saw this today

...and it made me laugh! I think the dissertation writing/defending and graduation hoop-jumping have started to give me a similarly snarky mindset in dealing with reviewers, etc:

wrongcards.com

That's basically what the first draft of a rebuttal letter sounds like! :)

(A WORD OF WARNING if you go to that site: some of the cards are mean, dark, gross, and completely unfunny. This one, spotted on another blog, make me smile though.)


(PS- a LOT has been going on in my life lately and I'm gearing up to write about it, but I'm not ready just yet. So stay tuned!)

Some prudent advice

Jamie, one of the authors of the hit blog Prudent Baby, has written a book of advice for her daughter called Prudent Advice. 500 pieces of this advice, which Jamie calls "A collection of lessons of questionable importance to share with my daughter before we grow up", can be found at Prudent Advice for my Baby Daughter. I find this idea and the advice offered to be utterly delightful!! So, I thought I would share some of my favorite bits with you (with a little of my commentary in italics), after the jump...

Stuff Heather Likes

The ironic, hipsters-who-make-fun-of-hipsters blog Stuff White People Like keeps a running tally of cultural references, customs, foods, etc. that white people (young middle class hipsters, generally) like.  I had seen the blog quite awhile ago but since it updates fairly infrequently (the authors oh-so-ironically got a book deal!), I hadn't checked it in quite some time. Today, in a fit of internet boredom, I checked the full list just to see if anything new I liked had popped up ...

A lingering obsession

For the past 2-3 winters, I have nurtured a desire for the perfect pair of gray boots. Last year, I found some that I loved, but was just too cheap spend $130 on boots I hadn't tried on. (Also, I've never spent that much money on any item of clothing!) But they were lovely:

Who says nothing on the internet is true?

Nice to know teh Interwebz feels my pain.

~Heather

Favorite New Website

MyLifeIsAverage.com

This site manages to be both amusing and strangely comforting, all at once. Completely addictive!

~Heather