PSA: Turn your clocks back, kids. It’s Daylight Savings time.
I have a story. It’s lame, but it’s a story.
So due to various dicey things going down at work, we’ve had our accountants in full time. And last week I needed to talk to one of them, so I popped my … More
I ran errands this morning. Completely mundane. Picked up some Halloween stuff on sale, including a skeletal hand that holds a candle.
I went to get lunch at Leeann Chin (faux Chinese fast food joint) and they were out of cream cheese wontons, so I had to wait a few minutes. … More
I still can’t decide about the new design. Hm.
I’ve been rereading all my old rants. I can’t believe how many there are and how long I’ve been writing these stupid things.
In other news, The OC is out on DVD and I should really buy it. I just know that if … More
Today at work was crazy. So I’m going to break my rule and write about a work incident.
First, the backstory: I work for a fitness publisher. Boss #2 is one of the authors of said fitness books. We have a website with a forum that I moderate. Well, not really. … More
Wilco is in town tonight. I am not there. D’oh. Once they started playing auditoriums I stopped going altogether.
Cake was in town over the weekend. Didn’t go to that either. I just can’t bring myself to go to shows alone. I know it’s wussified, but I feel stupid. The only … More
I wrote a random rant yesterday, and decided it was too boring to post. I wrote a random rant today, and decided it was too boring to post. So I deleted a bunch of crap and condensed them to bring you the most ranty goodness I possibly could. It’s most … More
Music and/or Storybook Thursday and/or Friday.
Today at work I had to have my boss sign off on something. In his office, I noticed a DVD of the H. H. Holmes documentary on his desk. Surprised, I pointed it out and told him that I had read a few articles on … More
We’re wrapping up the cookbook and had to do a shot of a bonfire on the seashore in the middle of summer.
Just for the record? It’s October and we’re in Minnesota. And it’s windy. So we have no seashore and we have 45 degree weather.
It was quite the adventure. I’ll … More
My busy season is approaching. Queer Eye and QE UK, The OC, Stargate, and Simpsons. Five out of seven days has a TV show I need to quote. That means I have Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday nights. Plus Monday finds me trying to … More
As I’ve mentioned, there are a lot of great music shows coming up. But one pretty much takes the cake:
Soul Asylum
Golden Smog
Paul Westerberg
…and some other people
It’s a one night only fundraiser for Karl Mueller, a member of Soul Asylum. He had throat cancer. Which is gone, but the bills aren’t. … More
So I can’t believe how good Keen Eddie is. I loved it the first time, but—watching the DVDs—genius. I got my mom completely hooked on the show. She keeps complaining that there aren’t anymore new episodes.
I’ve mentioned it before, but my mom keeps trying to get me to watch some … More
I went shopping today. Sigh. People should stop me from going shopping. Here’s the damage:
1. Groceries (too boring to list)
2. CDs: Ike Reilly, Cake, Westerberg’s Folker
3. Patina: ring, lip junk
4. DVDs: Keen Eddie (!!!!), Homicide Season 5 (!!!!)
5. Unnamed political candidate’s merchandise
I keep going back and forth, but I’ve made … More
It’s time for another Music and/or Storybook Thursday and/or Friday. Ready? Begin!
As regular readers may or may not know, if I don’t have any idea what to rant about, I usually come up with at least something driving home from work. Today? No exception.
Every Thursday on the local Clear … More
“It’s getting dark a little too early…”
I’ve had that Eels lyric stuck in my head for the past couple of days.
Fall is definitely upon us, my friends. Mill City is headed into winter. I had to break out the fleece this morning.
Dang it, I had a rant and … More
Ever feel a little bit let down after your birthday? Like you’re not the center of attention anymore?
I feel like that today.
So to make up for it, I bought some stuff. I’m not a mail order/catalog buyer person normally, but I haven’t really bought anything for my new apartment. So … More
I’m still 27.
We went to Glueks for the traditional Jeep ride, mediterranean plate, and brat. It was a beautiful day and as always the food was excellent.
I had a lot I wanted to post this weekend. But I came to the conclusion that it was far too boring. So you get this instead. It is far too boring as well, but there you go.
It is approximately 5 hours from the day of my birth. I have … More
It’s Music and/or Storybook Thursday and/or Friday!
Or, as Special Ed from Crank Yankers would say, “Friday! YAYYYYYY!”
I had planned on continuing my week of complete and utter randomness and would have told some stupid Storybook Friday story about my tortured existence, but I have changed my mind.
What?!? you ask. Inconceivable! … More
If you’re in the Twin Cities area, from 9 to 10:30 pm tonight on KFAI 90.3 my dear friend Amanda and her boy Todd are on the radio.
I’m listening to the show now. I actually had to find my antennae for my receiver to get the station in. I like … More
I just thought of a random story.
Heathrow is the queen of misheard lyrics. I’ve often thought that I should write them down for posterity. My absolutely favorite misheard lyric occurred a few months ago.
We were listening to the radio and Counting Crows’ cover of Joni Mitchell’s “They Paved Paradise” came … More
A continuance of random week. You’ve been warned.
They didn’t use my hand and horseshoe shot in the cookbook. So Heathrow and I had to go throw horseshoes to redo the shot. She pretended to be throwing and I was just out of the shot a few feet from the pole … More
In writing earlier about my hand modeling gig, I am reminded of the fact that I have been in some dozen books as a hand model. And I found one of them. It’s all about Biblical love stories. It’s unique in the sense that my body is actually in the … More
So, as you may or may not know, in honor of my impending birthday, I am dedicating this rant to all things random. Today’s installment:
My random job.
The day started like any other: it sucked. But 2:00 in the afternoon found me throwing horseshoes over and over again so our photographer … More
Hm. Instead of random words, I am going to post random images. Oh c’mon people. It’ll be fun!
RANDOM IMAGES by CLAIRE
My mom’s china (see above) is famous. It’s featured in one of the cookbooks I prattle on about. The shot’s rather traditional, but it turned out nice.
Say hi to … More
As you probably don’t know, I check my website stats daily. I look at the searches people are finding me with, I check to see what sites/forums are linking to me, and I ferret out Hotlinking punters. I also like to see what the numbers are like. Last month I … More
So Friday I had a goal. It was brilliant, I tell you.
I wanted to create and hone the most exceedingly random rant I could possibly come up with.
The idea was good. It was sound. And it was do-able.
I even thought up some random things to write about on the … More
Another installment of the poorly named Music and/or Storybook Thursday and/or Friday. Today is Storybook Thursday.
Unfortunately I can’t think of a good story, so I’ll tell a bad one instead. If you don’t come here for the minty fresh stories, skip it.
As some of you may or may not know, … More
