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Monthly Archives: August 2009

“The only romantic thing left in life is a hat”

Monday, August 31, 2009

I would love to get a set of luggage like these to replace my current falling-apart set of luggage, but, alas, have had to opt instead for something practical with wheels bestowed upon me by my parents.  At least I always manage to look totally fabulous while traveling through the strategically fashionable use of large [...]

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A final hurrah before I venture into hippieland

Friday, August 14, 2009

How fucking stupid is the Oops, Peggy is Pregnant! storyline in Mad Men? So fucking stupid. I was about to write a blog post about how stupid and kind of irritating the Peggy Gets Fat storyline was, but now it has reached its logical conclusion: Of course she was actually expecting; we could have a [...]

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Important news:

Thursday, August 13, 2009

I just wanted to let you know a recent search terms that has led some poor soul to my blog is “binder clips on nipples.”

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Books and also other lovely things

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Today I heard an interview on Writers and Company on the good ol’ CBC with Nuala O’Faolain, an Irish writer who sadly died last year, and who I had never heard of.  And now I want to go out and track down her books, because clearly she is a spintersly kindred spirit.  She said this, [...]

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Don’t you wanna know how we keep starting fires?

Monday, August 3, 2009

My current summer project (to do an intense, scrupulous study of Helen Gurley Brown‘s Sex and the Single Girl whilst drinking on the porch) is proving to be completely hilarious.  This book is so silly, which of course means that it’s wonderful.  Mid-Century advice literature is really a genre that deserves more scholarly attention, I [...]

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