Category Archives: Ukraine

You know what? I don’t need pants. I’m in Ukraine.

I have a long, warm coat to keep me comfortable for when I am outside. When I get inside, and take off that coat, half the time, I am no longer wearing pants. That’s right. I have begun pairing long tank-tops and tights. I wonder what took me so long, to be honest. This isContinue reading “You know what? I don’t need pants. I’m in Ukraine.”

All aboard the douchecanoe!*

One of the benefits of being single is going on bad dates, and then telling people about them. OK, maybe that’s not actually a “benefit” to most normal people, but if you’re a weirdo like me, in love with a good story above all things, it’s definitely a welcome side-effect. “This might suck right inContinue reading “All aboard the douchecanoe!*”

Beautiful People, the “beauty won’t save the world, but it will come pretty damn close” edition

For Dad. Happy Birthday. The ice outside looks like whale blubber. Nobody is cleaning it up, because that’s something that people in civilized countries do, and it’s not like we can have anyone forgetting where it is they live. It would be vastly unpatriotic, etc. I don’t have any ambitions to prevent myself from fallingContinue reading “Beautiful People, the “beauty won’t save the world, but it will come pretty damn close” edition”

I have no idea what is keeping me awake, and am playing Monday Music

I’m Looking Through You – the Beatles The German Lesson – Soft Machine Who Will? – Patrick Wolf Near to You – A Fine Frenzy Mount Wroclai Idle Days – Beirut The Rare Ould Times – Flogging Molly Oh Shit! – the Buzzcocks Giving Up the Fight – Eleni Mandell Cranes of Spring – MariaContinue reading “I have no idea what is keeping me awake, and am playing Monday Music”