It’s a well known fact that guys start bands because they are too nerdy to meet girls on their own. In fact, the key to go from being a nerd to being cool is to somehow learn to take your nerdy skills and make them awesome. You like your chemistry set? Great. Learn to blow [...]
ALL HAIL MINION STEVE. He has presented me with a worthy offering, and I accept it with condescension. Behold: Well done, Minion Steve. As a reward, you will be allocated an extra ration of groveling time at your next audience with me.
Just in time to wear this weekend . . . fashion victory is mine. I made over some hideous muu-muu that I found at a thrift store into an incredibly cute skirt last night. Go me. It’s really convenient that dorky folksy boho is in style right now, because I’d be wearing stuff like this [...]
My local Goodwill is the best thrift store I’ve ever been to. Seriously, try to find thrift stores at the bottom of the hill from a ritzy neighborhood. It’s more like a vintage and antique shop with junk shop prices. A few months ago I found this sad, discarded muu muu bearing a tag from [...]
I’m so proud. My sister Buttercup has learned the first great lesson of interpersonal relationships: You can’t work with unapologetic jerks. You must work around around them. When you have a psycho roommate who doesn’t care that you object to leaving the window open when it’s January in the Rocky Mountains, what do you do? [...]
Me: Pete, just want to say congratulations on the win. What do you give credit to for being the only coach to win three consecutive Rose Bowls? Pete: Well, It’s partly the fact that the drinking fountains at USC don’t provide water, but rather magic juju juice. This is not only responsible fror our total [...]
A moment ago I was in agony. Now I am ecstatic. Pete Carroll is such a great leader. UCLA gets lucky right off — they get a turnover, they get lucky with a touchdown, and we blow a field goal. It’s only the first quarter and UCLA already is revved up to win. So when [...]
