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Meet Mr. Geek in Heels…

I always have a gazillion projects en queue in my head, am usually in the middle of several at once in real life. A couple of weeks ago, when J mentioned that he was thinking about blogging again (he was quite an avid blogger when we first became friends), I enthusiastically endorsed the idea and even thought of a great domain name for him. What he didn't know was that I had a mini-project brewing in my head since that night — — a brand new spankin' blog, tailored just for him! Meet Mister Geek in Heels: I will unveil the URL once he fills it with some content. We are now a blogging couple!...

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‘Little Golden Book’-Style Movie Scene Illustrations

I am loving these Little Golden Book-style illustrations by Josh Cooley. Some of them are a bit morbid and definitely not appropriate for children, but seeing these famous movie scenes done in a whimsical, youthful way breathes new life into familiar performances. Here are some of my favs: Individual prints are $50 each (limited runs of 100, signed and numbered by the artist), or you can purchase a book with all of them here. Via Laughing Squid....

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Post-Partum Hair Loss

A couple of weeks ago I noticed an unusual amount of hair lying around the house. Note that I am always "shedding" a lot of hair — one of my ex-boyfriends used to say that he could always tell which rooms I have been in just by looking at the hair on the ground — so imagine just how much more hair there must be for me to become concerned. My post-partum hair loss had started. I had read that some women's hair can fall out in clumps, and that's exactly what has been happening to me. Chunks of matted hair on my pillow. A mangled mess in the bathroom drain. And hair everywhere on the floor. I keep my hair up in a...

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