Archive for July, 2007
Crooked Little Vein
“I opened my eyes to see the rat taking a piss in my coffee mug.”
So opens Warren Ellis’s debut novel “Crooked Little Vein“, which happily arrived on my doorstop from Amazon a couple days ago.
Ellis is probably my favorite comic book author, having written such gems as Transmetropolitan, Global Frequency, and Desolation Jones. […]
Posted: July 26th, 2007 under Books, Personally recommended by Linda.
Comments: 4
Eddie Bauer Sleeveless Embroidered Splitneck Tee
Perfect Summer Shirt Alert! I’ve been wearing this constantly since I bought it: it’s comfortable, flattering, and at the moment it nicely hides a first-trimester belly. Also, it’s not too low cut, it can handle a large rack without creating Boob Shelf, and the arms are juuuust right. I have it in orange, but I’m […]
Posted: July 23rd, 2007 under Fashion, Personally recommended by Linda.
Comments: none
Moisturizer-Free Living
My face has been almost startlingly blemish-free for weeks on end now, despite it being summer, and despite being in the early stages of pregnancy (which definitely served up the pizzaface last time around). My skin has been clear and not nearly as oily as it normally is, and when I do get a little […]
Posted: July 17th, 2007 under Skin care, How-to, Personally recommended by Linda.
Comments: 14
De-Stankifying Smelly Laundry
Here’s something I learned this weekend: if you have a towel that just can’t shake that sour-towel odor (you know, where it smells okay when you pull it from the dryer but after exactly one use it hangs there in your bathroom pumping out wave after wave of BLECCCH), throw about a cup of baking […]
Posted: July 16th, 2007 under House & home, How-to, Personally recommended by Linda.
Comments: 20
Bacon-Chocolate Candy Bar
HOLY MOTHER OF GOD. Bacon? And chocolate? Together? Um, YES PLEASE.
“Deep milk chocolate coats your mouth and leads to the crunch of smoked bacon pieces. Surprise your mouth with the smoked salt and sweet milk chocolate combination.”
As the saying used to go, I want to dip my balls in that.
Link: Mo’s Bacon Bar
Ballpark price: […]
Posted: July 12th, 2007 under Cooking/Food.
Comments: 14