my friends J and M just came over (at 12:00 at night!) to keep me company as i brave the last few hours of the blogathon. so we did two interviews. here is the first one. i’m “i”. please observe my stellar interview skills. i: what should i interview you about? j: fun! i: what’s… Continue reading blogathon: isabella’s amazing interview powers
Category: general
blogathon: bathroom questions
the other morning i felt really crummy. my back hurt, my bones felt stiff, and my head felt all fogged up. i couldn’t think straight and just wanted to crawl away but because i couldn’t think straight i couldn’t figure out where to. now my back doesn’t really hurt anymore, when i move my head… Continue reading blogathon: bathroom questions
blogathon: my 5 best posts, according to my readers
a few weeks ago, i polled my readers what they thought were my best posts. here is what they came up with: creativity: the murky mind ernesto cardenal: verses from the pluriverse recovering from anorexia: 10 activities a buddhist carnival sex trade workers and free will this is an entry for my participation in the… Continue reading blogathon: my 5 best posts, according to my readers
writing about madrid
the following is an experiment in writing … remember i said i wanted to do more creative writing? madrid … when i think of madrid, a place i have never been, i think of – seriousness. the seriousness of beautiful women hidden behind black lace hidden behind fans in soft hands that have never worked… Continue reading writing about madrid
quickie: inspiration
to my fellow bloggers who like to write about inspiration: one of my blogging buddies, damien at postcards from the funny farm, has a group writing/writing contest project called amazing visions. it closes on july 1 (extended deadline) and here is what it’s about can you think of someone you admire? maybe it’s for their… Continue reading quickie: inspiration
a review-me post: health insurance
as you’ve seen, i’ve started experimenting with monetizing this blog. (it’s all fellow vancouverite john chow’s fault). part of this experimentation is with “review me” paid reviews. so let me disclose up front that i’m getting paid a whopping $10 to write this (it’s my first review; it might take me a month or 40… Continue reading a review-me post: health insurance
rich! richer! richest!
and today, just for the fun of it, because good ol’ john chow sent me there, here is a look into the crystal ball. try it yourself! 18,170,695how much money will you be worth?
8 random facts
8 random facts about me … and things you may not know … i once seriously considered starting a web site dedicated entirely to caesar salad the only autograph i ever bothered getting was from dancer rudolf nureyev in my crazy berlin-before-the-wall-came-down days, one saturday i had a one-night stand with a kurdish urologist who… Continue reading 8 random facts
frozen pea friday: researching tamoxifen
today is frozen pea friday, and as usual, i’m writing about cancer. a friend of mine who just underwent a mastectomy and will most likely get the recommendation to take tamoxifen in the near future was asking some of her friends to do a bit of research for her (remember, sifting through tons of information… Continue reading frozen pea friday: researching tamoxifen
changes
the other day, carol took a video of me babbling on about the mind of a blogger. that got me thinking. do i really want to frame everything in terms of blogging? is that the kind of world i want to inhabit? that was not one of those sneering hypothetical questions. (as in, “come on,… Continue reading changes