December 2009
22 posts
Dave Barry's year in review: 2009 →
lizlemon:
Brilliant.
It was a year of Hope — at first in the sense of “I feel hopeful!” and later in the sense of “I hope this year ends soon!”
It was also a year of Change, especially in Washington, where the tired old hacks of yesteryear finally yielded the reins of power to a group of fresh, young, idealistic, new-idea outsiders such as Nancy Pelosi. As a result Washington, rejecting...
So, for some reason all week long I’ve been getting random hoax emails at my work account. There was the one about needing money for a divorce from someone who is apparently my friend in London. And the one about needing money for a new student visa from another “friend” in London. I’d love to know why these hoax masterminds targeted my work email during a holiday week.
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For dinner on Christmas day this year my family invited over some of our extended family who live around North Carolina. My mom spent most of the afternoon in the kitchen preparing various amazing foods while my brother, dad, and I followed the orders for whatever chores we had been given. The guests were supposed to arrive at 6 and by 5:45 the house looked great and the food was coming along...
Things That Carried Him →
I recently came across this Esquire article, which actually won the National Magazine Award for feature writing this year. I’ve read a lot of great articles this year. Like this one in The New York Times Magazine or this one in GQ. I’ve also read a lot of really good articles in general like this one on the AIDS crisis among truckers in Africa or this one on the writer Jonathan Safran...
Things I have learned about myself from doing “research” for my 1st person article on dating:
1) I always want what is unavailable.
2) If something is available, there’s a really good chance I don’t want it.
Conclusions I have drawn about myself from things learned doing the article:
1) I am apparently a small child living in the body of a 27-year-old.
2) I am destined...
I’m not the type of person who cries very often. Most of my friends have probably never even seen me tear up. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not like an emotionally-stunted-unable-to-cry-Cameron-Diaz-in-The-Holiday kind of non-crier, I occasionally get misty eyed during a sweet song or when someone does something really kind. I’m just not the type of person who needs Kleenex at...
“I wish we could put up some of the Christmas spirit in jars and open a jar of it...”
– Harlan Miller (via londonlivin)
So I have this ex-boyfriend who is totally crazy. I know everyone says they have a crazy ex, but seriously, tell me any story about yours and I’ll one up you times like 40 million. That’s a fact. We don’t actually speak anymore (see aforementioned issues with insanity), however, he likes to call every so often and act as if we do. It’s an awesome maneuver really. Just act like you’re friends with...
WatchNow, in addition to my friends constantly being afraid I’m going to quote them on here, they have to worry they’ll show up in video footage as well.
This is the price they pay to hang out with the owner of the world’s best dog.
Today I met with a Jewish matchmaker for my upcoming dating article. (Quick note: I’m not Jewish.) It doesn’t bode well that someone desperate to date in Charlotte has resorted to using non applicable matching services. Soon I’ll be going to AA meetings to break my Diet Coke addiction. I learned two things from my pseudo matchmaker (she can’t actually match me with anyone apparently as I’m not...
I don’t like my neighbors. Not the ones next door to my left who gave me cookies when I moved in and then mysteriously vacated their house a month ago, moved to NYC, and haven’t had their yard mowed since. And not the ones next door to my right who I actually saw sitting on their front steps in a bathrobe smoking a cigarette at noon on my lunch break today. (Seriously. Are you in some kind of...
Dear President Obama,
Do you really want to be the new “war president”? If you go to West Point tomorrow night (Tuesday, 8pm) and announce that you are increasing, rather than withdrawing, the troops in Afghanistan, you are the new war president. Pure and simple. And with that you will do the worst possible thing you could do — destroy the hopes and dreams so many millions...
