This is a memory of my mother, the most dedicated knitter I have ever met. She has been knitting now for almost seventy years. I don’t know how old I was when this exchange took place. Eight? Twelve? Probably not[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’m sure I’m not the first person to notice this thing, but I may be the first person to notice it and then draw a stick-figure comic pointing it out.
I honestly don’t know what the deal is here, because this is a very cheap model of treadmill and according to the documentation it is not equipped with Bluetooth. It does have a remote control—something that makes no sense to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It wasn’t actually all that unspeakable—she didn’t put me under—but you don’t feel a burning need to witness it, do you? I certainly don’t feel a burning need to draw it, especially as I don’t have a desk at the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I hate exercise, but I want to keep my body from falling apart for as long as possible, so I make myself do it. And it’s outrageous how much better I feel after an hour of the treadmill. I think[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So far, it does feel about the same, but I only started taking the drug on Friday.
There are almost-complete dodo skeletons, but it’s still amazing to me that a creature that made such an impression on the world wasn’t better preserved. As for what they looked like in life, we mostly have contemporary drawings and paintings[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Until recently, when my parents called it to my attention, I pronounced this word “le-GOOM.” There are two acceptable pronunciations, but that isn’t one of them. Pronouncing words incorrectly is a natural consequence of getting one’s vocabulary more from written[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
When you have a uterine fibroid, which is what my bowling ball is, your doctors classify it in weeks according to how pregnant you’d be with a womb of equivalent size. My fibroid is about six months along. And if[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
If I have to have a necrotic lump in my abdomen, as apparently I do, I’m going to get as much mileage out of it as I can, and while I may feel the need to restrain myself in the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Click to buy my illustrated version of the book of Jonah! I’m super proud of it.