In medias res

This would be AKA Mr. Name Of Sister of In Medias Res.

To another sister, who lives in the same town where they and my parents live:

“What do you think about going in together on a third place?”
“I don’t understand…why would we do that?”
“We could share it and not tell your mom about it. You could [...]

One of my sisters got married on Saturday. My youngest sister. I was appalled when the minister introduced them as “Mr. and Mrs. Her Husband’s Name.” Since then, I have been calling her husband Mr. My Youngest Sister’s Name. Fucking ridiculous, as if a woman ceases to exist once she gets married. I know that [...]

Nordstrom’s latest catalog, which we, ahem, read over wine at dinner this evening, contained a surprising image. Surprising in that I have never seen a person with a disability (or a model with a “disability”) used in an advert campaign before today. Despite the fact that this is a stereotypical wafer-thin model, we were still [...]

In a nutshell, it means that a lot of white, upper-middle class people pack themselves into their Volvos and head to Veneta for the Oregon Country Fair. Once there, they wander topless, or paint themselves with glitter (because that is like, natural, man), or buy random hippie crap, or smoke pot.
Not that I am speaking [...]

My recent announcement that I would be learning to play lead guitar this summer was met with utter enthusiasm.  (Keeping my baby bro’s electric guitar for him this summer while he wanders South America.)
We are about to watch Eddie Izzard’s Dress to Kill. In the $14,000 theater downstairs.
And that’s just for today.

Spotted just now on oregonlive.com. I know what the picture should be, but still…this is a really unfortunate caption. The text reads as follows:
Ramsey McPhillips says he spends much of his time cleaning up trash like this from his family property in McMinnville. He says the rubbish is from trucks that haul trash to the [...]

Two nights in a row of Eddie Izzard. We have been trolling YouTube and ordering DVDs on Netflix. The Death Star Canteen is a longtime favorite, but others are pretty damn great too.
Death Star canteen:

Of course I love the Lego version, too.
Then there’s Cake or Death.

And the truly wonderful and classic discussion of WW 2:

Good [...]

From V, in Canada for a week: “Hey roommie, just calling to see how you’re doing. I’m watching Stargate, I think. Yeah…it’s the same one you watch. I could really get hooked on this!”
Now THAT is what I call good news.

There is a rather long, rather high bridge west of Portland, the St. John’s Bridge. Crossing the St. John’s Bridge is the closest thing to driving my car into a church I’ve ever experienced, if only churches were on bridges and were made of green metal. This evening, crossing that bridge, I had this moment [...]

V and I have both been a bit under the weather lately, she with her back and me with everything else. She has been ordering bath salts like a fiend, and every day or two a huge canister will show up for our bathing delight. Saturday night, I’m sitting in bed, and she comes to [...]