BOOKS OF 2012

1. In the Garden of Beasts, Erik Larson
2. Daddy-Long-Legs & Dear Enemy, Jean Webster
3. The Spirit Catches You And You Fall Down, Anne Fadiman
4. Mrs. Frisky and the Rats of NIMH, Robert O'Brian
5.The Age of Persuasion, Terry O'Reilly & Mike Tennant
6. A Secret Gift, Ted Gup
7. Granta #117
8. Granta #118
9. Plastic Ocean, Capt. Charles Moore with Cassandra Phillips
10. At Home, Bill Bryson
11. Health Behavior and Health Education, 4th Edition (snore...)
12. The All of It, Jeanette Haien
13. Last Night at the Lobster, Stewart O'Nan

BOOOOOORING!

I'm a pretty curious person by nature. There is very little in this world that I don't find interesting. But if I sit down and concentrate I think I can come up with a list of things that I find hopelessly boring. So here are some topics that make my eyes more glazed than a Krispe Kreme doughnut:

1. Professional sports (mostly football)
2. Fad diets
3. Gambling (especially poker)
4. The Kardashians
5. Insurance policy fine print

I will add to this list if I think of something else.

AN INAUSPICIOUS START TO THE DAY

I had a dream last night that I was fighting in WWII on the blood-soaked sands of Normandy. Somehow I managed to crawl ashore through the heavy shelling only to bump into my mother and my husband, who were looking for me because they wanted to let me know that they thought I had bad breath.

Sheesh.  What a doozy, huh?  How am I supposed to get dressed and go to work now!?  All I want to do is crawl into a hole.

PLEASE, JUST SHOOT ME

I just recovered from a migraine. I don't often get migraines. And by that I mean this is the second one I have ever had to endure in my life to date. Those that have had a migraine know how wretched they can make you feel. For those who have never experienced a migraine, it was like being hung over (nausea, throbbing skull, light/sound sensitivity) except for two things:

1. It was not preceded by a fun night of drinking
2. It lasted almost 38 hours

DR. SEUSS

I have a wasket in my basket.