrations? 17 Aug 2013 | 01:55 am
I love a good party as much as the next gal, but I’m starting to wonder if our Pinterest-loving, cupcake-decorating, gift-registry-following nation is starting to become a little too obsessed with mar...
You Can’t Lead a Bee to Water 15 Aug 2013 | 09:53 pm
I was sitting out on my porch the other day catching up on Youtube home brewer videos when I heard a yelp come from one of my dogs who was out on the porch with me. Normally my dogs are content to jus...
The Joys of Owning an Old House 14 Aug 2013 | 09:30 pm
This is what I expect to be the first of many angry/amused/exasperated posts about the joys of owning a house that is 100 years old (it was built in 1913). There have certainly been some updates done ...
Poor, Tired, and Hungry 14 Aug 2013 | 08:36 am
Everyone needs that simple, go-to dish when you’re tired, poor, and refuse to make a trip to the grocery store. In fact, I read one article that insisted every adult woman needs four go-to recipes pas...
