The title pretty much says it all. Visiting family for Christmas is a great delight; however, flying home with a head cold is more like: 1. Bubblegum about to explode 2. The Death Star exploding 3. Doc Ock losing control of his sun 4. The birth scene in the Alien movies 5. Priori Incantatem inContinue reading “Five GIFs that express the sensation of flying with sinus congestion”
Author Archives: Jen
‘Twas the Last Night for Healthcare
The story is a little bit different this Christmas eve… ‘Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the States Not a creature was stirring, no food was on plates. The socials were entered, the forms filled with care, In fear lest the healthcare.gov site would err. The uninsured families were tucked up in bed,Continue reading “‘Twas the Last Night for Healthcare”
RIP, Honored Footwear
Give a girl the right shoes, and she can conquer the world. –Marilyn Monroe It was their time to go. They were beautiful once: glossy white and blue, leonine in their lounging grace. Rugged. Sharp. But life took over, as it always does. “Nothing gold can stay,” wrote Robert Frost. Too true. Too true. TheseContinue reading “RIP, Honored Footwear”
Tiny Thing Tuesdays: Books
Day-to-day life is full of stresses. I recently shared with you my secret method of dealing with them: tiny things. That’s why I started the blog series, “Tiny Thing Tuesdays.” Every Tuesday (until the stresses overwhelm me or the end of the year), I will share with you my latest and minute-but-greatest finds in theContinue reading “Tiny Thing Tuesdays: Books”
Tiny Thing Tuesdays: Cacti
Day-to-day life is full of stresses. I recently shared with you my secret method of dealing with them: tiny things. That’s why I started the blog series, “Tiny Thing Tuesdays.” Every Tuesday (until the stresses overwhelm me or the end of the year), I share with you my latest and minute-but-greatest finds in the fieldContinue reading “Tiny Thing Tuesdays: Cacti”
In Which North Carolina Panic(e)s
Today, a few droplets of water reached the magical temperature of 32 degrees Fahrenheit, a process that daily and deliberately takes place in domestic freezers all across the state. This occurrence in nature, however, causes North Carolina to panic en masse, raise the drawbridge, and proclaim an impending siege by nature herself. Signs of thisContinue reading “In Which North Carolina Panic(e)s”
Tiny Thing Tuesdays: Writing Utensils
Day-to-day life is full of stresses. I recently shared with you my secret method of dealing with them: tiny things. That’s why I started the blog series, “Tiny Thing Tuesdays.” Every Tuesday (until the stresses overwhelm me or the end of the year), I will share with you my latest and minute-but-greatest finds in theContinue reading “Tiny Thing Tuesdays: Writing Utensils”
My Dumbphone Speaks Latin
…what can your smartphone do? Recently, my aging phone has begun to talk back. In Latin. In complicated Latin. Any time I attempt to use the coordinating conjunction “but”, my phone decides that it would prefer to use “ut”. And, as every classically educated scholar knows, “ut” is one of the more complicated Latin termsContinue reading “My Dumbphone Speaks Latin”
Tiny Thing Tuesdays: Spoons
Day-to-day life is full of stresses. I recently shared with you my secret method of dealing with them: tiny things. That’s why I’m introducing a new blog series, “Tiny Thing Tuesdays.” Every Tuesday (until the stresses overwhelm me or the end of the year), I will share with you my latest and minute-but-greatest finds inContinue reading “Tiny Thing Tuesdays: Spoons”
How to Defeat Monster Stresses
Day-to-day life is full of stresses. I have a secret for dealing with them, and I’m about to share it with you. Are you ready? … Okay. Here it is: for every stress, there is a tiny thing. Tiny lions… (Tiny lion – Handmade miniature polymer clay animal figure, by AnimalitoClay) Tiny dragons… (Custom orderContinue reading “How to Defeat Monster Stresses”
Snark on the Side 