Published August 25th, 2008
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I finally broke down and purchased a dish rack. This involved an extensive online search. Go ahead.
Say it. You know you want to. “You bought a dish rack online!”
Yes. You can do or buy almost anything online and it’s a lot less frustrating than hunting through a bunch of thronged stores for some item you desperately need but which nobody, for some inexplicable reason, appears to actually sell. Such as a dish rack that fits into my 11 x 24 inches of counter space.
Gone are the days of stacking the wet plates in the cabinet so that they never dry.
Gone, gone I say.
Observe plates drying:
Published August 18th, 2008
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Plants live and die in my house, in a beautiful cycle.
I was surprised to see what I initially perceived to be grass in this pot that most recently contained mint, a plant that is supposedly hardy and difficult to kill. (You can see its desiccated remains as testament to this.) But in fact this alleged grass is the freesia which died prior to my purchase of the mint, coming back up from bulbs for another round of brief, dashed hope and then shriveled brown plant death.
Published August 17th, 2008
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Where, then, is the go-to place for a quality tiara?
They also have no diamond cuff links, which seems a pity. You’d think there would be market for those. I know I’d like some.
Published August 16th, 2008
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Today we went to the Indian street festival, where I didn’t get enough to eat. It was good though:
The festival was entertaining. There was dancing. The emcees struck exactly the right note between sincerity and being completely insane.
My favorite part was this dog with the Batman charm on her collar:
We stopped at the mall on the way home. I bought a shirt. I always think it’s a good plan to go ahead and get a matching tie while I am still at the mall. Because otherwise you are doomed to frustration.
And this is what we found:
It made the saleswoman laugh. And then she me a crazy story about her toddler grandson at a Hooters restaurant, and at that point in the story we parted ways.
Published August 14th, 2008
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Because honestly, who wouldn’t?
Published August 14th, 2008
in Daily.
I thought this guy was fun:
Sort of Old- School Southern and Crazy, like he just strolled out of To Kill A Mockingbird.
Published August 13th, 2008
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I made a typical male vow:
No shaving until I wrote the thesis.
And so the Algebra of My Life right now:
Thesis Progress = Beard Progress = Terrible Mess
I look like a murderer/ pimp. It scared the waitress at Thelma’s Chicken and Waffles.
Published August 7th, 2008
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I get all kinds of flak for my love of blueberry bagels with cheddar cheese and various other toppings, because people are haters.
Look at this, haters:
Who’s laughing now?
Published August 4th, 2008
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I went to Redneck Karaoke at the Farmhouse. This place is an upscale country restaurant where the waiters wear tuxedos. The Karaoke took place in the separate bar area which had guns on the walls:
There was a lot of contemporary country and oldies. I can’t lie, I really did enjoy it though I wasn’t in a mood to sing. It’s always entertaining to watch Karaoke. Or if not always, then at least occasionally and while intoxicated.
This guy’s belt buckle was pretty amazing:
Published August 2nd, 2008
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It all began with 6 bags of crap.
This 6 bags of crap which I took to the Goodwill, where I got a tax receipt for 12 bags. Because they were jumbo sized trash bags.
The house thus purged of years of accumulated detritus (most of which my ex dumped on me anyway) I turned to the next step in domestic bliss: Reupholstering the furniture.
A big project, which is why I never got around to it even though I purchased the fabric on clearance back in December.
Sidra covered this chair with a tasteful, comforting, peaceful brown:
That’s her leg to the left. What is it about brown furniture that makes it so pleasant to behold?
The following day I took charge of the couch. There wasn’t enough brown fabric, so I used muslin, which although annoyingly feminine, is interior-designer approved.
Before, the couch had hideous, unsightly stains, so I had to cover it with a blanket. (Blanket not pictured.)
This is the point at which my patience for the project ran out:
That’s The Core I was watching while doing all of this.
I finished before the movie was even over.
Finished:
Published July 20th, 2008
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Yesterday I discovered I had somehow sent my power bill back to myself with the payment enclosed.
I thought, “damn, how did I pull THIS one off?” And for a minute I worried I might be losing control.
But then today I concluded that the people at the power company must have just enclosed the wrong kind of reply envelope- the kind that has the window in the wrong place.
Observe:
I wonder how many other people this happened to? Must be a lot, unless I got a rogue power bill of some sort.
Published July 18th, 2008
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I was at Amazon, purchasing Garth Brooks Greatest Hits Piano Music. Here is what it looks like:
Hot stuff.
(WHY, KEVIN, WHY???) Because I love country. And Garth Brooks is widely acknowledged as the most important country star ever.
Anyway, I needed to spend five more cents to avoid paying $5 in shipping.
Right- I’d just been manipulated by a hideously cynical online sales gimmick into spending more than I had planned. I’m aware.
So in the quest to find something reasonably cheap, I stumbled across House of Many Ways, A SEQUEL TO HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE!
Look at the beautiful cover of this novel- some Vermeer- some fantasy.
Nerd level is high in the Inman household at this moment, but so is excitement level.
Published July 17th, 2008
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Sometimes people ask, “Kevin, why do you dress like that?”
And I reply, “Because it is awesome.”
