darleeneisms

What I’d like to do to Andrew Bynum

darleene — Fri, 11 May 2012 20:06:36 +0000

USA Today front page the day after the Rodney King verdict

darleene — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 06:43:19 +0000

I was 14 years old when the verdict came down that the four cops who had beaten Rodney King on live television had been pronounced not guilty. I wasn’t a news nerd just yet, but that didn’t keep me from … Continue reading →

Questions

darleene — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 05:31:52 +0000

I was reading an old issue of Vanity Fair, in which George Clooney Daniel Craig and Matt Damon answer this questionnaire. I was reading their answers and thought, “Huh. How would I answer these questions?” Some of them took some … Continue reading →

Radford Art Walk in Studio City

darleene — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 06:22:03 +0000

I’ve been meaning to do a blog post on the sculptures alongside the CBS Radford property. They were apparently installed last summer, and I only started noticing them when I got back to work in January, because I wanted to … Continue reading →

#linsanity

darleene — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:22:38 +0000

I was at work last night, trying to finish up so I could get home to my family, when I saw multiple tweets from my buddy Marc, making jokes about Jeremy Lin. I knew who Jeremy Lin was, but Marc … Continue reading →

Another mommy blog

darleene — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:23:09 +0000

I’ve been a little preoccupied, to say the least — there’s work, kids and a whole host of other stuff, of course. But my online time has become spread thin, with my creating yet another blog on Tumblr (and an … Continue reading →

The year began with a blowout

darleene — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 06:52:20 +0000

I haven’t blogged in 20 days. Sorry! But, for good reason. I’ll get to that in a minute. But, yes, literally, the year began with a blowout. We were on the way to church, when the front passenger-side tire (the … Continue reading →

The joke was on me

darleene — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 07:17:52 +0000

Check out what I wrote last year: I pray God blesses all who reads this with a wonderful new year pregnant with hope, joy and happy possibilities. God has a heckuva sense of humor. As I was just saying to … Continue reading →

One more week of maternity leave

darleene — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 06:15:34 +0000

In a way, it seemed like it would never get here, but yes. My last week of maternity leave is upon me. I have mixed feelings, of course, but not in the way you might thing. Maybe I’m just not … Continue reading →

Budget Christmas cards

darleene — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 05:51:56 +0000

I love Christmas cards. In fact, I love all manner of physical correspondence — letters, postcards, etc. and I love this time of year because I get photos and cards in the mail! (You might remember Michael’s birth gave me … Continue reading →