Why is it that 30 felt like nothing — no different, no older, nada — but 35 feels so momentous? Beats the hell outta me.
My birthday wish is that, if you’re lurking, you delurk for a minute and tell me who you are, how you got here, and why you stop by. Yes, […]

From Mary P., I present the Life Experiences Meme.
Bold the ones you’ve done:
01. Bought everyone in the bar a drink
02. Swam with wild dolphins
03. Climbed a mountain
04. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
05. Been inside the Great Pyramid
06. Held a tarantula
07. Taken a candlelit bath with someone
08. Said ‘I love you’ and meant it
09. […]

Photo posed with Dodge Ram truck? Check.
Photo posed with motorcycle? Check.
Sports fan who loves to watch on TV? Check.
“Likes” includes “having fun”? (Because you know, so many people *hate* having fun, after all.) Check.
Has a favorite NASCAR driver? Check.
Religion is Southern Baptist? Check.
Numerous grievous misspellings throughout profile? Check.
Ditto for grammatical errors? Check.
Ummm…did you even bother […]

…is pretty much absent. It’s not unusual for me to meet someone (either phone or in person) whom I’ve emailed and — if they know I grew up near New Orleans, then lived in Texas for years — for them to be dumbfounded.

Your Linguistic Profile:

60% General American English

20% Yankee

15% Dixie

0% Midwestern

0% Upper Midwestern

What Kind […]

Since my last post, I’ve spent a little time browsing around some of the religion-oriented blogs I frequent, plus a few I don’t.
I (heart) this by NinjaNun (from comments on one of the StupidChurchPeople blogs):
One can be sincere, and still be sincerely stupid.
Preach it.

I may add a little more on this later, I may not. Whatever, it was SO nice to have a date I actually enjoyed, rather than tolerated.
From: Allison
Date: Jul 15, 2006 6:08 AM
Subject: Accolades and Apologies
Hi, (name)!
First, the accolades:

I had a blast. Seriously, what fun — I’ll pay for it on the trail […]

Fucking brilliant.

h/t Pandagon

To the man in 80s-style weightlifter pants and a bright goldenrod tshirt with the sleeves cut out:

You didn’t catch my eye at you because I think you’re hot. You were a gym train wreck.
Patterned grey baggy pants and bright gold tshirt? No, they don’t go together.
On that note, they’d look pretty bad on […]

Ego snacks from SWM, 45 in Kansas City:
We probably will never meet, but if you think that you’re special, I will second that motion. You radiate. You’re the kind of woman that a man can love hard and you will only be stronger for it.
Daayummm. Nice morale booster.

(Cross-posted from MM. Groan away.)
Update: I’m embarassed to admit it took me two days to realize I’d written all of this BACKWARD structurally — 7/5/7 instead of 5/7/5. Does that make it KuHai?
Back in my room — woe is me!
My 3am offense?
An obstacle course is mom.
Sharp toes dig into her thighs.
Clip, clip! Tomorrow.
She’s […]

Who the hell picks a username like “DominantDan” anyway?
I am looking for a strong, fiesty spirited submissive who’s willing to challenge my mind, as well as obediently serve her Master for both our needs.
Oh, that’s who. And this person send *me* a wink? Wha…?

Since I got all dark and angsty with that last post, here’s something way more fun. Again, I’m stealing shamelessly from Feministe. Jill’s dead-on that it’s the greatest narcissistic procrastination tool EVER.
Below the fold: my results, compared to a photo from last week.

These were all within 1% of each other for a match. […]

Updates below.
Damn, I think I need to form a band just so I can use that name. I’d better get right on it teaching Maya guitar. Or maybe she could be the drummer.
Via Feministe, this suggestion made me shake my head and laugh (something I do more every day, it would seem):
Is there […]

We went grocery shopping this evening, and as we waited to check out, I indulged in the guilty pleasure of scanning the tabloid covers. Just after I rolled my eyes at the booklet Astrology for your Cat (really, it was on the end of the aisle, complete with an adorable Himalaya gazing out from […]