by Mir | May 2, 2019 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience", What do I do all day?
I once worked a temp job for a small organization where I handled the copyediting for their newsletter, and I quickly learned that my boss’ biggest pet peeve was the correct (or, I guess more to the point, often incorrect) usage of “less” vs....
by Mir | Apr 16, 2019 | Health is overrated, It's not a regret, it's an "experience", Offspring: ecstasy and agony
Hello! Sorry it’s been so long. In my defense, I was busy dying. I mean, OKAY, not DYING dying, just dying a little bit. Dying in the “dear God, I have woken up with a massive headache every day this week” and the “do I have a cold? a sinus...
by Mir | Mar 26, 2019 | Health is overrated, Offspring: ecstasy and agony, What do I do all day?
Before I begin, let me just say 1) I didn’t mean to leave you hanging on that last post, I swear, and 2) THANK YOU for all the nice comments and emails. February/March (Farch, as one commenter called it, which I shall use forevermore) is hard on a lot of us,...
by Mir | Mar 12, 2019 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!, My name is Grumplestiltskin
February sucks. Everyone agrees that February sucks, yes? I am well aware of the February suckage, and so because I am a fairly self-aware and productive human who has been in therapy for most of her life (wheeeeee!), each and every February when things get hard I...
by Mir | Feb 27, 2019 | What do I do all day?
Hello! I know, I started writing weekly(ish) again and then I didn’t write last week, disappointing my legions of fans (read: my father). I apologize. In my defense, our washing machine died, because of course it did! And then I had to deal with that! And that...