I love a good internet rabbit hole, and watching The Crown has given me a great chance to learn all sorts of new and completely useless information about the British royal family, along with an unhealthy emotional investment in Queen Elizabeth's love life! And, since I couldn't think of anything clever to write about today, I'm going … Continue reading A Royal Rabbit Hole
Geekery
My Rules For The Perfect Library
Like pretty much every other person writing on the internet, I love libraries. I'm genuinely convinced that this is the single most romantic moment in cinema history, and you'll never convince me otherwise: I'm not saying I would ever leave my husband, but if a magical man-beast with fantastic eyebrows ever gives me a library... … Continue reading My Rules For The Perfect Library
Baby Iguanas Are Maniacs
I'm one of those people. You know the ones I'm talking about. People who like snakes. I volunteered at a nature center in high school, and wound up in charge of the lizard-bug-turtle-snake room, possibly because I was so obviously trustworthy and qualified, but probably because no one else wanted to do it. Either way, … Continue reading Baby Iguanas Are Maniacs
That Time I Got A Horse
Long ago, in the misty days of the past, when it was always summer, nothing was ever mysteriously sticky, and I could sleep till 10 in the morning, I didn't have a tiny fascist dictator running my life. In those halcyon days, I could throw whole days away on lazy indulgence, because I was free. … Continue reading That Time I Got A Horse
Ye Olde Times
I spend a surprising amount of my time being thankful I wasn't born in the 1400s. Or 600 AD. Or 1100 BC. Basically, all of the dates before the second half on the 20th century. They seem like, by and large, people had a fairly shitty time of it, unless you were the 0.00001% who … Continue reading Ye Olde Times
The Moon Landing Happened
When I was pregnant, I imagined a lot of different scenarios for how my baby was going to turn out. Maybe he wouldn't have arms, or would be a sociopath without human emotion, or maybe he'd be tone deaf and never appreciate the B-52s properly. The biggest, scariest thing I could think of, though, … Continue reading The Moon Landing Happened
Glint of Light 