June 2007 – Lina Branter

Consumer misdaventures

In some perverse twist of eastern philosophy, shopping only works when you are not actively seeking the object . We all know that if, for some horrible reason like someone crept into your place at night and stole all your jeans and it just happened to be casual friday at work the next day andContinue reading “Consumer misdaventures”

Pigeonholing! Huh! What is it good for? Huh! Absolutely nothing.

I am not sure if I have mentioned this in previous posts, but I am the oldest of three sisters. When we were growing up, it became clear to us how our mother and the rest of the world perceived us. I was the shy one, the bookish one, the uncoordinated, awkward one. My middleContinue reading “Pigeonholing! Huh! What is it good for? Huh! Absolutely nothing.”

Quotes of the day

Confession. Okay, who am I kidding- this whole blog is about confessing. I am addicted to my google homepage. One of the handy features of the wonderful google home page is that I have a few quotes of the day everyday. The ones I really like I copy and paste into my sticky notes feature-Continue reading “Quotes of the day”

This week brought to you by Sucky Suckerton

So here is the question: When things are going well do you chalk it up to hard work, or do you believe that some cosmic force has been aligned just for you and that one single false move will smack it righ back out of alignment? ‘Cause I gotta tell you people, even if IContinue reading “This week brought to you by Sucky Suckerton”