Ladies and Gentlemen: I’m so not even making an effort to structure this in any way. jenni ripley: wholeheartedly halfassed. First, I went to work: I had trouble focusing. I only got four hours of sleep. Fig. 1: Indication that Jenni needs to stop testing this form and go to lunch. Second, I went to an interview: I love interviews. ...

Dear Friends: Tonight I was ordered to put on a hat, take off my pants, and take a picture. So I did. I tried to take a picture of the hat, too, this cute Russian army cap Daniel brought me back from Europe, but it didn’t turn out so well. I got half my head, a tiny bit of the ...

It’s time for Friday notes! 1) What’s guaranteed to make your evening? Coming home and finding a priority mail envelope in your mailbox chock full of things that make you giggle and exclaim about your love of having an analog penpal, who even went so far as to write his letter in fountain pen. Now that is hot. 2) I ...

Dear Friends: It’s over. I received this message today as I toiled away obliviously on a client’s project. It took me by complete surprise, sneaking past my spam filter and nestling itself among emails from real human beings in my inbox. I knew it was spam, but how could I not open an email from Mainstays L. Excrescence? Could you ...