April 2011
1 post
Big Tomato coming
ninety9: Filed under ‘cute things kids say’ apparently during a particularly bad midwest storm of my youth (not the one where I was struck by lighting) I worried to my mother that a ‘big tomato was coming down the street’. It’s big tomato weather today and she just reminded me of that (I hadn’t thought of it in years, even though it was a running joke in our household most of my life). Will live...
Apr 11th
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February 2010
1 post
The End of Nice Week
ninety9: rendit: You know what I don’t get? Girl Scout cookies. For real, I always figured it was a mutually agreed-upon feeling of guilt that went from “Oh you poor thing, walking around the neighborhood all day” to “Oh you poor thing, sitting in front of the grocery store all day” to “Oh you poor thing, you have this weird fixation with having your child ‘win the day’ so you are here at work...
Feb 28th
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January 2010
2 posts
Best ad placement ever.
You may have noticed that advertising has found its way into the plastic bins you use at the security checkpoint in the airport.  Yesterday, at O’Hare, I saw this at the bottom of the bins: “Wear your mismatched socks. We’ll never know.  Amtrak.”  I love that.  In other words, doesn’t flying suck? Take the train. But what fascinates me is - how did that end up there?...
Jan 24th
Who says the airlines are heartless?
After sitting on the runway for 45 min, a passenger decided she needed to get off the plane so we returned to the gate. Then, after she walked off the plane, they held up the flight so they could FIND AND RETRIEVE HER LUGGAGE. This then led to another delay to re-fuel. Doesn’t that just warm your heart?
Jan 4th
December 2009
5 posts
Dec 30th
Dec 25th
It never feels like Christmas in Los Angeles
I’ve lived in LA for 14 years but it still feels wrong to be standing on the corner of Melrose and Fairfax on the afternoon of Christmas Eve, 68 degrees and sunny, trying to avoid being mowed down by tourists.  Her – pink Juicy-ish tracksuit (in 2009 – or ever really) and him –the inevitable Ed Hardy t-shirt.
Dec 25th
Dec 24th
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the horror… http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/16/dining/16cookies.html
Dec 17th
November 2009
1 post
Nov 26th
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October 2009
1 post
Apparently the IOC doesn’t read The New Yorker
Oct 2nd
August 2009
1 post
Just a test
Yep
Aug 9th