pop culture | another damn life

house rules

Posted by lyn | Nov 30, 2015 | rant | 2

Lately I’ve been watching a lot of Home & Garden Television programming and I’ve taken note of a few themes: Every man must want a cave. Men need caves, for they are the only places they can be men....

the art of storytelling

Posted by lyn | Feb 7, 2014 | favorites, musings | 5

There are lots of problems with professional sports. The sheer volume of attention and money we...

oh hell damn no

Posted by lyn | Dec 11, 2013 | rant | 13

I have several highly unpopular opinions about consumerism that make consuming media with me...

mark strays outside his comfort zone

Posted by lyn | Sep 25, 2013 | jokes | 3

This was the second entry in a series I tentatively titled What fuckery is this and then became...

perks

Posted by lyn | Apr 25, 2013 | jokes | 7

The thing about my job is that sometimes I am asked to find stock imagery for clients to use on...

mind, lost

Posted by lyn | Aug 16, 2012 | jokes | 14

I guess Monday is the day that I get all the catalogs. Because I opened the post box on Monday afternoon and it was like, BOOM. Explosion of LOOK OMG THINGS YOU CAN BUY! I pulled them out, lugged them to the kitchen table, and...

mallory makes a pitch

Posted by lyn | Jun 18, 2012 | jokes | 13

This was the first entry in a series I titled What fuckery is this, then became kind of bored by...

in which cars require sexual harassment and sensitivity training in the workplace

Posted by lyn | Dec 6, 2011 | rant | 12

You know, I may love, love, love to watch sports on television, but that love is tempered by my...

willing to fight

Posted by lyn | Jun 14, 2011 | rant | 33

I read this article by Julie Klausner last week, and I haven’t been able to get it out of my...

they call me spooky

Posted by lyn | Apr 6, 2011 | true story | 10

Hand to God, my father — my rational, mathematically-minded, hard science-loving, fiscally conservative Republican father — swears he saw a UFO. He was 17, and on the tractor. He’d just made a turn when he looked up and...

in portland you can put a bird on something and just call it art

Posted by lyn | Mar 24, 2011 | jokes | 19

Hi. You look nice today. Is that a new shirt? It’s really working for you. Is, is uh… are you doing something different with your hair? Parting it on the other side, maybe? Yeah? I like your face. Good job with that....

tripledecker

Posted by lyn | Mar 15, 2011 | rant | 27

Confession: I don’t watch movies. In fact, I hate movies. Whenever anyone asks me if I want to watch a movie, my immediate response is to punch that person in the face. Maybe you think I’m exaggerating. The beau has...

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