archives for August 2006
the mucky duck rules for life
Monday 14 August 2006 | I like a cookie
The strange thing about the so-called “Mucky Duck Rules for Life” is that they were originally named after a pub in Houston where we’ve never been (the pub that is; we have unfortunately been to Houston). At any rate, their discoverers or inventors typed them up and sent them out one year with their Christmas […]
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wenomadmen? oh yes you is
Sunday 13 August 2006 | I like a cookie
Last night the Brujo and I put on a jacket and eyeshadow, respectively, to make an appearance at WENOMADMEN, the new play by Theater Grottesco. Funny that he’s reviewing it, because my very first assignment for the Alt Weekly was to review This Is Life As We Know It…Or Something by the same company (and […]
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the solace of found poetry
Sunday 13 August 2006 | I like a cookie
A list of write-ins thoughfully compiled by the Brujo, from the annual Best Things About The Alt Weekly readers’ survey (especially thoughtful given that only one of them actually appears in the official version—even though it’s headlined “Best of Santa Fe 2006: You Said It—Uncut“):
the movie reviews
movie listings/reviews
movies
movie calendar and occasionally snarky ‘tude
movie guide
film review
articles […]
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the joys of stating the obvious
Saturday 12 August 2006 | I like a cookie
I’d just like to say, for the record (though as I’ve said before, where is this record? just exactly who’s keeping it? and can we really trust them?), that I was all over SoaP before anyone else, and had the synopsis pinned up to my former cube in October 2005. Hmp. Anyway here’s an engrossing […]
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an unfortunate lead (last phrase)
Friday 11 August 2006 | I like a cookie
Health: Toning up for Summer
“The days are getting longer, the climate’s warming and now is the perfect time to tone up your body for the fantastic summer months: Tips for her and him inside.”
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alert level: orange (as in crush)
Thursday 10 August 2006 | I like a cookie
Forget shoes, nail clippers and cigarette lighters—the new threat to the free world is clearly secreted within fizzy drinks.
And in more relevant news, you can listen to the Brujo’s show—if you don’t mind the fact that it’s wma format, which won’t work inside iTunes; or that it’s streaming at the dizzying speed of 20 kbps, […]
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unsolicited midnight polemic (to a young acquaintance in some pain)
Wednesday 9 August 2006 | 2 cookies in the jar
To answer your question despite its retraction: No, I certainly do not know him, nor do I wish to…and anyway, dear, I’m sure that at 37 I’m as old as or older than he is, having been an adjunct instructor myself for 4 years. It’s simply that I despise users and heartbreakers and dumpers on […]
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frog’s progress: a photo essay
Tuesday 8 August 2006 | I like a cookie
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despite raging weevil attacks, ten things that make me happy—okay, less miserable
Monday 7 August 2006 | I like a cookie
1) My two blooming red geraniums, about-to-bloom-a-second-time gerbera daisy (which will be salmon pink), blooming-a-second-time-this-summer moss roses (multi), and probably-won’t-bloom-at-all nasturtiums:
2) The thriving succulent garden:
3) The volunteer sunflower, and the miraculous, gigantic, completely fruitless tomato vine:
4) Something I already forgot;
5) Rickie Lee Jones’ cover of David Bowie’s “Rebel Rebel”—even though her enunciation is so weird […]
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my firefly fetish
Sunday 6 August 2006 | I like a cookie
Hey, laugh all you want, but you can’t take the sky from me. Besides, the four-disk series kept me from going completely off the rails last winter. That and the unstinting generosity of the Librarians. What will I do this winter? Will I be forced to resort to Buffy? Will the Brujo consent to reading […]
