Archive for February, 2010

My overwashed jeans

I hate to exercise. I really do. I know people who are physically fit (and I’m looking at you, Olympic athletes) get high from working out, and believe me, if it made me feel like I did at parties back in the day, I would probably love it too. But I don’t get high. I [...]

Hell, Caesar, this is a fine salad

I spent the entire afternoon in the kitchen and it seemed like old times. FrankenThumb is healed; no more bandage and the tender new skin is getting tougher every day. And every day I get a little more bold and a little less chicken shit. Body and soul are indeed connected. It helped that it [...]

Getting my mojo back

I hacked the holy shit out of my thumb a month ago with a mandolin. To help me regain my kitchen confidence, and I am sure hoping it would help him get laid, my husband bought me a KitchenAid Artisan 5 quart stand mixer for Valentine’s Day. I swooned. Of course, I had to try [...]

Can’t find normal again

Three weeks ago I hacked a chunk out of my thumb while cooking. The injury required a tetanus shot and took six stitched to make it stop bleeding. It hurt like a son-of-a-bitch, some days throbbing all the way up to my elbow. It was a simple mistake, a nasty little accident. A flesh wound, [...]

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