favorite words

After much concerted thought, I have picked my three favorite words. They all have a similar sound to them, I clearly think the letter “k” is funny.
-Boink
-Bonkers
-Pronking
I discovered the word pronking one night a few weeks ago when my roommate was picking up her laptop and banging it against her leg or couch or whatever [...]

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sprained thumb

There is nothing beautiful about a swollen, throbbing sprained thumb.
I ran to volleyball at the Jewish Community Center on 16th and Q streets NW this evening. The air was crisp, perfect running weather, and I was bouncing to Gia Farrell’s “Come hit me up” blaring on the iPod and looking forward to seeing my goofy [...]

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shelfari snafu

This happened to me in August and it turned into a story I told and retold while laughing. I still tell it. So it’s time to write about it.
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The emails started coming in nearly every 20 seconds on an August morning. All of them had the same subject line: “Do we like the same books?”
“What [...]

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