This post is one of my guest blogs on To Be Shouted. Click the link to visit the archives: Recently I found myself hunting through a shelf of shimmering spools of thread of all colors. I picked up a bluish one, held it up to my dress, put it back. I picked up a greenish … Continue reading
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Rebarbative
Excerpt from Skirt.com, click the link to read the rest: 0 Have you ever learned a new word and realized that such a word was exactly what was missing from your life? This is how I felt a few days ago when introduced to the word rebarbative, which I was told meant disgust or repellance … Continue reading
When the Moon Shines through the Pine Trees
Excerpt from Skirt.com, click the link to read the rest: 0 Perhaps because of too many rounds of Bad Song Poker, Ive had a certain tune rolling around in my head for the past few days. Its actually a song I quite enjoy and would never play in a round of BSP, having learned it … Continue reading
Uterus is not a dirty word.
Excerpt from Skirt.com, click the link to read the rest: 0 This is a portion of my letter to Florida Speaker of the House Dean Cannon, who reprimanded Representative Scott Randolph for using the word ‘uterus’ on the House floor: read more Continue reading
Bad Song Poker
Excerpt from Skirt.com, click the link to read the rest: 0 I am, as ever, vigilant about looking for new procrastination tools. I had decided that this week I was going to finish a draft of the chapter I am submitting for the belly dance volume I am co-editing, but I cant seem to focus. … Continue reading
Job-Hunting and Other Games
Excerpt from Skirt.com, click the link to read the rest: 0 So I’ve been spending the past few weeks alternating between revising my thesis to try and sell it as a book (New! Improved!) and looking for jobs. I have realized something that legions job-seekers of the world before me already know: looking for a … Continue reading
Tale of Two Pounds
Excerpt from Skirt.com, click the link to read the rest 0 A few days ago I went for a ramble around London in the sunshine. It was a picture-perfect day for exploring city splendors and all was going well until a woman stopped me in the street. She looked distressed. I had a feeling I … Continue reading
The Creature
Excerpt from Skirt.com, click the link to read the rest 0 Okay, I’ll save you the suspense (what little is left.) I did get a ticket to Frankenstein. Some of you may be wondering, “How on earth does that unemployed PhD with threadbare elbow-patch jackets even manage to afford going to all that theatre anyway?” … Continue reading
A Day on the South Bank
Excerpt from Skirt.com, click the link to read the rest 0 About two weeks ago I decided to give myself an early birthday present by heading out to see a play. London is a good place for that sort of thing. Nothing ventured, nothing gained, I thought as I walked towards the great hulking form … Continue reading
Wodehousian Metaphysics
Excerpt from Skirt.com, click the link to read the rest 0 Perhaps, dear readers, you have forgotten about my ongoing quest for a Jeeves. However, it becomes increasingly clear to me as time passes that if I had a Jeeves, the little burdens of my life would be magnificently eased. read more Continue reading
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