by Erin MacNair | Mar 19, 2015 | Random Bits, Welcome
. I have a new ritual. It’s not Facebook, although you can sometimes tell I have this ritual because I will post things there. Every Sat morning, I get up, make some coffee, and look at ridiculous shit on Pintarest. And then I laugh, sometimes until I cry, or cry and...
by Erin MacNair | Mar 5, 2015 | Random Bits, Welcome
Its time to toughen up. Not with my kids, I am already pretty tough on them, not in a “WHY DIDN’T YOU FINISH FIRST” sort of way, but in an “DON’T GIVE ME THAT BULLSHIT” kinda way. Although I don’t say bullshit, not yet. (The word lies there, bubbling under the...
by Erin MacNair | Feb 13, 2015 | Random Bits, Welcome
There’s something about getting on a bus that’s like three-minute dating, only you really just have 30 seconds to pick a potential partner, so you gotta be fast. Those who ride the bus a lot hone this skill. I suggest riding the bus just to learn it…a skill...
by Erin MacNair | Jan 27, 2015 | Random Bits, Welcome
Recently, I’ve been talking a lot about dying. It’s because I’ve only just realized that I’m not going to die young in a blaze of glory. This has something to do with being in your forties and mortality and all that, when it hits you that this is it and you better...
by Erin MacNair | Jan 6, 2015 | Public Service Announcements, Welcome
I was having a conversation with my junk guy, Ivan, when he pointed something out to me. I call Ivan when I need something very, very heavy lifted, say, a hunk of mysterious concrete sticking out of the backyard. Turns out that everybody likes to stay connected, know...
by Erin MacNair | Dec 25, 2014 | Random Bits, Welcome
Just to clarify, for those who might have those I was making fun of Christians or Buddhists in my last post, I wasn’t. (I don’t take myself seriously, you shouldn’t either) Some of us are part-time Buddhists, (my husband goes to a Zendo; I just think about going,...
