Remembrances
Randy Pausch
I’ve been meaning to write about Randy Pausch since his death on July 25th. Jen linked to his Last Lecture the other day. I had never heard of Randy until Lisa passed along the link, passed along to her by someone else. Say what you will about the internets, but they give us the opportunity [...]
You’re so vain
I don’t consider myself vain. I mean, I can hardly be bothered to put makeup on before I leave the house. I have no eye for fashion and would never consider Botox or any of that stuff as I age. Don’t get me wrong - if I’m having a good hair day or manage to [...]
I want to ride my bicycle
I’ve always been a little different. I guess you could call me a late bloomer. I don’t mean in the romantic sense, although that would count. But no, that’s not what I opened up my freshly updated version of WordPress to blog about today.
Once upon a time, when I was a wee lassie, I had [...]
George Carlin
I was doing my laundry yesterday morning and I pulled my George Carlin t-shirt out of the dryer. I bought it at a gig he did nearby last year, a gig that I scored front row seats for. The four of us who went were stoked to be sitting that close and I think I [...]
Stranger than fiction
She doesn’t pay attention to much during the short ride to school from her house. She focuses on the radio, which is playing Whitney Houston’s “How Will I Know”. She feels like it is her anthem, even though she knows her love is unrequited. Her mother has no idea of the boy she adores. After she told the entire neighborhood about her kindergarten crush, Danny, the girl stopped sharing…
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