Today is the 10-year anniversary of me blogging, and I am certain you are delighted that day is finally upon us, as you are sick to death of my shit. (These are pictures I found when I Googled byebyepie +... Read more →
Today is the 10-year anniversary of me blogging, and I am certain you are delighted that day is finally upon us, as you are sick to death of my shit. (These are pictures I found when I Googled byebyepie +... Read more →
08:09 AM in Faithful Readers, I am a pleasure of life | Permalink | Comments (119)
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Yesterday, I got interviewed about my writing, because hashtag SoFamous, and the interviewer (pfft. My coworker, Austin) asked me about the "sassy Midwestern moms" who read my blog. Hunh. "Actually, I'm big in Texas and Florida," I told him. And... Read more →
08:19 AM in Faithful Readers | Permalink | Comments (470)
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I'm having some Greek honey yogurt with some almonds, and every time I eat Greek yogurt I feel like I'm eating just a teensy piece of Faithful Greek Reader Fay. Look how this blog has affected my life. When we... Read more →
08:17 AM in ...friend/Ned, Faithful Readers, Food and Drink, I am berserk | Permalink | Comments (42)
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I haven't been here in ages and now I have 296 things to tell you. On Tuesday, TypePad was down and I could not post and I was SO MAD, because I wanted to tell you something SO COOL and... Read more →
08:03 AM in Faithful Readers, Other people's pets | Permalink | Comments (50)
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You know what's gonna happen today? No one will comment. That always happens after a 200- or 300-comment day; it's like you're all so exhausted. "Oh my god, I just wrote 15 words to June yesterday. I'm all in." Did... Read more →
08:30 AM in Aging ungracefully, Am British, Faithful Readers | Permalink | Comments (123)
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There're a brief few days every spring where Peg's dogwood meets my redbud across our driveways, kind of a Hands Across America of blossoms, and it's so pretty, but it's been so cloudy that I wasn't able to capture it... Read more →
08:24 AM in Faithful Readers, Film, My pets | Permalink | Comments (363)
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Here we are, at the end of this damn year. On New Year's Eve of last year, Ned and I got into a fight, and I spent the entire night in my room, crying, with a bottle of wine. I... Read more →
Good hair day yesterday. ...Oh, look. A pet in the background. I've been blogging now for nigh on nine years. I have no idea what "nigh on" means. Does it mean "almost"? Because that would be inaccurate; it's now more... Read more →
08:06 AM in Faithful Readers, My Bible and Wall Street obsessions | Permalink | Comments (89)
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In order to avoid proofreading my statistics textbook, I made this end-of-year video this weekend, as I am wont to do at the end of every year. But I just noticed 24 people have already looked at it on YouTube,... Read more →
04:03 PM in ...friend/Ned, Faithful Readers, Family, Friends | Permalink | Comments (41)
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Angry selfie I'm living on the idea that you're regularly consulting your June's Calendar of Events, and therefore you are completely aware that all month, I've been staying at Kaye's house, and Kaye has, in fact, not been here. Unless... Read more →
07:35 AM in Faithful Readers, Friends | Permalink | Comments (106)
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The controversial paper towels. I cannot believe how long you people can discuss a thing, in the comments. Anyway, here are the pretty paper towels Ned bought to seduce the ladies, and it's workin' on ME anyway, because every spill... Read more →
08:27 AM in Faithful Readers, Family, Friends, I am a pleasure of life | Permalink | Comments (178)
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A faithful reader sent me a poem that allegedly Frida Kahlo wrote--I did not confirm that part. Here: "leaving is not enough; you must stay gone. train your heart like a dog. change the locks even on the house he’s... Read more →
08:24 AM in Faithful Readers | Permalink | Comments (117)
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It is almost 10 o'clock at night and I'm at work, still. I'll be here forever, I am not even kidding you, so I decided to tally and report your answers from the personality test I gave you while I'm... Read more →
06:38 AM in Faithful Readers | Permalink | Comments (55)
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Today we're all gonna take a personality test and report the results here. I will tell you what you all said tomorrow. Please answer me by 9 p.m. Eastern time today. Google "What time is it in Eastern time?" if... Read more →
08:05 AM in Faithful Readers, Pieces of Wisdom | Permalink | Comments (212)
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Yesterday's comment section was most dramatic. I got a migraine, and did not check them all night, so when I got up this morning, I was all... Yesterday, I asked you what you wish your significant other was doing that... Read more →
