Archive for the ‘Musings’ Category

Uncooked chocolate

July 13, 2010emily 1 Comment »

Fair warning: this might turn into a rant on Food Culture, The Death Of. At the grocery store last night, I picked up a few bars of Lindt dark chocolate (80%). As the checker rang them up, she looked at them quizzically and said, “what are you going to do with those?” I told her [...]

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Waiting game

June 21, 2010emily No Comments »

One of my favorite quotes from a book reads, “it does not to do dwell on dreams and forget to live.” Lately, I confess, I’ve been dwelling on dreams. I try so hard to live in the now, as it were, but I feel as though I’m failing entirely. With my dissertation safely in the [...]

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The problem with Facebook

May 29, 2010emily No Comments »

I have a real love-hate relationship with Facebook. On one hand, I like keeping up with friends. On the other hand, I’m constantly puzzled by the people who try to add me as a “friend” on Facebook. People who, for example, I’ve not seen since high school and who, once I cave and add them [...]

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