Ever feel like you need some fresh ink on your skin, but can't think of any good ideas? Don't worry. I got your back. These are ideas I hastily photoshopped for your enjoyment, based on whatever literary inspiration I could see without getting up from the couch! I work so hard for you. When I was … Continue reading Free Tattoo Ideas: Literary Edition
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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
We Live In The Future. And We’re Jerks.
We made pasta from scratch over the weekend. It took a couple of hours, start to dinner, and made an enormous, flour-y mess, mostly all over me, but also on the table, chairs, floor, maybe the walls a little bit... the Handsome Husband might have judged me. The point is, the Kraken had entirely too … Continue reading We Live In The Future. And We’re Jerks.
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
Bad Advice: Future Dating Tips
I'm years away from needing to help the Kraken figure out girls, or boys, or both, or neither. But that can't stop me for one minute from reflecting on all the amazing advice I shall one day bestow upon him, while he sits rapt beside me, deeply pondering my words and taking everything to heart. Okay, my … Continue reading Bad Advice: Future Dating Tips