Posts tagged ‘FAIL’

The Night Of The Amorous Parking Meters

I had dinner the other night with my bestest friend in the world at some pretentious French fusion eatery that had the nerve to have “farm”…

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The Junk Drawer Part 3

Today, the Daily Post asked what’s in my drafts folder. I’ve explored my drafts folder before here and here, but I suppose it’s time to do…

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Schadenfreude

Rarasaur has devised Prompts For The Promptless. Every week, we’re given a new topic to discuss. I have been very lax in my participation since this…

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The Junk Drawer Part 2

Exploring FOG’s drafts folder one miserable, unfinished blog post at a time. There are currently 55 items in my drafts folder. Let’s see what they are,…

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Don’t Panic!

Daily Post prompt: Honestly evaluate the way you respond to crisis situations. Are you happy with the way you react? I suppose it depends on whether…

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Throw A Box On It

I am a graphic designer, which means I instinctively evaluate every bit of design I see from billboards to websites. I can’t help it. I would…

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The Junk Drawer

We all gather a lot of junk in our lives. We throw it in a pile expecting to go through it later. A blog is no…

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Begging the Question: Dogs Are Cats

There are phrases in the English language that drive me absolutely batty when I hear them. One of them is “begs the question.” People say this…

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Glossophobia

I have been on stage before, but I try not to ever think about it. Being on stage falls into the “things that keep me up…

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The Source

Lolcats: Sick of ‘em or can’t get enough? I’d have to say I’m sick of them. It’s mostly because the same tired old pictures make their…

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In The Middle

I’ve claimed on this blog before that I’m poor. Well, apparently, I’m not. According to the republic of California, I make enough money to be charged…

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Célébrités Du Jour

Who’s your favorite celebrity, and why? GUH. You might as well ask me who my favorite elf is since I have about as much knowledge of…

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The Zen Master

My father is a Zen master. I can count on one hand the number of times in my entire life that I’ve seen him go ballistic.…

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Steal Your Soul

Share your favorite photo of yourself. Describe why you love it. Why would anyone want to look at pictures of me? I believe that photographs steal…

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The Road To Mediocrity

Discuss a book that left you disappointed. Alright, you asked for it. Based on how popular this book is, I know this will be a very…

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One Law I’d Abolish

If you could reverse one law, which would it be? “Excuse me, Goldfish, your politics are showing.” Embarrassed, she tucked them back inside her pants where…

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I Don’t Write Poetry

I’ve always been more of a prose sort of girl; occasionally working myself into the odd fictional scenario, but mostly, I just tell it like it…

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The Left Hand Is Evil!

When I was a wee lass, just entering formal education, after graduating from eating paste, my teacher thought there was something wrong with me. There was,…

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Homonyms Are The Devil

People are stupid. Not all, but most of them are stupid. People are stupid enough when you have to hear the insignificant and superfluous words spewing…

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The Montebello Incident

I’ve done some pretty stupid things in my life; some things I regret and some things that were just plain idiotic. I’m not proud of them,…

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The World’s Dumbest Cat

Since I boldly declared myself the owner of the world’s dumbest cat on my About page, I suppose that I owe some explanation as to why…

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Save

The world owes me. I don’t mean in the “I am entitled simply because I exist” sort of way.  I mean that all of you out…

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Fuck You, Sandman!

Besides not getting hit by a bus, humans need to do four basic things to survive – eat, drink, breathe and sleep – and I suck…

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Where Did The Bumper Go?

I am originally from Detroit, Michigan, the center of the domestic automotive universe, the home of The Big Three automakers: Ford, GM and Chrysler. Not only…

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Spring Off!!!!

I’m not opposed to kids. They come in handy for fetching things, better than a cat anyway, but seriously, general public, I don’t care about your…

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