Year: 2008

  • An Open Invitation to George Clooney.

    Anytime. Anytime, Mr. Clooney. It doesn’t have to be dinner, although I make an excellent whatever-you-want-to-eat. Lunch. Coffee. I have three different ways to make coffee at arm’s reach right now. You could come for breakfast. A glass of wine. Tooth-brushing time. I’m way more entertaining than Joel Stein. I can say that without a…

  • John Scalzi is a hero.

    Thank you, John! (And click here for an update from Sharon Davis of the Harrison County Public Library.)

  • “Schuyler’s Monster”

    “Schuyler’s Monster”

    Over 250 books are on their way to the Children’s Institute, and over $1500 has been raised for the Rockhouse Foundation in just two days. But that’s from only about eighty people. Did you decide you’d wait while you think about it? What is there to think about? Kids. Books. Done. Please? Oh, wait. Were…

  • To That One Neighbor.

    Nobody is happier than you that you’ve found your Amy Winehouse CD. I mean that. Because, see, nobody is happy but you that you found your Amy Winehouse CD. Last summer, when I heard “Rehab” on eleven blasting from — (what is that, your porch? your super-speakered ipod? where do you get such volume?) —…

  • 2008 Dewey Donation System Book Drive Begins!

    2008 Dewey Donation System Book Drive Begins!

    Two libraries in need. Two ways to help. Help a little; help a lot. Either way, we’re proud to announce the launch of the 2008 Dewey Donation System Fundraiser/Book Drive. This year we’ve teamed up with the Rockhouse Foundation to help fund a brand new library for the Negril All Ages School in Jamaica, and…

  • hopefully her thought will count double.

    hopefully her thought will count double.

    I’m not good at baking. Cooking, that’s different. I do okay there. Or at least I don’t usually make massive failures. But baking? That weird science where you put something in a bowl or pan, shove it into a heat box and hope for the best? I screw that up almost every time. And I…

  • The Tenth Annual Valentine’s Day Poems

    The Tenth Annual Valentine’s Day Poems

    The Secret of Our Success 1. He never makes me see him pee. 2. I never let him see me do yoga in shorts. That’s it! [db] OCD VD Do you still love me? Do you still love me? Do you still love me? Do you still love me when I’m sitting on this couch…

  • In your thirties, you feel bad about your hands.

    Nora Ephron: I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman

  • dewey’s gearing up…

    I completely second what Dave said.

  • my television is freaking me out.

    my television is freaking me out.

    That’s Jessica’s brother! He apparently worked with the people who make the iPhone commercials, and they liked the way his name looked, so they used it in their ad. Or something like that. Jessica explained it, but I was distracted, feeling like the world is getting smaller and smaller. I wish it were even smaller…