If, like me, you are an imaginary shopaholic, you will enjoy this post. By imaginary, I mean that if I had more money, I would be a true shopaholic.Oh, I don't count books or food. For those two categories I allow myself to spend as much (within reason-ish) as I can each day, week, month, … Continue reading Things I Don’t Need but Desperately Want

Today's book rep showed me this picture on his laptop during his sales call. Totally appropriate, and entirely work-related. I made him forward it to me. I'm now sharing it with you. Tickled my funny bone; hope it tickles yours.

I have a minor biking habit. It's minor because it's one of those things where I wish I was a really dedicated biker who could bike miles to work and back every day, or ride down really hard mountain trails without killing myself, but in reality my way-too-expensive bike sits in my living room looking … Continue reading Sun shining = biking

For those of you who have not yet discovered the awesome (in the original sense of the word, actually inspiring great awe) power of http://www.wordle.net, you've been missing out friends.Don't worry, I was, too, until my friend sent me the link today. It's never too late to Wordle. Here is what it came up with … Continue reading Blog Wordle

I apologize for the brief hiatus I've taken in June. Inspiration has been as difficult to come by as the time in which to take advantage of it, if it happens by. Luckily, I find myself with both inspiration and a modicum of time this morning, and so will take a moment to share my … Continue reading Good in theory, Bad in practice

It's amazing how a good idea can turn bad so quickly when the general idiotic public is involved. Perseus Book Group had a brilliant idea: collect suggestions for the first line of a sequel to a famous (or not-so-famous) work. So fine, maybe not up there with the cure for cancer, but a pretty good … Continue reading Book: The Sequel

I'd like to discuss the versatile nature of the suspender.*Disclaimer: because I'm not British, when I say suspender, I'm referring to the elasticized pieces of material that connect to the waistband of pants, criss-cross in the back, and attach again to the waistband in front. I am not speaking about a garter belt, though I … Continue reading Lumberjack to lingerie

Today, I started my day in one of the best ways humanly (and seasonally) possible.No, not that way. This is a PG- (okay, PG-13) rated blog, thank you.I, along with 5 of my close friends, went to opening day at Steve's Sugar Shack.That's right, it's maple sugar season!One blueberry pancake, 2 strips of bacon, two … Continue reading Tis the season for sugarin’

Clearly I don't have enough to read because I've decided to participate in the 2009 Chunkster Challenge (and you all should too!).I hereby undertake the "Do these books make my butt look big?" challenge, and promise to read 3-5 books of adult fiction or non-fiction that are over 450 pages during the next 10 months. … Continue reading Chunkster Challenge 2009