I ate at the Earthen Jar in Ann Arbor. I am full. And smug. Full of smug. I miss this town. It’s big enough to be livable, but small enough to feel friendly and be full of trees. If only Ann Arbor houses cost under a million dollars.

I’m going to Flint tomorrow. I’ll be in town through Tuesday. I hope to visit my mom’s library on Friday, assuming I don’t expire from the cold I have developed. For your envy and amusement, my itinerary: I’m getting up at 4am so I can leave Ithaca at 4:30am so…

Every year the spiders come. They come in herds. They come alone. Through the drains and under the door, they come. Spiders. For a week in September, our home is not safe from their octo-legitude. They get together, pick a time and make themselves at home. This weekend I vacuumed…

In celebration of Women’s Equality Day (thanks previous generations!) I put on my Equality Pants and mowed the backyard. Now give me my 23.5% raise.

The staff picnic is today. There are a few firsts this year, including the availability of beer (gasp!) and wine (eek!) provided by our generous overlords. This is a controversial move. Alcohol and Campus Events are a lawsuit-attracting combination, and it takes a brave administrator to go down the Dark…

I was shopping for cat litter at Target yesterday because my life is a nonstop carnival of spectacle and decadence, when I overheard a fascinating conversation. The conversation was seriously not work-safe, so I sent it along to Overheard at Cornell, whose readership is much less litigious. Enjoy! The gentleman…

(apologies to mnftiu.cc) I visited the Cornell Dump & Run this weekend, an ingenious fundraiser that sells the cast-off detritus of graduating students. I went last year and got a pretty good idea where the good stuff was located. I made a beeline for the bags, dresses, lamps, and women’s…

Our tickets arrived today! Chris got tickets to see three Royal Shakespeare Company plays in Ann Arbor this November. Two of them have a high Patrick Stewart content. If you’re looking for me, I’ll be the one up next to the stage sitting on Chris’ shoulders going “woo!” and lifting…