Human Stupid Bits | velvetverbosity.com https://velvetverbosity.com Just another WordPress site Tue, 28 May 2019 09:37:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 194740957 More Stupid Human Bits https://velvetverbosity.com/2020/01/28/more-stupid-human-bits/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=more-stupid-human-bits Tue, 28 Jan 2020 09:27:46 +0000 http://velvetverbosity.com/?p=271 You know those little flaps of lip skin you get in the winter? The ones that when you insist on tugging on them finally come off with a chunk of healthy skin? So how stupid does it make me that I do this every single day all winter? / Digg… Continue Reading More Stupid Human Bits

The post More Stupid Human Bits first appeared on velvetverbosity.com.]]> You know those little flaps of lip skin you get in the winter? The ones that when you insist on tugging on them finally come off with a chunk of healthy skin?

So how stupid does it make me that I do this every single day all winter?

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The post More Stupid Human Bits first appeared on velvetverbosity.com.]]> 271 Where in the World is Velvet Verbosity https://velvetverbosity.com/2009/03/25/where-in-the-world-is-velvet-verbosity/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=where-in-the-world-is-velvet-verbosity Wed, 25 Mar 2009 09:37:56 +0000 http://velvetverbosity.com/2009/03/25/where-in-the-world-is-velvet-verbosity/ I’ve been a little weirdly hush hush about my whereabouts and why-for-abouts over the last week, even for me.  (I’ve been called out for being oddly private for a blogger.)   Anyway, many changes are a-brewing in my life and when I’m in that mode I need my own head-space.  I… Continue Reading Where in the World is Velvet Verbosity

The post Where in the World is Velvet Verbosity first appeared on velvetverbosity.com.]]> I’ve been a little weirdly hush hush about my whereabouts and why-for-abouts over the last week, even for me.  (I’ve been called out for being oddly private for a blogger.)   Anyway, many changes are a-brewing in my life and when I’m in that mode I need my own head-space.  I will tell you that I got a gnarly sunburn on one butt cheek today, followed by a frenetic search through an unstaffed CVS to find sun burn relief spray (preferably with aloe).  As I sit here typing this I can’t feel the one burned butt cheek except for the heat radiating off from it.

I will be in transit all day tomorrow and will get the 100 word round up posted by Thursday midnight.   Until then, love and light.

The post Where in the World is Velvet Verbosity first appeared on velvetverbosity.com.]]> 427 Those Annoying Injured People https://velvetverbosity.com/2002/12/17/those-annoying-injured-people/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=those-annoying-injured-people Tue, 17 Dec 2002 09:26:40 +0000 http://velvetverbosity.com/2002/12/17/those-annoying-injured-people/ “Here’s the evening traffic report. Things are good right up until exit 13 where you will be slowed to an annoying crawl by a couple of selfish dolts who decided to get in an accident, right when you need to get home. Not to worry, the authorities are quickly working… Continue Reading Those Annoying Injured People

The post Those Annoying Injured People first appeared on velvetverbosity.com.]]> “Here’s the evening traffic report. Things are good right up until exit 13 where you will be slowed to an annoying crawl by a couple of selfish dolts who decided to get in an accident, right when you need to get home. Not to worry, the authorities are quickly working on clearing out the rubble and human remains so it doesn’t look like you’ll miss your favorite episode of Will and Grace after all. Tune in tomorrow morning to find out who’s lives will be forever altered at the expense of your convenience.”

Sigh.

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* Buying a car. This was a painful yet exhilerating process. After some false leads, and dashed hopes, I have found her. A creamy Subaru Outback. She is a sleek and sexy beast; capable, comfortable, powerful and delightful. If this car were a person, she would be a lean, robust woman, adept at everything she put her hand to, sensuous, mysterious, powerful, precise and quietly intelligent. What name should I give her?

* Searching for artwork for the program cover of the Christmas Vespers concert at Smith College. I spent a delicious afternoon in the Mortimer Rare Book Room, paging through the hefty volume of a German history of the world published in 1493 (the title escapes me now, and I kick myself for not writing it down) filled with woodblock prints of kings, queens, and saints being murdered. I’m not entirely sure why I was directed to this book when I described what I was looking for (Victorian angels perhaps), but surely the blank expressions on both murderers’ and victims faces’ was not it. No matter, it was a pleasure just to lay my hands on a piece of work that spends it’s time locked away behind protective glass.

* Thinking. Of course this is not unusual, for me, or anyone else. It is the intensity of it that has kept me from the keyboard.

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I know, where the hell have I been?

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The post No words first appeared on velvetverbosity.com.]]> 135 Velvet Verbosity is Going to California! https://velvetverbosity.com/2002/02/21/velvet-verbosity-is-going-to-california/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=velvet-verbosity-is-going-to-california Thu, 21 Feb 2002 09:29:52 +0000 http://velvetverbosity.com/2002/02/21/velvet-verbosity-is-going-to-california/ California…land of sunshine. That’s where I’m headed next week and I’m packing my sun-dresses and my bikini, though there won’t be much time for beaches since I’m going for WORK. I do have one day semi-free before I fly back so I let my friends on the West Coast know… Continue Reading Velvet Verbosity is Going to California!

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California…land of sunshine. That’s where I’m headed next week and I’m packing my sun-dresses and my bikini, though there won’t be much time for beaches since I’m going for WORK. I do have one day semi-free before I fly back so I let my friends on the West Coast know and made plans with one of them for Thursday. He called tonight.

Me: Hello?

K: Hey you, are you seeing the eclipse?

Me: Yep, I’m looking at it through my window.

K: It’s so beautiful, I’m standing out here on the deck.

Me: It’s too cold here.

K: It is?

Me: Yeah, so I’m staying inside. How warm is it supposed to be next week there? Warm enough for sun-dresses?

K: Uh. Yeah. Of course. Wait, where are you?

Me: I’m in Massachusetts.

K: OOOHHHHH. I thought we were getting together tomorrow.

Me: What? No. I meant next Thursday. Did I not say that?

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