I know this discourse is long behind us, but the Superbowl ads were either absurd, evangelical, or straight up body horror. Seal as a seal? Eugene Levy’s fugitive eyebrows? Eli Manning riding on a giant blue foot? Tom Brady’s arm…
Friday 5: Step by Step
Happy Friday! It’s Valentine’s Day! It’s also National Cream Filled Chocolates Day (yes to all but raspberry), National Organ Donor Day (take it all, I won’t need it) and National Ferris Wheel Day. I LOVE Ferris Wheels and I hope…
Wordless Wednesday 2025: Week 7
My favorite WDW souvenir
Five years ago I knew the world was going to change real soon, but I was in the unenviable spot of not a lot of people believing me. And for a long stretch of 2020 and a shorter stretch of…
Friday 5: The pompatus of love
Happy Friday, which is also National Periodic Table Day and National Fettuccine Alfredo Day. WM and I were talking not long ago about how neither us had any use for anything we learned in Chemistry class in our adult lives….
Mary Oliver Devotions: Blue Horses & Dog Songs
I’m slowly making my way through this Mary Oliver collection. I recently finished two more sections, and here are here are my thoughts/interpretations.. (I AM NOT AN ENGLISH MAJOR. I MIGHT BE WRONG. THIS IS AN EXERCISE FOR ME.) Blue…
Wordless Wednesday 2025: Week 6
What I read in January 2025
It is NO secret that my reading hit a wall since 1) I stopped commuting to work every day and 2) I discovered TikTok. But this month I finished a book I started in November and could finally take my…
Oh boy things are terrible
Hey, historians who might stumble across this blog long after I forget it exists! Just dropping in an obligatory things aren’t great in the ol’ US of A at the moment otherwise this blog might look like “old lady Russell…
Wordless Wednesday 2025: Week 5
Random thoughts and Murphy’s birthday
Yesterday I went to the MVC (aka the DMV) to upgrade my drivers license to a Real ID. New Jersey was one of the last states to get their program up and running. I brought a giant packet with me…
Friday 5: Nom nom nom
Happy Friday, which is also National Peanut Butter Day (I prefer creamy, WM prefers chunky), National Compliment Day (that color looks fabulous on you!) and Beer Can Appreciation Day. Uh, yay? The drones are back. One was hovering at the…
