When the skies overhead look like kraken ooze and the wind howls like a banshee chasing a bobcat through the neighborhood, I like to gather the Fixin’ Leaks and Leeks Team and DIY my own ghost story. I do it every year in October. This makes year number six? I’ve lost count. In any case,… Continue reading DIY Ghost Story: Boil and Bubble, Smells Like Trouble
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Craft Alert: Sloppy Joe Halloween Costume
Lunch lady lore screams a tale of mystery meat, smothered in a red sauce and running wild between two slices of what’s-an-expiration-date-anyway bread. And that tale is captured in my “sloppy joe” costume, which Alex made for me to wear during “spirit week” at work this Halloween. All “joe mama” jokes aside, this mama will… Continue reading Craft Alert: Sloppy Joe Halloween Costume
This is THE Pumpkin Soup, This Time, I Swear
Ghosts of pumpkins past have dared to voice the horrors I’ve unleashed upon them. Every year, about this time, I try to make a pumpkin soup, and it sort of kind of turns out okay. Mediocre pumpkin soup is a crime I’ve committed over and over again. Chalk outlines of pumpkins line my front doorstep.… Continue reading This is THE Pumpkin Soup, This Time, I Swear
Bula! The Fixin’ Leaks and Leeks Team Visits Fiji
Mini Fiji, which consists of a hot tub near the Fixin’ Leaks and Leeks Headquarters—and a bunch of tropical flowers—is nice, but it naturally falls short of the actual Fiji Islands. For instance, it’s missing fruit bats and soooo many more coconuts and stingrays and such. So we time-traveled two days and five hours, to… Continue reading Bula! The Fixin’ Leaks and Leeks Team Visits Fiji
Cocaine Shark, the Movie: Side Effects and the Perfect Wine Pairing
Raging oceanic waters, teeming with coked-up sharks, are a sci-fi creator’s fever dream—I thought. But then Nate sent me this article: “Sharks in Brazil Test Positive for Cocaine, Say Scientists.” About thirteen sharks, off the city of Rio de Janeiro tested positive for cocaine, according to the article. And, upon further research, I discovered a… Continue reading Cocaine Shark, the Movie: Side Effects and the Perfect Wine Pairing
Hold My Book: Mushroom Bookmarks Save the Day (and My Place)
Books, beware. I like to color in the pages with notes and fold the edges of a good tome—like someone who’s seen things—and can’t remember them. Hence, the graffiti and street-cred origami. Actually, I’d really like to have nice things. Like books without creases or marks. It’s hard because my penchant for destruction is so… Continue reading Hold My Book: Mushroom Bookmarks Save the Day (and My Place)
Dun-Dun-Dun-Dun…Spirit of Shark Week
But is there a shark at the bottom of the glass? Always look before you take a sip—or a dip. Turquoise blue liquid and festive drink glasses look delightfully ominous. So is the Blue Hawaiian cocktail the recipe for disaster I can’t live without? Dreamy blue liquor + hot summer + impending Shark Week (Discovery… Continue reading Dun-Dun-Dun-Dun…Spirit of Shark Week
A Twinkie and a Doughnut Have My Back
I’ve turned to pastry products to boost my sinking spine. They say you are what you eat, and I’m just not myself without a doughnut on my seat. The doughnut is actually one of those circular-shaped pillows with the hole in the middle to support the tailbone, and the Twinkie is a Funko Plushies™ I… Continue reading A Twinkie and a Doughnut Have My Back
Craft Alert: Avocado Avalanche (Five-Minute Sticker Art)
Avocados migrate as wild packs of herds or flocks or avocolonies—or whatever the group name is—sometimes, to pursue artistic and leisurely endeavors. At least, that’s the impression a sticker pack gave me the other day. And, June is California Avocado Month, so I decided to freshen up the craft page with a little five-minute craft… Continue reading Craft Alert: Avocado Avalanche (Five-Minute Sticker Art)
Twenty-Five Years! Cheers with Beers!
In a fit of mathematical mayhem, I tried to factor our twenty-fifth wedding anniversary into an equation for which a popular wedding song at the time, “Livin’ la Vida Loca,” would be the answer. But I couldn’t get the numbers to add up. Me: Hey, Nate. You’re a math person, and I’m a literary analysis… Continue reading Twenty-Five Years! Cheers with Beers!
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