Posts from the ‘Series’ category

Well-Known Facts: Healthy Edition

A lot of you are fat lazy slobs. That’s okay! You’re probably American. It’s tough staying motivated in a country where you can buy 5,000 different…

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The Story Of A Relationship

This month’s Bloggers For Peace Challenge is about relationships. I have been avoiding this post for a week, because I can’t really talk on the subject…

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Guest Post – Well-Known Facts International Edition

As the tied-for-second-place winner of Goldfish’s Mad Libs Spectacular, I thought I’d contribute a leaf to one of her ongoing series and write a little quasi-nonfiction.…

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Things I Hate: Merbear Edition

I was delighted when I found out I won Goldfish’s Mad Libs Contest, alongside the totally awesome Revis Edgewater. It touches me greatly that people related so…

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Dear Goldfish Part 25

Hello, Internet. I’m bored and it’s Friday, which means that it’s time for Dear Goldfish, the (spasmodically) weekly series where I answer real questions asked by…

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10 Things I Hate Part 21

1. Summer. I used to love summer when I had to put up with winter. Now that I have no winter to speak of, I hate…

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Remaking The Peace Symbol

This month’s Bloggers For Peace Challenge is about art. One of the prompts was to “create a piece of art that brings peace to the world…

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Dear Goldfish Part 24

Hello, Internet. Welcome back to Dear Goldfish, the (let’s be honest here–not at all) weekly series where I answer real questions asked by our studio audience,…

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How The Giraffe Got His Neck

Once upon a time, there was a pretty blue planet. All sorts of animals lived on the planet. Each animal was perfectly suited to where it…

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Dear Goldfish Part 23

Hello, Internet. Welcome back to Dear Goldfish, the (so-called) weekly series where I answer real questions asked by our studio audience, in other words, you. The…

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Goldfish’s All-I’ve-Managed-To-Learn-So-Far Guide To Forgiving Oneself

This month, Bloggers For Peace are supposed to publish a post that exemplifies the power of forgiveness. This is not an easy topic for me. I can…

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Dear Goldfish Part 22

Hello, Internet. Welcome back to Dear Goldfish, the (supposedly) weekly series where I answer real questions asked by our studio audience, in other words, you. The…

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Advertisement For Peace

This month, Kozo asked us to construct an advertisement for peace, so I threw this little billboard together. I’ve never designed a billboard before, but here…

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The Voyage of the Royal Pudding Cup & HMS Sheepskin Flask

Daily post prompt: Read the story of Richard Parker and Tom Dudley. Is what Dudley did defensible? What would you have done? OK, let’s read the…

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10 Things I Hate Part 20: Thing 200 & Post 500 Edition!

This post not only marks 200 Things I Hate, but it’s also the 500th post on this blog. I WIN THE INTERNETS! 1. I hate staying…

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Dear Goldfish Part 21

Hello, Internet. Welcome back to Dear Goldfish, the (time-challenged) weekly series where I answer real questions asked by our studio audience, in other words, you. The…

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Personal Peace

It’s the start of Kozo’s Operation Knock Off This War And Hate Business. That’s what I like to call it, but it’s really Bloggers For Peace.…

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Peas On Earth

Anyone who knows me even a little bit probably knows that I’m a crotchety old vertebrate not given much to tree hugging or hugging in general really,…

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10 Things I Hate Part 19

1. People who downplay serious issues, because they are incapable of understanding them. For example, all this rape nonsense that was flying around during the last…

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Dear Goldfish Part 20

Hello, Internet. Welcome back to Dear Goldfish, the (soooo not even) weekly series where I answer real questions asked by our studio audience, in other words,…

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Dear Goldfish Part 19

Hello, Internet. Welcome back to Dear Goldfish, the (not even close to) weekly series where I answer real questions asked by our studio audience, in other…

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Dear Goldfish Part 18

Hello, Internet. Welcome back to Dear Goldfish, the (allegedly) weekly series where I answer real questions asked by our studio audience, in other words, you. The…

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10 Things I Hate Part 18

1. All this anti-gay bullshit. Last time I discussed this, it was Oreo cookies in the hot seat for making a gay pride cookie. Now it’s…

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Dear Goldfish Part 17

Hello, Internet. Welcome back to Dear Goldfish, the (quasi-) weekly series where I answer real questions asked by our studio audience, in other words, you. The…

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Dear Goldfish Part 16

Hello, Internet. I’m bored and it’s Friday, which means that it’s time for Dear Goldfish, the (erratically) weekly series where I answer real questions asked by…

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