The strangest thing happened to me today. Okay, perhaps not strange in the overall scheme of things, and stranger things may happen tomorrow, but strange enough. I received a box in the mail today.

I know what you're thinking. "Big deal. A box. I receive boxes ALL THE TIME." Fine. No… Read full post »

Had my insurance physical today. I'm hoping I can stave off death by being insured for more money than I'm worth. As a friend of mine said, just today, it's like having an umbrella, if we were ones to carry umbrellas, which we're not, because we live in the PNW, and… Read full post »

I was going to write something topical today, but then realized that I don't DO topical. This is because I am rarely aware of what's going on around me. My world is different than yours, or yours, and the sky is bluer and the air is clearer.

This first became… Read full post »

We're having a winter storm. For those of us who live in the northwest, a winter storm here is not the same as a winter storm in, say, Wisconsin. I've been through both, and the blizzards I would venture out in when living in the midwest are not comparable to the… Read full post »

I'm changing my image. No longer am I going to be the geeky accountant girl in the back row waiting for a chance to be noticed by the cool kids. No, those days have come and gone, and in keeping with my new persona, only cool people are allowed in now.… Read full post »

Trepiditiously I entered the medical facility.

Wait. Trepiditious is not even a word, and it doesn't even describe my entrance. I walked in. Just like that. I went to the lab first for my fasting blood test, something I've been putting off. I took a number, as if I were at… Read full post »

First there is this, by Timothy Egan:

 http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/07/opinion/07egan.html?_r=1

 Then there is this, by Maya Reynolds:

 http://www.mayareynoldswriter.blogspot.com/

I often find myself agreeing with Maya on various things, and I'm doing it again. There's this paragraph… Read full post »

(Names have been changed to protect me from overeager legal departments.)  

I have a great medical plan through my husband’s employer. They’ve taken out body parts for $100, which is definitely worth the price of admission. It could be that they then took these same… Read full post »

Fred looked good today, or at least as good as someone dying from emphysema can look, which is to say, he looked happy, and he’s as active as someone can be who rarely gets out of bed, and then only as a necessity.  Though each week he looks a bit frailer,/… Read full post »

It has occurred to me, on more than one occasion, that I’m really not suited for jobs. I’ve grown cynical perhaps in my old(er) age, the evidence of my job quests scattered about me like pebbles on a very rocky beach. Bad imagery aside, this is what happens, this is… Read full post »

Today we went and talked to my new friend Paula about life insurance. Neither one of us is planning on dying anytime soon, and, in fact, I’m forbidden from dying before I get to 100, but here’s the thing: sometimes these things happen anyway. Totally unfair, isn’t it? We… Read full post »

My Blanket of Solace

It’s green the way poorly lit hospital corridors are green, and it has holes in it from when Ash, in his enthusiasm, used it as a toy. Some people, at 3:39 am, would put on a robe, or wander around in their jammies, but I wrap my… Read full post »

                I’m working on a project that required me to dig out my boxes of old pictures, and not just as a stalling technique, though I’m always considering those. I was looking for pictures of specific famil/… Read full post »

Each week I watch The Soup on E! because it makes me laugh. It does this while at the same time causing me despair over the degradation of our culture, a feeling that causes deep philosophical thoughts such as, “Why do we even bother?” and “Has the entire planet gone insane?”… Read full post »

This is less of a technology review than a commentary on my reliance on technology, but it’ll do for now. I recently purchased the new G1 from T-Mobile on the advice, nay, encouragement! of my husband. My old Razr was starting to fumble a bit, and while it wasn’t necessary… Read full post »

There was a time in my life when I was single, yet not quite unencumbered. I was vaguely encumbered with the care of my ex-husband, who had gone bonkers on me shortly after our move to Seattle. When I say bonkers, I mean he became severely mentally ill, and my task… Read full post »

Warning: If you have an illogical fear of breakfast cereal, you may not want to read any further.

                The waiting room of our local medical facility, at least the waiting room of my primary care doctor, is a hotbe/… Read full post »

 Times are tough. Sometimes it's all we can do to hold ourselves together. Sometimes we lash out at others, or at ourselves, a particularly favorite tactic of mine. I remind myself often of my deficiencies with the mindset that I'm merely beating someone else to the pu… Read full post »

Leftover Halloween candy must be dealt with somehow, so I hide it in my office in a secret drawer known only to me, and when no one's looking I open the drawer, conveniently located right next to my desk, and I take out a few pieces. This happens more frequently than… Read full post »

What can one say about the sexiest man alive? And how are we supposed to come to an agreement on such a thing? This is not exactly my area of expertise, except that I'm quite convinced I'm married to him already, so what's the point? You can disagree if… Read full post »

My foray into this vast new arena has led me straight into the welcoming arms of Joybaby. Certainly I am not the only one who has been so fortunate as to find among my adoring fans one Joy, aka Nacy, who sends me beguiling emails about wanting to get to know… Read full post »

It's far too early in the morning for me to tell if I'm awake or not, but I'm hoping so. Speaking of politics, which I've sworn not to do, did you see Ralph Nader's election night interview? As a great friend of mine said, his sell by date has come and… Read full post »

Now that the election is over, I'm ready to return to my normally scheduled life, thank you very much. It's not that I don't love politics, and it's not that this hasn't been such a fun way to spend my time for the past few months, and it's not that I… Read full post »