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the long goodbye

Posted by lyn | May 26, 2011 | everyday life | 28

I’m about to get a new phone, you guys. A smart phone. I’m so close I can taste it. And it...

home again

Posted by lyn | May 24, 2011 | musings | 21

Visiting my family in Michigan always leaves me feeling a little bit like I’ve slipped the fragile...

Hi, guys. Hi. I don’t normally like to do this, because I feel like we’re inundated with appeals to donate to various organizations from every angle. But you’ve got to pimp the causes that are important to you,...

what is the what

Posted by lyn | May 15, 2011 | everyday life | 15

I feel I owe you an explanation for my almost-sorta-three-weeks of blog silence. So, here it is:...

trying

Posted by lyn | May 10, 2011 | jokes | 15

Lately, I’m trying to be quiet. Not quiet in the sense of turning the volume way down on NOW...

in the aeroplane over the sea

Posted by lyn | Apr 25, 2011 | true story | 12

When I booked my tickets to Detroit, the email confirmation read “Republic Airlines on behalf of United.” This made me frown slightly, for Republic is not among the airlines at my tiny Santa Barbara regional airport, nevermind...

until we meet again

Posted by lyn | Apr 18, 2011 | everyday life | 7

Hey! Guess what! I’m going to Michigan this week! Right now, even, as this post goes up. Oh, how I wish I had a smartphone. If I did, I could use it to tweet things like, “Am sitting at airport bar.”...

won’t you stay with me just a little longer

Posted by lyn | Apr 17, 2011 | favorites, musings | 8

There are those times when maybe, you’ve gone to a bar. Listen. Listen for a minute. This is just a hypothetical situation. Maybe a friend has left her old job for a new one. You know? So she calls a meeting of the minds....

the breaks

Posted by lyn | Apr 11, 2011 | rant | 45

Oh, am I ever in a foul mood. I feel fouler than a duffle bag full of post-game rugby jerseys....

they call me spooky

Posted by lyn | Apr 6, 2011 | true story | 10

Hand to God, my father — my rational, mathematically-minded, hard science-loving, fiscally conservative Republican father — swears he saw a UFO. He was 17, and on the tractor. He’d just made a turn when he looked up and...

mixtape 14: feel it all around

Posted by lyn | Apr 1, 2011 | mixtape masters | 6

So I know that last week I was talking about making a Cure playlist, which I never did get around to. Then again, last week was also chilly and rainy. Right now, not so much. Yesterday afternoon, in fact, it got so hot (87° F)...

defeated

Posted by lyn | Mar 30, 2011 | rant | 11

I went into the office today. My boss was having one of those days and jokingly suggested going out for a drink after work. I took the idea and ran with it, all but pushing her out the door at 5:30. We ended up at a tasting room...