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I’ve had Vacation stuck in my head all weekend long, when-ever I haven’t been listening to Yann Tiersen on Spotify.  Only melan-choly French indie pop can save me from my impatience.  But it’s time for me to go.  Vacation starts on Thursday, how am I supposed to function as contributing member of society until then?
I [...]

Additions

Hey look to the right side of the page.  See the blogroll?  See the new link on there?
That’s right, 365 Days of Heaving Bosoms has arrived!  Are you psyched?  Well, you should be.  I’ve chosen my first book, although not read it yet, but if your curious click the link and have a looky-loo.
You know [...]

Soon.

This time next week I will be in Venice.  Just pretend I’m on the bridge at the back of this photo.  Wearing an aqua blue dress and green sunglasses and drinking a coffee.

This is a love letter to a place

The Fogcutter has shut down.
The Fogcutter was the fanciest restaurant in all of Port Huron.  It sat atop one of the tallest buildings in Port Huron, a staggering 6 floors.  I may have mocked it on occasion but I have always respected it for what it was.  A symbol of better things, the glowing beacon [...]

Sunshine Day!

Not only do we leave for Venice in 9 short days, not only is my cat healthy and home, not only is the weather actually nice in London right now, not only did our tomato plants start bearing delicious fruit . . . SEASON 3 OF THE WIRE IS ON ITS WAY TO MY HOUSE AS [...]

Veterinary Appointments

We took Oliver to the vet this weekend.  This sort of thing is stressful even under the best circumstances but in our current situation we get to add the stress of having a cat who was even more violently opposed than normal to getting into the carrier, seriously it was like he’d been possessed by [...]

Pop music

I am not typically a fan of autotune.  I do not typically enjoy songs sung by robots (songs ABOUT robots are, of course, something else entirely) but I really like the song Supernova by Kanye West and Mr Hudson.  I love that it deals with class issues as well as love, I love that Mr [...]

Genre project

So I want to do it.  I want to take a year and devote it to reading the much maligned genre of Romance.  The next year may be devoted to another genre and then the next to another and so and so forth if the interest continues to hold me.
So help me out by participating [...]

The Cat Came Back

No, for real, the cat came back!
Last night after a couple calls regarding possible sightings (including one from the elderly Greek man down the road who’d been leaving squid out for him “I took a picture of him so you could see if it was him, but it is on black and white film so [...]

True Stories

So today, true fact, my boss emails me the following “Thank you, as ever you demonstrate the epitome of efficiency and professionalism!”  Kind of in jest, but pretty much because I am so full of awesome.
All I could think when I received this, after a rueful laugh (his request was fairly simple after all and [...]