Monthly Archives: March 2011

The personal is political / Dean Spade is my hero for the day / sharing zines

Yesterday I got to have show and tell day. My coworker and I have been talking about zines. I gave her a copy of mine, and she asked me to bring in some others. She’s been to the Fisher Poets … Continue reading

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special snowflakes

Stepkid goes to orientation at the local-ish community college tonight, then starts her first quarter next Tuesday. This is very exciting to all of us in the N-F-B family. Also, there are many special snowflakes in the world and we … Continue reading

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Nickel Soda Guy

Nickel Soda Guy came in again today. He insists that he used to buy nickel sodas as a kid from a restaurant located in the space that is now our office. One significant issue: there never was a restaurant here … Continue reading

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blog recommendations / zine review / musings on matrimony

Sweeeeet! Things You Say Distro will soon carry my zine (Erin, if you’re reading this, thank you for the email. You made my day.). I finished reading Cindy Crabb’s new zine Filling the Void the other night. The content is … Continue reading

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whining.

For a while I’ve been in a mental (emotional?) space where I tend to hear things through an anti-classist lens. Um, yep, emotional. I’m kind of upset at the moment. I was just talking with someone I consider a friend … Continue reading

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Ben Franklin said the only certain things in life are death and taxes.

Our business tax payment is due tomorrow. I just spent 40 minutes on the phone with a nice gentleman from the IRS. That is all.

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tsunami

I don’t know what to say about the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, so instead I’ll just tell about how the tsunami warnings affected me. We live on an island located at the inland boundary of a major river estuary … Continue reading

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Randomness because I am scattered today.

Recently, a lady at the fabric store thought I was pregnant. I am aware that this happens frequently to some people, but it has never happened to me before. Apparently it was not because my belly looked like it contained … Continue reading

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boots

It’s been a while since I listened to any of her cds, but some of Ani DiFranco’s lyrics are burned indelibly into my consciousness. Like this spoken word piece from 2004’s Educated Guess: life knocked me off my platforms                                                                                                    so … Continue reading

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Does it count if I drive across two bridges to get to work?

Join Me. I like the graphic design wordplay of the logo.

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