Stuck on Lou


My name is Louise, and I've got a feeling down deep in my soul that I just can't lose. Yes I'm on my way!
March 28
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Mick Fleetwood heard about Twitter for the first time this morning in an NPR interview with Scott Simon.  Mick was initially wary, but he soon warmed up to the idea.

The old fogies at NPR have been going CRAZY for Twitter in the past month.  Only a few weeks ago, Scott Simon first learned about Twitter himself in an on-air tutorial.  And now here he is showing off his Twitter knowledge to Mick Fleetwood.  He’s like that kid in the 4th grade who figures out what a blow job is and then won’t stop casually bringing it up in every conversation just to sound cool.


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March 24

G-chat with G-Duck

  • GD: Why don't we have theme parties any more? Are we so old and boring?
  • me: hey, i have a blog. i am young and "with-it"
  • GD: ok already! I have an iphone. Does that count?
  • me: you do??
  • GD: Oh wait. I don't have an iphone but I do have a giant tennis racket
  • me: hmmm
  • GD: It's really going beyond "with-it"

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March 22
My sense of humor wouldn’t be what it is today if it hadn’t been for my dad and all his dumb jokes, so this blog is already kind of an unofficial memorial to him. But because tomorrow would be his 73rd birthday, I’d like to make the tribute official.  Here’s a picture of the two of us, right around the beginning of our relationship.

My sense of humor wouldn’t be what it is today if it hadn’t been for my dad and all his dumb jokes, so this blog is already kind of an unofficial memorial to him.

But because tomorrow would be his 73rd birthday, I’d like to make the tribute official.  Here’s a picture of the two of us, right around the beginning of our relationship.


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March 19

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March 17
“ What have the Irish ever done for me besides blow things up?
Controversial response from my mom to my questions about why, as the editor of my elementary school’s PTA newsletter, she refused to include any seasonal clip art of shamrocks or leprechauns in the March issue.

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March 14

What It Would Be Like To Be Friends With Jeopardy

  • You: Hey, what's up?
  • Jeopardy: This two-letter word for the opposite of down is also the title of a 2002 Peter Gabriel album.
  • You: Huh?

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March 12
“ You do have a lot going for you in interviews, being so presentable, articulate and obviously responsible, efficient, etc. And not at all weird — as we know, some people who go into psychology, psychiatry, psychiatric nursing, etc. have evident weirdness.
An excerpt from an email from my mom.  Sometimes all you need to hear is that your mom doesn’t think you’re weird at all, regardless of what she apparently thinks of your chosen profession.

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March 7
Stuck on Lou makes a cameo appearance in Yahoo! Answers.

Stuck on Lou makes a cameo appearance in Yahoo! Answers.


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March 5
Exciting sibling update!  My brother Russell (pictured above in his Thanksgiving finery) is in town from Philadelphia with his band Rad Racket and fellow West Philly sensation Grandchildren.  They are playing several shows in the Bay Area over the next week: Thursday, March 5 @ the Hemlock in SF Friday, March 6 @ the East Bay Rats Motorcycle Club in Oakland Saturday, March 7 @ Ghost Town Gallery in Oakland Wednesday, March 11 @ El Rio in SF Come see them play!  Maybe Russell will don a pilgrim costume again, if we’re lucky.

Exciting sibling update!  My brother Russell (pictured above in his Thanksgiving finery) is in town from Philadelphia with his band Rad Racket and fellow West Philly sensation Grandchildren.  They are playing several shows in the Bay Area over the next week:

  • Thursday, March 5 @ the Hemlock in SF
  • Friday, March 6 @ the East Bay Rats Motorcycle Club in Oakland
  • Saturday, March 7 @ Ghost Town Gallery in Oakland
  • Wednesday, March 11 @ El Rio in SF

Come see them play!  Maybe Russell will don a pilgrim costume again, if we’re lucky.


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March 3

An Unimpressive 24 Hours

The following was my schedule for 12:00pm on March 2, 2009 through 12:00pm on March 3, 2009:

12:00pm: Realize “The Bachelor” season finale is on tonight, make vow NOT to watch

12:00pm-2:00pm: Do nothing

2:00pm-5:00pm: Take nap

5:00pm-7:30pm: Try to read, get sidetracked hypothesizing about possible outcomes for “The Bachelor”

7:30pm: Get tired of waiting, turn on TV

7:30pm-8:00pm: Watch “Judge Judy,” enjoy pleasant feelings of indignation and superiority

8:00pm-10:00pm: Watch entire “The Bachelor” season finale

10:00pm-11:00pm: Watch “The Bachelor: After the Final Rose” post-season show, gasp at shocking twist

11:00pm: Feel worn out from emotional highs and lows of Bachelor, go to bed

11:00pm-8:00am: Have dreams about Bachelor, dreams about alternate endings to the season, dreams where I host a Bachelor season finale theme party, dreams where I find the Bachelor’s discarded diamond engagement ring on the floor and start wearing it around as a souvenir

8:00am-8:30am: Get intermittenly woken up by cat, blur distinction between cat and Bachelor in dream

8:30am: Get up

8:30-9:00am: Have mixed feelings toward cat, see him as loving single dad on the one hand and narcissistic jerk on the other

9:00am-12:00pm: Research Bachelor on Internet, buy into several conspiracy theories about the show

12:00pm: Emerge squinting from apartment


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