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This black McDonald’s flag flies a few blocks from my home. How ironic, right? As a child I loved McDonald’s. We spent a year in the U.S., in 1978-79, and during road trips my sister and I spent much time arguing with my mother that we WILL NOT eat lunch anywhere except in McDonald’s. My [...]
While recovering my equilibrium after traumatic events,* I tend to find it helpful to covet things. I mean objects, beautiful consumery gadgety objects. I fantasize about the ways in which they’ll make my life easier, funner, let me do new things… Not that I need said new objects. But that’s really not the point of [...]
There are unbelievable amounts of tschotschkes around our house that A and I have been collecting since our respective childhoods. Or as they’re known in the Hungarian language: dust-collection devices. I’ve been schlepping mine with me from continent to continent and country to country and plan to do so wherever life throws me. They are [...]
We are in Budapest, for the whole month of August. It turns out I did not bring quite enough baby clothes, ones that are warm enough, that is. It turns out it gets pretty cold here. This turned into a shopping opportunity, with a couple of cute red babygros in it for Faustina. Which of [...]
I got the following ad in gmail today: Drive a Lamborghini – www.LongIslandLamborghini.com – All models, new or preowned Aggressive pricing, best selection Apparently google’s contextual ads aren’t working so great today. Because how could this possibly apply to me? Not that I’d reject a Lamborghini if someone were to give me one. But I [...]
This is currently my heart’s desire: Small, light-weight, Linux (the one I want, that is). I have this fantasy of going to internet cafes with my little bitty baby and my little bitty computer. Reviewed very favorably here; becomes available in the U.S. on May 12. I’m tempted to preorder but maybe I’ll just wait [...]
One unexpected side effect of the flooding in our basement was that our dog nearly killed himself. We learned out that emergency care facilities try to charge you for the air your pet breathes while he’s there. But what’s worse, he was in really bad shape, and being as we are sentimental fools, we consider [...]
Yum: amazing fettucine with ham, peas, cream, and parmesan Fun: Erotic car seat Design: wallpaper surrealism
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