Dear Ethicist, Part 2
Pull my finger A quick update on Found Money. I thought it was interesting how about half of the folks who commented felt the money should be given away — to themselves (in jest) or to charity. (Total: 4 people) Three people said I should try to make some effort to give it back. Halves…
Read MoreThanks and giving, and giving, and giving….
Chef Combo First, there were nachos and cheese and crackers. Then there was ham and turkey breast and stuffing and corn (with a whole stick of butter!) and gravy and cranberry and pickles and rolls and mashed potatoes and green bean casserole and I think that's the whole schmear but I could have forgotten something.…
Read MoreDear Ethicist
So, a bit of a quandary here. I know what the "right" thing to do is, but at the same time, I'm kind of on the fence about it. A little detail: What if you made a purchase of an item of not small money — say, over $100. Then, you decided you no longer…
Read MoreNYC – Austin, 5:35 flight
Brokeback celeb, first class w/ iPod. I'm Not There, I'm Here Post Flight Update: In case you're wondering who you should be looking at, it's the blond dude with the little pony tail in first class. Only person in first class. The flight attendant came over to my seat later (the one next to me…
Read MoreThe sweetest thing
Phew! That was a whirlwind. I think I can literally and figuratively say this was the sweetest birthday I've ever had — and the nicest part was it lasted just about a full week. Since I'm about to run out the door to Thanksgiving in the state I like to mess with, this'll all be…
Read MoreNo second acts
I signed up for America Online in the early 1990s, jst as I was reading a new book, "Harlot's Ghost." It featured a curious and interesting female character named Hadley Kitteredge Montague. And as I first put a toe into the waters of what was for me — and still for most people; bear in…
Read MoreGoody goody (again!)
Thanks, y'all! Vox "Gooded" me again. For this! Apparently, the secret is to drop a name or two. Or a shoe, in the case of George Clooney. Heh. Good for you Totally the best November ever, so far!
Read MoreTime to pull the plug?
TV Land I don't care if it is a hunk of wiring and cathode ray, I spend enough time staring at it that when it dies, it's hard not to feel a little nostalgic. My Sylvania God Knows What Model TV set is terminal. She's my second TV set, a used one I'd been given…
Read MoreNeon lights are bright on Broadway
There are many consequences of Getting Older, and I have refused to whine about most of them. It is boring to talk about gray hairs. (Being blonde and a dyer this isn't an issue yet.) About not moving as fast as you once did. About having to buy creams to cover things that never needed…
Read MoreCupcakes, the second batch
And now, the final batch of cupcakes, for Mike's Dia de los Muertos party tonight. (The first ones are here.) Some of these were a ton of fun to make — but by the end of about 40 I was pretty over the whole thing! Skull-tastic Never put the whole pumpkin in your mouth at…
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