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Myrtle Manor Conference to be Held in County Lockup
I’ve been locked away in the land of sponsor-shaped stress balls and cup after cup of coffee in large hotel ballrooms…..that’s right, I’ve been at a work-related conference. There were some highlights at this year’s event, including a very lively presentation from this lady: She was amazing. And that was before I even realized that…
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Cat Sharks are a Thing
So something fairly odd happened on the blog last week. It was the end of the workday, so I whipped out my trusty little phone with my WordPress app and looked at my stats for the day. Hmmm, says I had 730 views today! WHAT?? 730 views is not my usual day. Whoo hoo! Oh man. Now…
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Reality TV Time: To the (Myrtle) Manor Born
I grew up in trailer parks. Made friends at fine “semi-permanent establishments” in Arkansas, ran wild in “land lease communities” in Missouri, gotten in fist fights in “mobile communities” all over Texas. But none of those temporal estates were as nice as the five-star Myrtle Manor on TLC’s seminal ode to the cheapest form of…
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One Week in the Life of a Patio
I am so sore. So, so sore. Lemme show you why. Yes, I’m sore from drinking beers. No, sillies. This is what our backyard USED to look like: So yeah. It was a small plot of grass with some rose bushes along the perimeter. But here’s the thing: We’re not rose people. Or even, grass…
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Some Days, You Just Want to Run
I was on the phone with my personal-trainer-for-life XFE last Friday making our plans for the evening. He gently broached the topic that he knows may or may not set me off: “So, are you planning on running this evening?” “No, I think it’s already too hot out,” I replied, quite logically, I thought. “Wait,…
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Animals I Won’t Be Messing With: Mantis Shrimp
XFE and I were watching some documentary on some channel last night (I know, I’m practically a living, breathing TV Guide) because apparently we’d already watched all the really awesome shows in the Gypsies genre (or, more truthfully, were recording them for later, non-commercial viewing). Anyway, this documentary was about this total badass shrimp called…
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The Treasury Department Seems Like a Pretty Decent Travel Agency
The recent story about Beyonce and Jay-Z’s trip to Cuba combines my three greatest interests: celebrities, travel and a government scandal. Alright, alright, maybe it’s not a government scandal like Weiner-gate or ‘Wide Stance’ Craig. I mean, it’s not like we need to drag in the FBI to look for imaginary recording devices or anything.…
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Lies I Ain’t Believing: Ray J’s “I Hit It First”
The cruel winter mistress has loosened her death grip on the DC region and allowed us all to thaw out for a minute. Rather than go outside this evening for a run, or go and get a much-needed pedicure, I’m sitting inside the house typing up this blog post. OK let’s be real: I’ll take…
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Poe Spiders are Now a Thing
I’m not generally afraid of spiders. Sure, I don’t want to snuggle up with one and take a nap or anything, but I’ve been known to nut up and squish a few or rinse one down the sink without too much screaming. However. There are limits to co-existence with spiders. And this one may be…
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I’d Rather Be Having a Beer
I know, I know. This isn’t a real post. But work and life in general have been kicking my butt and it doesn’t appear that it’s going to let up until sometime in mid-May. Plus, it’s still freezing cold here in DC, which has put me in a very foul and non-chatty blogger mood. I…