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Is That Sriracha in Your Pocket, or Are You Happy to See Me?
It’s Sriracha in my pocket. I don’t know – is it weird to carry around a portable bottle of hot sauce in your pants? Conventional wisdom would probably indicate so. Fortunately, I never pay attention to the so-called arbiters of what is, or is not, considered normal behavior. When I whipped it out at lunchtime yesterday,…
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Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On (Someday)
There’s been a lot of talk in the news lately about a devastating earthquake that will someday hit the Pacific Northwest. It all started last month, when The New Yorker published a story called “The Really Big One.” A lot of people are really freaked out about this, including my daughter. While the overall details of the article are…
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Interrobangin’
Last Christmas, Tara got me a Word of the Day calendar. What does she think I am, some kind of grammar nerd?! Oh. Wait… Anyway. I keep it on my desk at work, and the first thing I do when I arrive in the office every morning is tear off the previous sheet to unveil…
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Only Consequences (and Hush Puppies)
I did not expect my last post to generate such a strong response from my friends and readers. But a good number of them had much to say about whether or not I should eat those onion rings. It was all very eye-opening, I have to admit. The overwhelming consensus was that I should just…
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On Pleasure, Guilt, and Onion Rings
I’ve been waging an internal war over onion rings this week. Every summer, our fabulous local burger chain, Burgerville, rolls out their seasonal Walla Walla onion rings. These babies are amazing! Big, sweet slices of Washington state onions rolled in panko breadcrumbs and deep fried to crispy golden perfection. Here’s a photo I took last…
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Sofa King Brilliant
I’ve been watching a lot of Shark Tank lately. In case you are unaware, this is a reality television show in which entrepreneurs pitch ideas to a group of well-known billionaire investors in the hopes of landing a business deal. It’s entertaining as hell and highly addictive. Most of the proposals are silly (an alarm clock that awakens…
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