Archives: February, 2006

kat — February 25, 2006, 2:16 am

for the straight boys.

A short shot (or 10) of dating advice:
1.) Dressing casual on the first date is fine, sweetie. But, look like you give a rat’s ass. This whole trend of tees and baggy jeans is just unflattering. Would it kill you to wear a shirt that freakin’ buttons?
2.) If you aren’t Adonis your bad self, […]

kat — February 24, 2006, 6:24 am

me and my religion . . .

. . . strolling down the avenue. (Sing along and do your own soft-shoe here.)
The only problem with this imagery stolen from that classic Al Jolson ditty is the word “strolling.” These days, people in their religious fervor don’t do any version of the stroll. They don’t meander or lollygag either. Instead, they strut, run, […]

kat — February 23, 2006, 1:34 am

semantics and the American hero

I figure I might be flogged for this. I fear that there will be a mob of people—all of whom have those magnetic “Support our Troops” ribbons on the dirty backends of their SUVs—awaiting me when I leave the Well today. But, here it goes.
Let’s talk about heroes. In the last few years—basically since […]

kat — February 18, 2006, 6:49 am

to TV or not to TV

These days, that IS the question, at least for me: Whether it is nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of the incredulous or, by purchasing a cable package, end them . . .
I don’t have TV. Now, in the interest of full disclosure here, I will admit that I OWN a […]

kat — February 16, 2006, 12:36 am

ouch.

It’s a week for bruising my ego, it seems. First, with the boys. Now, with work.
I just tried to get an interview with a dead guy. Now, he hasn’t been long, long dead. Not, like, dead since the Civil War or the emergence of cellophane as a crinkly-good freshness invention. Still, he has been […]