08:12 AM in ...friend/Ned, Faithful Readers, Marvin, My pets | Permalink | Comments (79)
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You know how I enjoy the phrase "as you may or may not know," because it's so useful. But as you may or may not know, some years back, a reader created a Facebook page for fans of this blog.... Read more →
08:13 AM in Faithful Readers | Permalink | Comments (65)
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Did you miss me? Have you been holding a vigil? Did I ever tell you about when my friend Dot and I went to see Snow White? This was in college, when we were not at all full of ourselves... Read more →
My new iPhone will not make phone calls. Which, I know everyone forgets that smartphones are supposed to be PHONES for making CALLS, but that's what smartphones are. Just a little reminder from June. And I actually call people, still.... Read more →
07:40 AM in Ask June, Faithful Readers | Permalink | Comments (45)
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I was just in the break room discussing how I want to turn this blog into a book, and how this weekend I started reading posts from 2011 and planned to set aside any that were funny. But I must... Read more →
02:43 PM in Faithful Readers | Permalink | Comments (115)
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Yesterday we had a contest to name the disgusting nail polish color I got during this past unfortunate manicure. Maybe I could have named it Focus. Anyway, the winner is... Silly Putty Fuddy Duddy, thought up by Deb, Who is... Read more →
08:16 AM in Faithful Readers, Film, Giveaway | Permalink | Comments (39)
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My hatred for this holiday has not improved one iota since I experienced World's Busiest Day at Work yesterday ohmygod. We got out of work early, though, and Ryan came and hung out after, and I know you all envy... Read more →
11:37 AM in Faithful Readers | Permalink | Comments (40)
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A few weeks ago, I asked you all to give me a story that ended, "And THAT is why I don't like corn." It's an old family joke with Ned's people, in which Ned's brother-in-law just burst out with that... Read more →
11:30 AM in Faithful Readers | Permalink | Comments (43)
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(Hey it's June! I wrote this post a few days ago, so if you're reading it now, please note that this page shows only 100 comments at a time. If you want to be in on the good deeds project... Read more →
07:00 AM in Faithful Readers | Permalink | Comments (339)
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One of my male friends emailed me the other day. "I feel like only you would appreciate this," he wrote, sending me a NOT SAFE FOR WORK website. So if you're at work, Ima just tell you. It's a perfume,... Read more →
08:03 AM in Beauty products, Faithful Readers | Permalink | Comments (85)
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If I am running late, we all know who to blame, and his initials are N-E-D. But this time we can also blame my coworkers, who we joined at some sort of pool hall last night, because you know what... Read more →
08:05 AM in Faithful Readers | Permalink | Comments (33)
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See what I did, there? My roots and I waited till Saturday, when no one would read this, to write my "Here's everything I said I'd eventually come back and blog about" post. Have you actually been sitting here for... Read more →
04:20 PM in ...friend/Ned, Books, Faithful Readers, Giveaway, My pets | Permalink | Comments (87)
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Let me tell you something. This trying to work a regular job and proofread a statistics book in the meantime AND go to every movie at the old movie theater this month is like to kill me. Last night we... Read more →
08:26 AM in Faithful Readers | Permalink | Comments (77)
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It's the day I can finally tell you my big news. I'm going to write a beauty book. Step one: Always remove eye makeup before bed. Okay, no. But if I ever go missing or you're needing a shot for... Read more →
08:08 AM in Dooce envy, Faithful Readers | Permalink | Comments (124)
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I am on hold with the IRS. It is Wednesday evening and I have been on the phone with them for 40 minutes. Usually I blog in the morning, but as I am hostage, what the heck. I was just... Read more →
06:51 AM in Faithful Readers, Photo essays | Permalink | Comments (80)
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Photo (c) Ned's uncle, who by the way is just a lovely person. And his wife and I might as well just merge, because we have the same taste in everything. Look at the bird picture behind me! Isn't it... Read more →
08:21 AM in ...friend/Ned, Faithful Readers, Friends | Permalink | Comments (115)
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I want you to know I did everything I was supposed to yesterday. Here I am drinking water like it's going out of style after giving the dogs a 45-minute walk. And yes, my plantar fasciitis IS killing me today.... Read more →
08:21 AM in ...friend/Ned, Faithful Readers | Permalink | Comments (61)
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