Soppho

Confession: I’d like to pass this off as one of the chocolates I got for Valentine’s Day this year. But it’s not, because I am weak, because I am a stereotypical lover of chocolate, and, predictably, because the ones I got from Valentine’s Day are long gone.  I mean, have you looked at this thing? [...]

This is what happens when I forget my razor at my mother’s house over the holidays. It’s terribly convenient in that you can shave your legs, trim your bangs, and cut snowflakes out of construction paper all at the same time, or, if limb retention is important to you, all within five minutes.
This may seem [...]

When we were younger, I always dreaded the Christmas season for one reason. Okay, two reasons, but we’ll leave my terror of Mall Santa Claus out of this for now, thanks. I dreaded the holiday season because I knew that sooner or later Mom would exclaim, “Let’s go look at the Christmas lights!” and the [...]

In honor of Sesame Street’s 40th anniversary this month, B sent me along this little number, with a note:
“Mediocre Sesame Street song featuring the Count, but it really shines at the 55-second mark, with the arrival of dancing bats.”
(I suggest you heed his advice and skip on in to :55)

I haven’t seen Sesame Street in [...]

I have a Halloween-appropriate confession: I’ve always wanted to be Glinda from the Wizard of Oz. And come on, who wouldn’t? She’s like the Pope of Oz. She has an awesome hat and a snazzy, shiny outfit that could easily smuggle the entire Health & Beauty section out of the grocery store. She gets [...]