martinimade

• Listen up, JAXSEN.
• How some jobs persevere. 
• State of play.
• You had me at "limb pit."
• Have you tried being younger?
• And I thought my documents were disorganized...
• You played yourself.

A new Dry Martini column is live at Another Mother Runner: what’s the worst that happens?

• Why I am firing the necromancer... 
• Academic conference misbehavior (can be summed up as “don’t be a dick” but some folks need more specific instruction).
• I just ... ugh.
• One that she is choosing to wield against herself.
• I'm sure this is fine.
• How did I not know stromatolites existed?
• A history of the U.S. as told through the women’s steeplechase.

• The mother is the wrapper.
• It's not the hunter.
• “The more you fail the more you succeed.” (Also: I will always be a Giacometti fan.)
• A last, hostile act. (Be sure you read this when you have the time to sit in stunned silence about how good it is.)
• One day, 119 times. Related.
• Wow.
• While this is full of really great analysis, I also enjoy the crap out of the word "brogressive."

“Mules were worse. Mules were like horses who could plan."

-- Clockwork Boys by T. Kingfisher. It’s an absolutely delightful book, btw. 

It’s been a busy spring. Let me tell you how busy in my most recent Dry Martini column....

• Your feelings are not an emergency.
• It’s like someone made this just for me.
• Knitting glass.
• Even though it would be wildly impractical in Oneonta, I kinda want a cupcake car.