“All Around My Hat”: Or, Vital Life Lessons I Learned From Early Exposure To Steeleye Span

I absolutely crazily head-over-heels love the band Steeleye Span. “Who Span?” you say.  “Steeleye what?”  I’m glad you asked.  Regardez-vous. Go ahead.  I’ll wait.  (BTW, the absolute best part of that entire article is the chart at the bottom of the rotating band members.  A FULL.  COLOR.  CHART.  Oh, Wikipedia nerds.  You is my people.) [...]

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25 Things About My Dad You Probably Don’t Know Even If You Know Him

#1.  He can waltz. He was in several musicals with me at my all-girls high school, and in My Fair Lady we got paired up as waltzing partners for the big scene at the ball.  He’s a really good dancer.  Every day we would come home from rehearsal and practice our routine for my mom. [...]

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Snake Dreams

I have a recurring series of dreams that snakes are thinking of new ways to kill me. In my last apartment, a studio, my bed was up against a wall that was basically all window. I moved in the summer, so it was really hot, and I kept the window open to get some air. [...]

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Teddy Freddy

Teddy Freddy is a stuffed blue bear. I have no idea what brand he is, as a hasty Google image search leads me to believe that I am the only person left in America with this specific bear. His tag says only “MADE EXPRESSLY FOR MERVYN’S. MADE IN KOREA” on one side, and “ALL NEW [...]

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