The Girl With Moxie

Today I got a root canal. This is what it looks like on an x-ray (it’s the one on the left). I’m going to lie down now.

Did you see this statement from the White House about alien life on Earth? There were less than 25,000 signatures total on two separate petitions (numbers added by me): 1. WE PETITION THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TO: Immediately disclose the government’s knowledge of and communications with extraterrestrial beings This Petition calls for the President to...

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Today was a busy day. Well, the last half of it was, anyway. That’s all because there’s a new kid in town. Since Mossimo the Pimptastic Cat died last August, it’s been tough on Ippie the Tech Wizard Kitten. She was used to having Moss to groom and tackle and play with occasionally. I...

I am on deadline, which means I am much more interested in faffing about on the Internet (I love that phrase) and dawdling. Today’s moment of dawdling features this mental age quiz, which says I am 43. Forty-three?! So much for ...

This is your crayon. This is your crayon, forgotten on the sidewalk in Sacramento on a hot day. This is your crayon, melted from the 95-plus-degree temperatures and the sun beating down on it as it lay forgotten on the sidewalk. Any questions? Send your photos of weird things seen on the street and...

I have lived in my current apartment for a little over a year now. Aside from the lack of closet & storage space and the minimal natural light, I really like my place. I’m within walking distance of several good restaurants and a discount grocery store, and when the state workers are off work...

So at close to the last minute I decided to do NaBloPoMo for November. I did it last year and it was a great motivator. Hard to keep up steam once the month’s over, at least for me, but maybe it will be different on this go-round. Who knows? So stay tuned, be sure...

Less than an hour ago, the media announced that Steve Jobs, founder of Apple, Pixar and NeXt, had died. He fought a long hard battle with cancer but didn’t stop working and innovating. In 2007 Apple’s iPhone was named Invention of the Year by Time Magazine. His company birthed even more iPhones after that....

About a month ago I went to the library to have my summer reading bingo card registered in their system. Just for participating they gave me a reusable bag. And for the first time I could remember, I thought, “Another freakin’ bag?!” See, there was a time when I was all about acquiring bags....