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Monthly Archives: March 2007

The Anticipation of Pleasure

Looks like the little man will be going to the Magic Kingdom. Without me. But this will be a good thing. He’ll have some quality time with his grandma, and I’ll have some quality time with the house. So much work to be done. But I already have a brief break planned. The timing of [...]

A Theory of Immaterialism

The other day I put a fresh battery in a broken clock. Now I cringe once every sixty seconds, when it emits a sad little croaking click. The minute hand struggles past the hour hand but the hour hand just won’t budge. It is determined to remain in the six o’clock hour indefinitely. Which really [...]

Fear is the Mindkiller

Not to get Bjork-like and all All is Full of Love on you, but a confluence of events, combined with my perpetual exhaustion, has me in a decidely weird mood. Thinking maybe there are some okay people out there after all and maybe everything doesn’t suck. Crazy talk, I know. But I was reading about [...]

Neither Brute Nor Angel

We’re snowed in again today. Funny thing is, the little man’s school was already scheduled to be closed so I’d lined up alternate childcare. But getting us from here to there won’t be happening. Thankfully we’re fairly well stocked. We have food. We have entertainment (though I could use more books).

We do need light bulbs. [...]

Of Ideas Manifest

This morning I was dreaming of socks. On some level I knew I’d have to get up before long and make my way downstairs to fetch the laundry. But, in my dream, untold horrors blocked the way between me…and the clean socks. I was relieved when the little man woke me up and flung [...]