Author Archives: Kelly
We may do science for now, but in the end science will do us all in
So technically I’m now a published author. Actually, it would be more apt to say that I’m now a published technical author. Ahem. So there’s that. It’s a strange thing, seeing this thing in the world. It’s an extension of … Continue reading
My recipe for quinoa (or how to reach the garlic-carrying capacity of a grain)
I’ve been cooking more lately. It’s funny that now that I have enough money to buy groceries regularly, I eat out a lot less than when I had no money for groceries. Plunking down $50 a week seemed more painful … Continue reading
Midnight in the only place that matters (Emilio Estevez’ Heart)
Last night, I wrote a song. I should start off by saying I have only written three songs in my life. The first song was when I was fifteen and all I wanted was to be a rock star. I … Continue reading
8 (lessons) in 8(paragraphs)
It’s getting on towards sunset and I’ve spent the last few hours putzing around the office or my apartment watching Amanda Palmer, Ben Folds, Damian Kulash and Neil Gaiman putz around a studio making music live. For the Rethink Music … Continue reading
[The title of a movie you can’t remember]
Growing up, Easter was all about the scavenger hunts. We would wake up early and pace around our baskets wrapped in festive cellophane, trying to figure out what all was in there, buried beneath the candy. As soon as our … Continue reading
Pie and Douglas Firs and gentlemen named “Bob”
I recently discovered (and by recently, I mean earlier today) that Netflix has both seasons of Twin Peaks available to stream. Part of me wishes that I could tell you that I was an original adopter of the show and … Continue reading
If his brain’s ran down, how can he talk?
Somewhere, the day has slipped away from me. And not slipped in the traditional time sense, but in that I thought I had it pinned down, but it was torn off sometime between lunch and now. That buzz I’d been … Continue reading
We seem to be made to suffer – it’s our lot in life.
I used to be able to recite every line in the three original Star Wars movies. After a while, it became a compulsion. To this day, I have a hard time not mouthing along every bit of dialogue, or squealing … Continue reading
Something here will eventually have to explode
I’m posting this from bed via the wordpress iPhone app so we’ll see how that goes when I come back to read this in the morning. It’s raining. I love the rain. It’s for all the usual reasons – the … Continue reading
The Five Stages of Rejection
Another submission, another rejection, another turn of the rejectomancy ferris wheel. I’m in limbo right now – having checked the online submission website to find the status changed from “received” to “rejected”. It’s a change in three letters – I … Continue reading
Kelly Lagor's Lagoraphobia 