Corinne

The last three days were either busy or I was too emotionally spent to blog. More of the latter than the former, if we’re being honest. Yesterday was Momcat’s birthday and the days leading up to it are very challenging for ...

Way too exhausted, mentally and emotionally, to blog. Something fun and pithy, or perhaps thought-provoking and insightful, will come another time. But not tonight.

Every time I go out with Ms. Chick to an event I end up meeting very interesting people. And when I say “interesting” I mean quirky, odd, or downright bizarre. Tonight we went to an event out of town. Good food and drinks, talked to some cool local guys. After about 20 minutes or...

Three years ago today, I got reduced to part-time hours at my office job. At the time I was relieved to not be completely laid off, but still frustrated that I wouldn’t be making as much money. I told my boss, “This is a blessing because now I’ll be able to spend more time...

How many drunk Sacramentans does it take to put a orange cone on top of a lamppost? No, really, I don’t know. I was hoping you would tell me.

Like many other people, I’m extremely disgusted by all the news coming out of the Penn State sexual abuse scandal. What upsets me the most, though, is how easy it is for us as humans to do nothing when we see suffering or pain. Will Humes is a Methodist minister based in Pennsylvania. I...

Today I finally watched the first two episodes of “American Horror Story”, the new freaky scary show on FX by Ryan Murphy, creator of the plastic surgeon freakfest “Nip/Tuck” and the high school song-and-dance freakfest “Glee.” The show definitely succeeded in scaring the crap out of me, which means I have to keep watching....

I had several other ideas for blog posts for today, but I was feeling lazy & didn’t do much of anything other than read, faff about on the Internet, eat, and nap with the cats. So this is what you get. Here’s a gratuit...

Ippie Rooney Homemade hot cocoa with cinnamon Warm bread with olive oil and balsamic vinegar for dipping

This afternoon I was walking through Capitol Park and I stopped by this truck. Turns out that inside this truck is a 65-foot white fir – there were glass panels where visitors could view part of the tree – taken from the Stanislaus National Forest. It got chosen to be the U.S. Capitol Christmas...