24 Feb 2010
Most of the time I take what I do for granted. I think it comes with the job, or at least eventually it does. In the beginning, I used to get high off the fact that people told me things for no good reason other than I was a reporter and they were being asked [...]
Posted in Buffalo, Canada, Chuck Klosterman, Circus people, fastfood, french fries, Goodwill Hunting, note taking, observations, Rattletrap Car, reporting, Sarasota by: heidi
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20 Feb 2010
We attended the Sarasota Pug Parade today. If you’re laughing right now, that’s OK. It’s something us pug owners are accustomed to. We’re loons. We dress our pugs in costume and force them down a catwalk. The event is such a draw I’ve met pug owners from as faraway as INDIANA. The parade, which began [...]
Posted in dognapping, Elvis, emasculation, favorite things, observations, paws, pk, pug babies, pugs, Sarasota, Tiger Woods by: heidi
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17 Feb 2010
This is a true story. And the only reason you’re reading about it is because it’s been resolved. Let me start it by saying Joe is sitting in front of our new 55-inch Samsung flat screen television watching last night’s episode of Lost. The look of contentment on his face is something neither I, nor [...]
09 Feb 2010
My beloved Canuck coffee chain has banned a man in Canada for repeatedly being a pain in the ass. The CBC News story describes the dude as a “coffee enthusiast” who after complaining several times about receiving burnt decaf coffee, was banned for life from a Tim Horton’s in the province of New Brunswick. You’re [...]
08 Feb 2010
I found these yellow receipts a couple weeks ago stuffed in a paper bag in my car’s glovebox. I was so totally confused as to where they came from that I stared at them for a minute, studying the name of the convenient store –– Circle K. And then I started laughing because my favorite [...]
01 Feb 2010
I’m a recovering pack rat, but sometimes I regress. Tonight I transcribed 14 saved voice mail messages dating back to 2007. It was as much a practical exercise as it was a display of my neurotic compulsion to document everything. I have no space left for voice mails and text messages. My mailbox is always [...]
Posted in Brian, bridesmaids, dentist, girlfriends, good hygiene, Heelya, Joe, Kansas, lovey doveyness, meg, mom, mushy anecdotes, Nana, Opa, pk, Q-Tips, Ro, Rosey, Rummy, sisterhood, voice mail, wedding pomp by: heidi
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