Fun vignettes not included in the mega-long Hannugivmas post below: singing My mom singing the first four bars (without words) of “Yellow Submarine” over and over and over until I just about killed her. I can’t tell if she’s aware that she does this or not, but she only sings the first four bars of ...

I am officially done forever with college in one week! My last final is Monday night from 7-9. …Still hasn’t hit me yet.

I had to throw this in, it was too good to resist: I went to check my email one last time before turning off the sweet sweet internet, and I see 2 new messages. One is just something random, the other is what catches my eye. It looks something like this: From: Laura (The Ex) ...

WARNING: Excruciating detail within. That would be a combination of Hannukah, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. I was also considering Chrigivukkah and Thankstmukkah, but I figured the above was the proper word. So, my trip to Connecticut to visit my mom and all her relatives. Where I still am, by the way, but I’ll get to that ...

I will be in Connecticut stuffing myself with turkey-related foodstuffs and surviving my mother’s relatives for the next few days. There may be a “Dear God, get me out of here!” post, but likely not. I’ll be back Monday night to fill you all in on the joyous rapture that is four days in Connecticut ...

My vow to not drink for the rest of November died when I heard Nate got a job, and I felt a need to drink to that, but I only had one drink. Granted, it was a screwdriver in a rather large brandy snifter from when a bunch of us went to The Dome when ...

Hell(, Michigan) Freezes Over.

..are there people who are paranoid their TiVo thinks they’re gay.

If you’ve ever wondered where my stunning obliviousness comes from, I believe the answer has presented itself in the form of my mother. Mom called me up this afternoon, asking when my flight back to Chicago was. I thought this was an odd question, since she had told me she was planning to leave Saturday ...

1. Deer runs into Kroger in Roanoke, VA. 2. Psychotic shoppers battle for turkeys in the DC suburbs.