Archive for March, 2006
Posted: Monday, March 13th, 2006 @ 9:07 am in General | Comments Off
After temperatures up near the 50’s, March is finally starting to act like a lion! About four inches on the ground here, and still coming down hard. Actually, it’s hard to tell, because the windows are so plastered with snow. Looks like I’ll have some shovelling to do later.
Posted: Friday, March 10th, 2006 @ 5:29 pm in Foofy, General | Comments Off
My office looks out over the back yard, and guess what I just saw: a short, rather round and elf-like woman, with a big garbage bag over her shoulder, taking a peek in our trash bin. No luck — our trash day was yesterday, so it’s empty except maybe some used kitty litter [...]
Posted: Thursday, March 9th, 2006 @ 10:21 am in Foofy, General | Comments Off
This made me laugh until I cried. From Threadbared.
Posted: Wednesday, March 8th, 2006 @ 10:43 am in Feminism, General | Comments Off
Someone else had about the same reaction to Linda Hirshman as I did:
A couple days ago I got an email from a reader named Sara (hi Sara!) who asked if I’d comment on what law professor Linda Hirshman recently said on “Good Morning America” about how it’s a mistake for educated women to stay at [...]
Posted: Monday, March 6th, 2006 @ 11:27 am in Foofy, General | Comments Off
We went shoe shopping at the North Branch outlet stores this weekend. MFH tried on about 30 pairs of shoes at the Reebok store before settling on a pair. I looked at the other stores for a new pair of “trompers” (sturdy leather walking shoes), and it was hard work. The women’s [...]
Posted: Wednesday, March 1st, 2006 @ 4:53 pm in Foofy, General | Comments Off
I’ve been out of commission with a bad cold lately. Too sick last weekend to even want to play Weboggle. Too sick to read anything with smaller print than Dr. Seuss books. MFH nursed me through it; he is awesome to have around when I am sick.
Then yesterday he came home from [...]