‘Tis the Season

This is the first Christmas in six years (!!) that I won’t be in McBookstore on Sundays. And… oh well! (As I side note, I do actually miss being in the kids section, not because I long for misbehaving snot-nosed crumbsnatchers, but because I miss reading all the kids books for free.) However, my friend [...]

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Beethoven & Britney

I was running late one sleepy morning last week. Intelligentsia (supplier of my daily latte addiction, running late or not) was playing Calexico’s Garden Ruin, and I had maybe four minutes of sweet, sweet relief from my otherwise grimy morning. Unsurprising; music frequently determines or reflects moods. See: any number of music reviews making references [...]

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On Being White in Hyde Park

I left the vet Monday afternoon carrying nearly 20 pounds of cat. Call me weak, but the kitties were too heavy to walk more than a few dozen yards. Clarabelle is pretty subdued in her carrier, but Monte wriggles around, sticking his paws out at passersby and generally making himself difficult to hang on to. [...]

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You Know You’ve Worked at McBookstore Too Long When…

I watched Mean Girls last night. One of “The Plastics” looked really familiar, but I couldn’t place her. It was bothering me enough that I got on IMDB after the movie ended. I skimmed over her filmography… she’s mostly had parts in a bunch of TV shows I’ve never watched. Hmmm. I clicked on the [...]

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