Part-time Privateer
Today Mr. Foxypants told me his theory on how people organize their homes. He believes that there are two types of people: those who live in doctor’s offices and those who live on pirate ships. I would think this idea hilarious, save for the fact that he then made it clear that my office is [...]
Tea House
My friend Laura just opened a tea house that serves organic, fair trade tea and locally sourced food. She’s one of those rare people who manages to make sustainable living look fabulous and chic. When I came across six beautiful chrome-plated serving trays in my garage (from who knows what) while organizing for my garage [...]
Caffeine Achiever
I don’t remember when I started drinking coffee. I was that young. No. Really. I spent my grade school breakfasts hunched over the funny papers, drinking cafe au lait from 16 ounce mugs my parents purchased at the local craft fair. When I was little, one of my father’s chores was to buy coffee for [...]
Yelp!
Today I registered on Yelp! so I could start being one of those know-it-alls who reviews local businesses. I decided to register after noticing that three restaurants that I really love all had some snotty remarks made about them. I spent an hour writing up reviews under my new Yelp! pseudonym. Thirty minutes later I [...]
The Terrible Pawnshop
I am a trash picker. I confess. And if I weren’t so worried about running into a sleeping homeless person or a hypodermic needle, I’d be scoping out every dumpster in the neighborhood for abandoned treasures. I paid for two years of my life by trash picking furniture and other usable items off the curb [...]
Taxes
I finally filed my income taxes for 2007 today. I’m getting $400 back from the IRS, but no stimulus check from President Bush. Which means I made so little money last year that I don’t even qualify for the president’s lousy attempt to get me to buy stuff and prop up our failing economy. Sad. [...]
Pirates!
My friend Sandy is a yacht captain. Back in 2004, while sailing off the coast of Yemen, her boat caught fire. Under her command, her crew put out the fire and none of the passengers were even injured, but the boat was seriously damaged to the point that they were pretty much adrift at sea. [...]
