In honor of mother’s day, here are some funny things about my mom. Thanks for pushing me out of your vagina, mom! Salt Cookies My mom used to make homemade playdoh all the time, and this one time when she was trying to make sugar cookies, she made the recipe for playdoh instead. Our Christmas cookies were [...]
May 14th, 2006
Read...I had seen him - yesterday - perched high on the crown molding in my living room. I had thought him a moth, and squirted him with Method. His wings were clutched together: tight. But today, he had retired to the ground near my back door, where he jumped up in desperate little hops, only to fall [...]
May 13th, 2006
Read...Yesterday, at WhiteSpace, we wandered out back to the sculpture garden. Clichés abounded honeysuckle and gardenia gave gentle embrace mosquitos buzzed in happy abandon I wiped the dampness from my bosom gave my fan a wave sipped tea and sighed longingly, thinking of a love that could never be but was Actually, none of that stuff happened. But I can write it, and you [...]
May 12th, 2006
Read...I don’t want to go to Bounce-n-Bobs (no apostrophe). Bob scares me. He looks like he wants to jump up and down on my face with his round thighs and make me wear his funny little hat while he makes evil clown faces at me. Me no likey Bouncy Bob!
May 12th, 2006
Read...Why do I live someplace where you can get stuck in traffic behind a bunch of logs? I’m a city girl. There should be no logs!
May 11th, 2006
Read...Tomato Basil Soup with Grilled Cheese with Pesto & Tomatoes Yum Yum. I had previously visited Octane in my eternal chai tea latte search (more below), but I had yet to sup at this wifi-friendly (and proud!) establishment. I’m happy to report that the results were good. Tomato basil soup can be a much abused item, but [...]
May 11th, 2006
Read...Sous vide salmon, cucumbers, capers, lazy croutons, cotija cheese & organic greens.
May 10th, 2006
Read...I love reader participation. It’s what makes blogging fun. I’ve often tried to start discussions on this blog - on online journalism, high school geometry teachers, and various Atlanta restaurants. It’s all worked to some degree … but not like the participation I’m getting from these “Wonder Puppy” pictures. My mother has taken it upon herself [...]
May 10th, 2006
Read...Recently, LauraFries.com (the person and the blog) has been getting some cool media coverage from respectable folks. Check it out. Poynter’s E-Media Tidbits After I posted a comment on another post (“What’s the Point of Newspaper Blogs?”), Tidbits editor Amy Gahran picked out my tips for starting a new blog “So, You Want a Blog, Do Ya?” as [...]
May 10th, 2006
Read...My angry neighbor makes me sad. Why is he pounding? It’s 10:30. I’m online, researching how to find the diagonal of a parallelogram, given the base and the height. It’s not a party. At this point - folks are saying, “Why don’t you just go talk to him?” I know, I know, you have this image of a [...]
May 9th, 2006
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