http://theapricottree.wordpress.com It's better to help people than garden gnomes. Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:35:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I am incredibly bratty.  I'll be the first to admit it.  Fickle and bratty.  A terrible combination. The first time a person betrays, hurts, or disappoints me, I automatically begin to think of all the ways I can punish them.  This is especially true with men.  Not that I will ever ... http://theapricottree.wordpress.com/2008/06/25/bratty-behavior-and-blondes/ Light from a cake is such great light.  We should just live in cake-light. http://theapricottree.wordpress.com/2008/06/17/sixfeetunder/ It has been a long time since my last confession. I mean blogpost. Forgive me all. Things over the past month(s) have been quite a roller coaster. Three weeks ago I fell down some stairs at work and have since been in varying state of handicap. My ... http://theapricottree.wordpress.com/2008/05/25/how-much-is-that-doggy-in-the-window/ It's a big world and hearts get bought and sold. http://theapricottree.wordpress.com/2008/04/18/moses/ have a bad habit. Doodling. Nothing in particular. Tonight I sat through a 2 hour city council meeting drawing line after line after line in every direction ... basically making a series of cross-hatches. Halfway through the meeting our eccentric-and-endearing city attorney leaned over and said ... http://theapricottree.wordpress.com/2008/04/08/im-trying-to-light-it/ Follow these simple steps and you too can be happy! 1. Close blinds 2. Put on Elton John's Greatest Hits (preferably on vinyl, though CD/mp3 will suffice in a pinch) 3. Turn volume to unacceptable decible. 4. Dance like an idiot. 5. Repeat until desired results have been achieved. Optional: Add 2 glasses of wine to ... http://theapricottree.wordpress.com/2008/04/07/amelies-mood-enhancer/ "The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew." Abraham Lincoln http://theapricottree.wordpress.com/2008/04/07/i-didnt-go-to-see-the-city-i-went-to-see-it-around-you/ THIS is the cutest thing ever (the dog, not the baby) http://theapricottree.wordpress.com/2008/04/06/ghghghghhhh/ For those who haven't heard, Skybus airlines bit the dust this morning , out of the blue, giving no warning whatsoever to passengers, ceasing flights operations immediately.  Effective immediately, all flights, which had been scheduled through September of 2008, are canceled.  Passengers have been directed to contact their credit card ... http://theapricottree.wordpress.com/2008/04/06/leaving-on-a-jet-plane-bicycle/ It is with great disappointment,  but little surprise, that I must report that "ass to mouth" continues to be the blog post which receives the most hits per day, at a rate of 4:1 compared to any other post in my blog thus far. http://theapricottree.wordpress.com/2008/04/05/reality-check-please/