Philosophie de l'esprit

Reader Q: What happened to the blue sparkly hat you were making for Laina? My A: Uh, I finished it. I sort of didn't count my gauge right, though and the hat? That's supposed to fit a human person? Could fit Giagantisaurus. So... the sparkle hat has been...

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Hey, remember that stupid toilet that developed the lazy flush and would sometimes flush um, large deposits, and then inexplicably refuse to flush a single square of toilet paper? I FIXED IT. WITH MY MIND. (OK, not really with my mind, but I like to add...

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Gestures Glossary If you’ve ever driven a vehicle, you’ve probably gotten the one-finger salute or the angry fist shake, or some other vigorously applied hand gesture of displeasure. Now the prestigious Traffic Elimination Center is pleased to add to...

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I am crazy. As if you did not already know this. The hat thing has become not merely a project, not just a new notch on my knitting belt, no. No, ya'll. It has moved beyond quest and right into the realm of the OBSESSED and also, CRAZY. I think I might...

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It’s that time again! “Stinky cat poop pudding” Don’t knock it; it’s only got 35 calories. “Knit my child a tank” I hope they meant a tank top, because otherwise how disappointed is that kid going to be when his G.I. Joe has to ride around in a knitted...

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Scene: Last night, bedroom Jason, putting on chapstick: Come here. Shauna, leans over: What? Jason: [presses end of chapstick into Shauna's forehead, making a ring-shaped indentation] This. Shauna: Ow! Not so hard! Jason, laughing: Let me do the Olympic...

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I have to go to Target every weekend or else I'm just not right. Here in Los Angeles, we don't have Wal-Mart. We go to Tar-jzhay. Actually, there is one Wal-Mart in the valley, and it's in beautiful downtown Panorama City. I have been there, and I've...

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Things that have amused me recently: − The fact that my email server cuts senders’ names off, so I receive a daily status report from Jesus. − That after playing a thousand snippets of possible wedding ceremony songs to Jason, he said this after I presented...

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Since the honeymoon, I haven’t been sleeping well, due to: 1. Our queen-sized bed. We had a king on our honeymoon. There is a HUGE difference: on the king, I could roll over three times and still not be in the same ZIP code as Jason. On our queen, I routinely...

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Thank you so much for all of the kind words about Abby. A few days after it happened, I could barely tell people about it, but now nearly two weeks removed, it seems like it happened years ago. That’s the good/bad thing about life, I guess. It doesn’t...

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