The Modern Age will take a break for a while. Will be back after November 18th. Perhaps some updates from the road (it always ends up happening). Place your bets on where I’m headed.
Category Archives: ruminations
Help Me! I’m Trapped In (and Out of) My Apartment
Ok, so you know how it’s pretty typical that a blogger doesn’t want to go outside–that they just want to stay indoors and blog all day long? Well when a blogger wants to get outside, they generally want to be able to get out. Unfortunately for me, that is not the case this morning. I …
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Remembering September 11
I cannot believe it has been 6 years since 9/11 happened… so much has changed then, but the memory of that day still lingers on. The New York Times has an interesting series of essays written by journalists who covered 9/11 for the Times. Where were you, and what were you doing on 9/11? Six …
We Built This City on Rock ‘n’ Roll
…but sometimes we gotta leave. Be back 5/22
What I Did This Weekend
My internet at home had been down since Wed night, which totally blew. The first two days Time Warner insisted it was an “area shortage”. Then finally on Friday, they said it was just me and that I could book an appointment for NEXT Tuesday – Saturday. I was piiiiisssssssed. So I kept calling back …
TMA Archives: The Best of November 2001
I’ve been going through all my first posts, trying to categorize them and re-format them so they don’t look all wonky, and I’ve been reading some of THE MOST HILARIOUS posts ever. You know, I started this site over five years ago when I was in college, and it’s just so amusing to read the …
Random Thoughts I Had on Fashion and Self Image…All Because of Lily Allen. This Post Will Make No Sense.
Recently I found someone came to this site on a search for “dress like lily allen”, and that got me thinking, “Wow, I can’t believe someone out there is actually searching for that!” So that got me thinking about Lily and fashion, so I did some searches of my own. On a search for “Lily …
Why Are Clothing Sizes So Out of Wack?
I’m so frustrated by clothing sizes. You know the drill–one designer’s 3 is another designer’s 0 is another designer’s 8. But what is up with this trend of SUPERTINY sizes? Banana Republic started selling size 00 in dresses and pants this year. THAT’S DOUBLE ZERO! Like how ridiculously small do you have to be to …
Lily Allen Rips the NME a New One…I Applaud
Holy smokes. Although I think Lily Allen is a bit overrated, I do have to give some props to the lady for sticking it to the N.M.E. for not devoting the cover of the “Cool List” issue to the women who topped the list. Frankly, that is a lot of bull, and Lily has a …
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Happy Turkey Day!
Today is the day where everyone text messages me at 11am while I’m still sleeping. Their texts say “Happy Thanksgiving” but what they really mean is, “Please save me from my family and/or the people I’ve chosen to spend this holiday with”. Or maybe my friends are just enthusiastic about holidays before 12 noon. In …