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Sweet…
The Singles Map
I knew there was a reason I was moving progressively westward. And it was not, after all, grad school. Please note on the map: the big blue bubbles. Them are good odds, people.
And for the record, if one more person tells me that meeting the right guy is “just a numbers game,” I [...]

30-Minute Rule

I had dinner last night with a couple of friends who just happen to be married to each other. We ate a little sushi, slurped a little ice cream, and basically caught up on recent adventures. As it tends to do, conversation eventually turned to the state of my love life. I love this particle [...]

Question of the day

Do you think narcissists actually know they’re narcissists? Or do they really think that the world is just so very awesome that they are cast in the lead of every play ever written? And better yet, how do I keep getting duped by them?
Discuss.
I think I’m going to start a support group entitled “Don’t [...]

Vegan Recipe Monday: Green Tea Cupcakes

Well, here I am again. And, umm, yes, I have absolutely nothing to say. But it’s a Monday, so I can post a recipe. This one is an ode to a friend’s birthday that was, ohhhh, four or so months ago now? The recipe was delectable enough that it stayed with me, so I’ll refer [...]

A place called Ireland

God, New York Times, must you make me cry this early in the day? For maximum emoting, you guys MUST watch the video attached to this story:
For Bronx School’s Dancers, the Moves are Irish
I mean, an Irish lady AND a bunch of kids from the Bronx who do Irish dancing? Is there anything more [...]

Can I get an explanation?

What, in God’s name, did I do to earn a subscription to a magazine called American Baby? One which — ostensibly — is dedicated to American women who have expelled an infant from their uterus? Is this some kind of sick belated April Fools joke? Or has all that shopping at Babies R Us for [...]

Congrats Dr. Bean!

God, that title sounds like some awful British comedy starring Rowan Atkinson: Mr. Bean gets a doctorate! Anyway, work with me here as I try to preserve the online anonymity of my awesome soon-to-be professorial friend.
This friend, the eponymous blogger Average Bean, just passed her dissertation defense. She did so, no less, in the midst [...]

Itty bitty update

Okay, so I got offered the job I really really wanted in Oakland. And today I gleefully accepted it. Now I’m moving on to the apartment hunt. Well, that and fighting the urge to build a massive bonfire and potlatch my grad school notebooks up to the heavens.

Flowers. In my hair.

I’m going to meet some gentle people here…

That is all. I’ll be back next week.

Packing

At several moments throughout my wardrobe history, one or the other person has commented, “hey, you look good in that color. It matches your eyes.” And then I went out and unconsciously acquired a wardrobe chock full of items in various shades of teal. Somehow, I never noticed that fact until just now, when –  [...]