Monthly Archives: January 2011

A Date If You’re Me

Posted on January 30, 2011 by erineph

Graham and I are going to see Black Swan today.  This is weeks later than everyone else, which is How Life Works when I have a regular job and he’s a sous chef.  I’ve said before that if you ever … Continue reading →

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Broken and Wonderful

Posted on January 29, 2011 by erineph

Every couple of years or so, I write a love letter to St. Louis.  Not like a real love letter, because that’s trite.  But more like a statement, a testament to why I live here, or, more specifically, why I … Continue reading →

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The Worst Whores Are Attention Whores

Posted on January 28, 2011 by erineph

FIRST OF ALL, someone needs to address why anyone agreed to marry Jesse James again.  The publicly cheating on his wife was one thing – personally, I would never marry a man who 100% admitted to cheating on his legal … Continue reading →

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More Like Jury Doody

Posted on January 25, 2011 by erineph

Jury duty might be the single most inefficient thing I have ever done under the threat of having a warrant issued for my arrest.  Look, I know it’s right of every citizen to be tried before a jury of their … Continue reading →

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It Makes the Pain Go Away

Posted on January 24, 2011 by erineph

I’m not usually interested in the whys of the zombie apocalypse.  I mean, mostly I just want to know how long I can survive without having to encounter zombies on an hourly basis.  The beginning of the zombie apocalypse probably … Continue reading →

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Jury Prize

Posted on January 22, 2011 by erineph

I have jury duty on Monday.  Because I no longer make it a habit to move across the country once every year or so and I also pay taxes/am registered to vote/show up on time to things, I get called … Continue reading →

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The Upside of Anger

Posted on January 21, 2011 by erineph

(…all I remember about The Upside of Anger was that Joan Allen was drunk all the time.  I just thought it was a decent title for this entry.) Someone recently told me that they read my blog, and while they … Continue reading →

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Winter Work Advisory

Posted on January 19, 2011 by erineph

I don’t know what it is about the promise of snow, but the adult part of me is never as insistent as the kid part of me.  It’s not that I enjoy snow; as a grownup, my current enjoyment of … Continue reading →

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A Glass Case of Emotion

Posted on January 18, 2011 by erineph

I was clicking around on the Internet the other day and found this: How Do You Explain Away Crying After Sex?  Even before clicking on it, I knew the answer.  The answer is “You don’t.  You stand up, put your … Continue reading →

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I Rue the Krab

Posted on January 17, 2011 by erineph

You’d think that in my two and a half years of living on the Chesapeake Bay, I would have learned a thing or two about crab.  How to eat them, for example, specifically how to get inside of them in … Continue reading →

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