in the membrane

Fun fact: every time I refer to the garden as my crops (because I’m totally an urban farmer – but not an urban homesteader, Colleen, there’s a difference), I get Cypress Hill’s “Insane in the Brain” stuck in my head. It could be worse. Last night, I decided that we were unlikely to return to winter in the next few ...

oh hey! 5

We’re back from New Orleans! I’ve been too busy trying to catch up on stuff to type. Also, I’ll have more about it when I get through photo-editing*. The short version: NEW ORLEANS IS SO MUCH FUN. I could’ve stayed there… well, permanently. We met a bunch of awesome people. We heard a lot of great music, including a reggae ...

win twins!

I went to my first Twins game at Target Field last night! Though we’d toured the stadium, I hadn’t seen an actual baseball game yet. Here’s the view from our seats in section 216, row 2: Matt met me at work and we rode the train over there, arriving about 5:15. We figured we could get in early and check ...

rental cars i have known and loved 2

Dick The embarrassingly-huge Chrysler 300 that we were stuck driving around LA and San Diego. It’s impossible to look awesome in that car, especially when it just turns off randomly. Captain Cook The champagne-colored Cavalier that took us to visit volcanoes on the Big Island. Captain Hook The silver Cavalier that took us to visit beaches, rain forests, and to ...