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my mom arrives today for her yearly visit to brooklyn! this is the time when she casts aspersions on my life and questions every major decision i’ve ever made. oh, and she brings a present for booby.
NO, none of that is true! (Except the dog gift part. she refers to booby as her “grand-dog.” […]

a big CRANK WHEEL?
REALLY?

well, i saw it.
i liked it. it exceeded my expectations, which were verrry low, thanks to some sequels and … third… parts… in the recent past (i’m looking at YOU, pirates of the caribbean). it was satisfying in the way indiana jone moves are: things blew up, there were ghosts and icky things and […]

so i’ve been craving fried chicken for about 2 weeks now. so today, i made the dream a reality. i also cooked some chicken livers and topped them with caramelized onions, a batch of collards, and a potato salad with green apples and lemon zest. it was so much good. i was going to write […]

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pointing at a doorway and slurring/shouting “MY BEST FRIEND USED TO LIVE RIGHT THERE!!! THERE!! SHE LIVED THERE!!”

have i come across people as willfully inconsiderate as the people who live around me. some neighbors are annoying; that’s part of living in such close quarters.
but none of them seems to know that the volume dial goes the other way, and they don’t seem to have any idea how to modulate their own […]

my dahlias blew off my deck into the devil’s garden (tm alf) and when i went to retrieve them, there was a 4-inch slug* on one of the leaves.
gah gah gah gah gah. i’m still doing the icky dance. at least it didn’t touch me.
gah gah gah bleh bleh bleh
*(at least i saw […]

a texas accent is not the same thing as a southern accent.
so stop it.
thanks

sigh.