Author Archives: mygothlaundry
Generations Pass
Well I just made a comment on Metafilter about this but I will go ahead and leave this movie here in case I have never linked it on the blog – look for a much much younger me around the 19 minute … Continue reading
Two Financial Posts In One
Well, blog a day, I missed yesterday but I did think of a topic – I just couldn’t manage to get out of bed to write about it. This is partly because I did make it to the eye doctor yesterday … Continue reading
Trivia
Whooo! Let us all pretend it is still Tuesday and be amazed by the fact that WE WON TRIVIA again tonight! Yes! And, what’s more, with two of our strongest team members missing, so it was a total and complete … Continue reading
Practical Joke
This blog a day thing is tough. I have nothing whatsoever to write about: I’m tired as hell, I worked all day, I am right now having a glass of wine and playing minecraft and soon, oh blessedly soon, I’m … Continue reading
The New Nature Shows
One of my roles with the Queen of Bohemia is that of MST3K host: I am Joel in a bungalow spaceship and it’s my job to crack wise about whatever we are watching on TV at the moment. Luckily, I am … Continue reading
Working in Bookstores
Every so often you’ll see those cute blog posts or articles: 17 Things I Learned From Working In Bookstores and they’re always life affirming and heartwarming and shit, like #12 Nicholas Sparks really understands people! And they love him too! … Continue reading
Gogol Bordello
The post below this one is making me uncomfortable: it’s maudlin, emo, self pitying, overly revelatory and not even all that well written. So I thought about taking it down but I decided not to on the grounds that a … Continue reading
Paralysis
I have had a post in my head for a couple of days now about depression and how insidious and sort of weirdly all encompassing it is but then I just can’t, somehow, sit down and write it. And that’s … Continue reading
Approval Ratings
Everybody likes my Great Plan. Everybody, that is, except my adults, who are naturally agin’ it, as we say here in Appalachia, because it means they will have to go out and be, well, adults. I do not blame them … Continue reading
New Year, New Underwear
I started out writing a really depressing post the other day but you are in luck: I cannot find it. I think it’s on my phone somewhere but we will let it drift into the eternal draft neverland, because oh … Continue reading