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The good things 29 May 2012 | 11:49 am
I believe that life generally functions as a series of positive feedback loops: A produces more of B, which produces more of A, which produces more of B, and they ever increase until they reach an exp...
Paul the Brat 26 May 2012 | 05:56 am
Paul was going to be leaving for California on Friday, so we were going to spend one last night together (which turned into two). The plan was that he would show up at my place after going to the pass...
Shacking up: Is it worth the mediocre sex? 24 May 2012 | 02:10 am
[Warning to delicate (possibly Mormon) readers: This may not be the post for you.] Is it unromantic of me to say that the best part of living with someone has got to be sharing rent and expenses? I e...
Plastic consumption: Is it worth it? 23 May 2012 | 06:53 am
"On Midway Atoll, a remote cluster of islands more than 2000 miles from the nearest continent, the detritus of our mass consumption surfaces in an astonishing place: inside the stomachs of thousands o...
Stop doing what you hate 22 May 2012 | 01:11 pm
Well, to answer yesterday's question, here's something I can always obviously use my blog for: bragging. You know that TIME cover with the ultra-thin mom nursing her prop bewildered-looking 3-year-o....
Wherever you go, there you are. And, hopefully, that will remain enough. 21 May 2012 | 02:36 pm
My children are back at home and my life has continued with only a brief ugly-sobbing session as I left the airport to be driven home by my friend Robert. It's been busy since then, meeting new people...
Kids kicking it up a notch 14 May 2012 | 05:19 pm
Thank you for your birthday comments, those of you who left them. They did not go unappreciated, even though I didn't reply. I have been busy and distracted and thoughtful and having fun and the next...
Your birthday mission 20 Apr 2012 | 04:51 am
I am thirty-two today. I am as old as my ex-husband was when he first kissed me. That's weird. Because that was sixteen years ago. (And my mother said, "But he's twice your age! When you're twenty, he...
Running monologue garbage 16 Apr 2012 | 07:11 am
The problem with going weeks without blogging is that I have a head packed full of thoughts and then feel overwhelmed at the thought of writing anything down because I don't know which thought to pick...
On honesty in relationships 29 Mar 2012 | 04:12 am
I am so tired and overwhelmed by things to do and figure out and obstacles to overcome that I have started a few blog posts and just not had the energy to finish. So, this morning, I'm just going to r...