In which I share with you some of my prized possessions. Part Two: The Yoga Aphorisms of Patanjali This is a pocket-sized copy of Patanjali’s sutras: I bought it at Powell’s Books a long, long time ago. Sutra means suture or stitch. I’ve kept this book while letting go of hundreds of others because it […]
In which I share with you some of my prized possessions. Part One: Espresso Maker This is my beat up old Italian stove top espresso maker: I bought it at Merchant’s Deli, in Walla Walla WA, about thirteen years ago. Merchant’s has been open on Main street for thirty years, but has just been purchased. […]
In which I review the new device! For Christmas, I bought myself a Kindle. (It probably wasn’t particularly clever to spend nearly three hundred bucks on an unnecessary electronic device the very week I got laid off, but whatever. This may be why I never had kids. Moving on!) The form factor is nice. It’s […]
In which there is an itemized list. And reindeer. And a puppy. First of all, reindeer: Second of all, I received the following items for Christmas this year: – guinea pig plush toy, small – candles (2) – baskets, organizational/decorative (2) – hat, crocheted – gloves, knit – mittens, wool, knit, lined with fleece – […]
In which I ramble on about nothing. I stayed out all night last Wednesday playing a silly drinking game called Beirut with beer, ping pong balls, and three awesome people. Friday morning’s yoga class was awesome but left me sore for two entire days. No more classes until the middle of January, sadly. I sold […]
In which I’m not really having a very good day. I got a heads-up yesterday that I was going to be laid off today so I did the right thing last night and cleaned up my work computer, uninstalling silly applications and clearing browser caches and passwords and blah blah blah. Today I went in […]
In which I totally don’t even work for Facebook, but you’d never know it by listening in on my calls. Me: …this is Michelle, how may I help you? Caller: Is there something wrong with your network in Idaho? Me: No sir, there are no current known service outages. What symptoms are you experiencing? Caller: […]
In which I’m suddenly considering where I might be living next Spring. 1. Dear Walla Walla: It snowed. YESTERDAY. And today, the streets are still full of snow! Why don’t you plow when it snows? What the hell is wrong with you?! 2. For reasons I haven’t been working here long enough to understand but […]
In which I spend a lot of time online, reading stuff. And then I write about it! It’s important that we all become aware of, and defend against, the “natural family revival.” There are some batshit crazy Xians out there, and they’re all banding together – some even with (gasp!) Muslims – to bring back […]
In which we use an AI to analyze my writing. I went to genderanalyzer.com and typed in my URL and clicked the Analyze button and waited patiently. It said, “We think http://goblinbox.com is written by a woman (67%).” Only sixty-seven percent? Hmm.
