Walking back to work today past a construction site, after eating my lunch outside, a little particle of something flew back behind my sunglasses and straight into my eye. I wear hard contacts, which are wonderful for their durability and clarity of vision, but not so good when things get into them. In an instant, […]

I have wanted a Kitchen Aid mixer since college, when I used the one that belonged to the Resident Director to make cakes for a hall birthday party. I was astounded at how quickly and easily it turned ingredients into batter. That was my first exposure to such things, and I was hooked (men should […]

Several days ago, my aunt sent my mom a request to write up a paragraph about the things her mother taught her, honor of mother’s day. She had been putting off the project because her internet connection was down and so she wouldn’t be able to send it over to Hawaii, but as we […]

The year I was born, May 14th fell on a Monday. I made my entrance at 12:37 pm, while all the rest of Los Angeles was eating lunch. My mom had gone into labor earlier in the day, and when she told my dad she thought it was time to go to the hospital, he […]

That’s right, Friday has rolled around once more and you know what that means! It’s time for me to set my pod a’shufflin’ and report back the first ten songs it spits out. As always, I will neither omit, neglect or ignore any of the songs the pod brings to the surface, proving once and […]

Yesterday, while I was showing my apartment to one of the very last roommate prospects, my cell phone rang. It was my sister. I sent her to voice mail, since I was in the middle of trying to paint myself as a caring and responsive potential roommate and so it just didn’t seem like […]

Okay, I admit it. Moving over here to wordpress has been kind of challenging. I found a theme I like, but I can’t figure out how to make the header have my name in it. So right now there’s no header at all. I was trying to insert my flickr badge, and that didn’t work […]

This morning I woke up, a little earlier than normal for me on a Monday morning, to the WHYY spring fund drive playing on my bedside radio. I quickly hit snooze and tried to reclaim the last moments of the dream I had been having before the alarm had interrupted. It was no […]

So my roommate is graduating and the friend I thought was going to move in with me has changed her plans and I find myself in the market for a roommate. If you live in the Philadelphia area and are looking for a place to live, or know someone who is looking, let me […]

Heading home from work tonight, my plans for the evening consisted of a panini from Di Brunos, a book and a park bench in Rittenhouse Square. 45 minutes after I got home, I managed to pull myself off the couch and back out into the world. I got my sandwich and headed for […]