. A blogumn by Kelli Bielema I moved from LA to Seattle in September 2006. This weekend I am moving to my third residence in this fair city.  3 moves in 2 years. Someone kill me. My first ‘hood here was Capitol Hill. Cap Hill, Crap Hill, Tha Hill is a neighborhood that is like [...]

Okay, it looks like you guys are back in the game. Jeff from Los Angeles guessed correctly that yesterday’s lyric was from “Satellite of Love” by Lou Reed. Today’s song actually is one of three that will be mentioned (to death) in my next novel, which I’m slated to begin next Monday. Let’s see if [...]

I was reading a really interesting piece in Jezebel the other day about how if we’ve pinned a lot of (perhaps impossible) hopes and dream on President Elect Obama, then we’ve become even more irrational about Michelle Obama. In a few words, we expect her to be nothing less than perfect. That means she needs [...]

Just in case you missed it, yesterday was the 45th anniversary of the first episode of our beloved Dr. Who. Luckily it was an English show, because premiering the day after the Kennedy assassination might have been a ratings killer over here. Check out a nice little tribute here and the beginning of the first [...]

I’ve never been a huge fan of Santa and it’s been an ongoing argument between CH and me as to whether we’ll even pretend that there’s a Santa for our kids. I’m not comfortable with them believing that some random guy comes by the house to reward them with material goods for being decent human [...]

. A blogumn by Kelly Kaboom The world is on fire. Over the ocean a crimson dot hangs, the brilliant California sun censored behind a curtain of gray ash. I can taste the ash in my mouth. Performers scatter, a brave few stay on in the abnormal darkness. By 5pm the sky is black. Faint [...]

I decided on Saturday that I no longer wanted to be a morning person for a few reasons, the two biggest being that it 1) cut into my time with CH, who usually gets off of work around 9pm — you know, a half an hour or so before I go to bed and 2) [...]

. A blogumn by Jeff Rogers “Out here we grow amunds. ‘Almonds’ are what we sell.” Lou’s giving me the tour. “This year the birds got ‘em all. Wasn’t worth knockin’ one tree.” Past the almond groves their acreage ends at the edge of a tree-filled canyon. Successive ridges of oak-dotted yellow hills climb to [...]

So you guys managed to rally and scrape together one last correct guess on Friday. Angela from Texas guessed correctly that Friday’s lyric was from “White Rabbit” by Jefferson Starship. And less than a minute later Amy from Stinky Junior also guessed the lyric correctly, resulting in our first lyrical showdown here on FaN. Still, [...]

Good news! Good news! On Friday night the 24/7 morning sickness broke and basically settled for just coming on in waves throughout the day. This doesn’t sound as awesome as it is, but believe me when I say that compared to 24/7 nausea, it totally is. I’m grateful for three things: 1. Ginger gum: which [...]