Image credit: Photo by Great Beyond on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons Earlier this year, I read an article about technology that would allow us to record and store every moment of our lives. Imagine: our whole lives stored in a single searchable archive. We could settle those arguments with the boss by replaying what [...]
Posts under ‘obsessions’
Conspiracy Theories
Image credit: Photo by CowGummy on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons It started off innocently enough years ago. She would forward me the usual stories warning me that I should watch out for snakes in McDonald's ball pits or people out to steal my kidneys or serial killers who would lure me out of the [...]
Cyberstalking Syndrome by Proxy
Image credit: Photo by Corie Howell on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons I have spent my share of time cyberstalking the women my husband has acted out with. (Hey, I'm codependent; I'm really, really good at focusing on people who aren't me.) And I'm not alone. Focusing on and obsessing about the activities of acting [...]
What Is your Deal with Serial Killers?
Image credit: Photo by pareeerica on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons Yesterday I wrote about the possibility that Karen Maezen Miller could be a serial killer. (In case you're wondering, the chances are small.) To be honest, I was much more concerned with the more real and terrifying possibility that she or Shawn somehow knew [...]
Mario Knock Knock Joke
I know my kids are not the only ones obsessed with the Nintendo's little overalled hero, so here's the latest Mario joke to come home from the playground. Since I've heard it repeated 10,000 times already and can't remove its presence from my head, I thought I might as well share: "Knock knock." "Who's there?" [...]




