Sticky Crows

I just showered, shat, shaved and dressed in 12 minutes. It would have been shorter had the shat been in one swoop, but no, there were a co...

No, nude dancer still has not finished paying his November rent. I went to the Rental Board to get some information Friday and was told I co...

If beauty is in the eye of the beholder, why do we go to so much trouble to beautify ourselves instead of expanding our beholding mechanism?...

My project yesterday was to prepare the picture that we are going to send out in our cards this year for the holidays. I bought some hats a...

It's another crazy weekend around here. Sorry I didn't post yesterday, I was too caught up in "what I had to get done". I...

* Illegal immigrants are often referred to as "wetbacks" in the U.S. When Serge was there, people jokingly (or not so jokingly) ca...

We watched Sixteen Candles in class yesterday. I chose this because it is relatively easy to follow even if you don't catch everything ...

I'm turning into the old lady who peers through the blinds. We've got two apartments above us and two others below us. We are caref...

20 years ago, after having my heart ripped out, stomped on and shredded, I had a brief fling with one of my university colleagues. Really b...

Today I say goodbye to a couple of Japanese kids that I've been tutoring for two years. I like goodbyes. They are like death without t...

We had a lovely time. We (Serge and I and Dan) went out for tapas last night and stuffed ourselves full of foie gras, ceviche, steak and tu...

Yesterday was fairly lackluster. Poor Serge had a hellish day at work and just wanted to come home and relax. I had been prepared mentally f...

1. Serge is 40 today. That means he has spent a third of his entire life with me. 2. He can sleep anywhere, anytime. He can sleep the entire...

Here's why "knowing" is the same as "believing". Disclaimer: this is my opinion. First, let's take a look at his...

Here I am. I thought I would be so relieved to take a break from the blog, but instead I keep wondering about everybody and getting drawn in...

This is the milestone I've been waiting for. It means I can take a little bloggie break. Don't worry, I won't be gone long, ju...

I don't want to switch to the "new" blogger. They (whoever is in charge of this apparatus) are getting more insistent that I s...

* Compassion is not the same as "tough love". One label adheres more readily to liberals and the other to conservatives. * I was l...

It's Thursday, so as I was taking (at 5am) my shower wracking my brain for topics, I realized I could just take a pic and voila! Blog do...

What a lovely surprise to find the lock on power the Republicans have enjoyed be tempered by the gains of Democrats. And while I would like...