...and Taking Names

One day last week, I:

• wrote a letter I'm really proud of
• made a delicious dinner
• rearranged the living room with my partner in a way that pleases us both and incorporates all of our furniture (including a foosball table)
• made really good cold-brew iced tea (thanks to Lisa at Polka Dot Cottage)
• got some work done
• half-wrote this post

So, you know. Calling it a win, overall. It's amazing, that feeling yielded by the combination of creativity and productivity, right?

What are you getting excited and making?

Trapped indeed

Kind of a lot going on around here. The Romantic Interest (RI) has moved in for the summer, which has been just really blissful, actually.

Plus, I am learning and growing every day.

Here is how you can tell: I just wrote the following phrase, in seriousness: "In retrospect, among the most striking things about [R. Kelly's] Trapped in the Closet ..."

Also, any of you who have actually watched some or all of Trapped in the Closet should admit it right here in the comments, because OMG why have we not all seen this? I mean, aside from that R. Kelly is basically a monster.

If there is sufficient demand, I will write a post on many of the striking things about it.

Hint, hint

I read too many advice columns. That is just true, and I'm OK with it, basically.

For those of you not in the know, "Hints from Heloise" is a column of household hints. On average, one a day involves a new use for vinegar. For me, it contains a mix of:

• useful tips
• tips that fill a need I don't currently have — often regarding opening jars with arthritis or handling pet issues
• tips that are so obvious it's hard to see why anyone would need to ask an advice columnist about them.

We're going to talk about that third category today.

Yesterday morning, the first letter to Heloise was as follows:

Dear Heloise: 

Could you please reprint your hint on how to create NEW FOLDERS ON YOUR COMPUTER for those of us who need a little extra help? 

-- A Reader in Illinois

Is that possibly real, that someone would want to do such a thing and not know anyone, socially, familially, or professionally who could help them in real life, to the point that Heloise is who they would ask?

Never mind that Heloise's specific advice would absolutely not work on my computer. Turns out, the 63-year-old vinegar queen is not an IT guru. Who knew?