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The Cursing Mommy
Today I fondly recall the New Yorker's Ian Frazier's delightful ongoing series about a tightly wound stay-at-home mother, "The Cursing Mommy," who consistently includes the Bush Administration into her tirades of profanity, despite it now being years after Bush's ignominious departure—so she always has my sympathy. For easy reading, I've put up her last three articles, "Easy Cocktails from the Cursing Mommy," "The Cursing Mommy Cooks Italian," and "Rx from the Cursing Mommy," all in one place, with their illustrations,
here.
posted May 29, 2010, 11:31 am

Painted my roof white
When I found out it would be 90º in April—not that there's anything
wrong with the climate or anything—last Sunday I decided to paint my flat black asphalt roof white. Using a 5-gallon bucket of good quality white oil-based primer, two 18" 3/8"-nap rollers, an 18" yoke, a roller extension pole, and an 18" paint tray ($164), I hauled all the stuff up a ladder onto the roof—carrying a 5-gallon bucket of paint up a ladder should really be a two-guy job—I managed to get the roof painted by 4:30 pm and still have time to have some beers with my friends. See here for a little photo essay.
posted April 5, 2010, 7:14 pm

Because you shouldMy sisters would agree: only I would come up with an apartment lightbulb blueprint.
Because you should know about the light bulbs in my apartment, I bring you...
my official light bulb layout plan. I assure you, dear readers, that without this, your knowledge about how I live would be insufficient. So I invite you to click on the small light bulb graphic up there on the right, and see for yourself how I've transformed my apartment into a haven of energy efficiency, while still keeping those comforting halogen lightbulbs in strategic locations (compact fluorescent bulbs, I have found, do emit a very quiet humming—very quiet, but nonetheless loud enough to disturb my quiet studying by the kitchen windows).
posted February 7, 2010, 11:43 am

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