WM picked all three of these movies, because I am currently saving my movie-demands capital for the Hadestown pro shot in July. Marriage is about compromise, and compromise sometimes looks like Jason Statham. Masters of the Universe (in theater) We…
Friday 5: Turn the beat around
Look at me. June rolls around and I spend my evenings reading in a hammock instead of posting. Slacker. Today is National Loving Day (love is great!) and the 45th anniversary of the release of Raiders of the Lost Ark….
Wordless Wednesday 2026: Week 23
(I’m now unrepentant about backdating posts.)
Friday 5: Vexillology
Happy Friday! Today is National Gingerbread Day (in June? That seems very Decemberish), National Doughnut Day (again? Didn’t we already have that?), and most importantly, Summer Friday number two of 2026. Today I went to the gym, picked up a…
Wordless Wednesday 2026: Week 23
(I know, I know, I know, everything’s a lie on the internet)
The end of an era
I first got online in mid-1994 via the Prodigy network. At the time, even though my user name was the very impersonal KYFX39A, when I logged into the chat rooms (at 1.99 an hour, a significant fiscal misstep at the…
Friday 5: Chipping in
Happy Friday! Today is National Paper Clip Day (My favorite is Clippy) and National Coq Au Vin Day (pretty tasty!). It was also a working Summer Friday, which are delightfully quiet. I worked at a coffeeshop this morning to keep…
Wordless Wednesday 2026: Week 22
(this is the year of cheating on Wordless Wednesday, I guess)
The Mug Life Chose Me #8: Orange Bird
Back when I was a kid, Florida was so well known for its oranges that people would literally bring them home as souvenirs for family. I can’t imagine handing a tween a bag of oranges these days, but back when…
Friday 5: Deeper familiarity
Happy Friday! Today is National Vanilla Pudding Day (ye gods it’s been a long time since I’ve had that) and National Maritime Day (yay boats!). And it’s my FIRST! SUMMER! FRIDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY of 2026! Cue the 90s hype music (see below)….
Wordless Wednesday 2026: Week 21
Friday 5: Recency Bias
Happy Friday! Today is National Chocolate Chip Day (semisweet mini morsels, please) and National Nylon Stocking Day (I still feel underdressed without them) but that all pales next to today’s BIG event: WM’s birthday. <3 I was off this afternoon,…
