@avclub-230e46d19fe78a6c8dc715659a7188d7:disqus Ugh.  I think I'm just going to have to spend 2013 in a medically-induced coma.  Christmas on a Wednesday?  Seriously?  Whose brilliant idea was that??

Mister bottle is the most genius thing I've ever heard!  Once again the TI threads are paying for themselves.

Mister bottle is the most genius thing I've ever heard!  Once again the TI threads are paying for themselves.

My office holiday party was last Friday, at a huge hotel nearby.  Needing alcohol to get through the party, I went with some colleagues to the hotel's bar, and asked for an Old Fashioned.  Well.  It seems this particular hotel staffs its bar with just any old random food services employee who draws the short straw,…

My office holiday party was last Friday, at a huge hotel nearby.  Needing alcohol to get through the party, I went with some colleagues to the hotel's bar, and asked for an Old Fashioned.  Well.  It seems this particular hotel staffs its bar with just any old random food services employee who draws the short straw,…

Oh man, having friends in publishing would be way more pressure than I could handle.

Oh man, having friends in publishing would be way more pressure than I could handle.

I'm currently obsessed with Mark Lanegan's "O Holy Night".  I don't know how I've missed Sufjan Stevens' version — I'll have to check that out!

I'm currently obsessed with Mark Lanegan's "O Holy Night".  I don't know how I've missed Sufjan Stevens' version — I'll have to check that out!

My boss gave me a bottle of Ommegang BPA today.  It's a pretty welcome respite from the shitty chocolate I normally get at the holidays.

My boss gave me a bottle of Ommegang BPA today.  It's a pretty welcome respite from the shitty chocolate I normally get at the holidays.

It seems like this shouldn't be that uncommon an occurrence at Pizza Hut.  You'd think they'd be prepared with, like, supersize toilets or something.

It seems like this shouldn't be that uncommon an occurrence at Pizza Hut.  You'd think they'd be prepared with, like, supersize toilets or something.

@avclub-230e46d19fe78a6c8dc715659a7188d7:disqus ::blushes::  And I'm not sure these canning and preserving skills would save anyone from starvation.  Although they do guarantee that when we're reduced to eating cat food to keep from starving, there'll be great condiments to go with the kibble.

@avclub-230e46d19fe78a6c8dc715659a7188d7:disqus ::blushes::  And I'm not sure these canning and preserving skills would save anyone from starvation.  Although they do guarantee that when we're reduced to eating cat food to keep from starving, there'll be great condiments to go with the kibble.

@avclub-ae1846aa63a2c9a5b1d528b1a1d507f7:disqus I live in Central Jersey, so I love the ready availability of tomato pie.  My local pizza place does a version that's got a crust that falls somewhere between regular and Sicilian, and it's so good.  Definitely the pizza for people who are a bit squicked out by pizza…

@avclub-ae1846aa63a2c9a5b1d528b1a1d507f7:disqus I live in Central Jersey, so I love the ready availability of tomato pie.  My local pizza place does a version that's got a crust that falls somewhere between regular and Sicilian, and it's so good.  Definitely the pizza for people who are a bit squicked out by pizza…

When I was about 12 or 13 I had a sleepover at a friend's house, and the next morning her father made us some kind of whole-grain pancakes that went right through me.  He drove me home almost immediately after breakfast, so it was about halfway there when I was in dire, dire need of a bathroom.  But I was 12 or 13,…

When I was about 12 or 13 I had a sleepover at a friend's house, and the next morning her father made us some kind of whole-grain pancakes that went right through me.  He drove me home almost immediately after breakfast, so it was about halfway there when I was in dire, dire need of a bathroom.  But I was 12 or 13,…

I long doubted whether I could pull off decorative scarves, until a friend of mine gave me some scarf advice: Just decide it's working and wear it.  Now I love scarves and wear them all the time, because they make a borderline not-nice-enough-for-the-office outfit into something completely work-appropriate.  Am I…