Just a year ago...

I started this thang called Biblio Fashionista as part of a "free writing" exercise for my creative writing group. I'm still going at it and it has helped me knock out ideas (mostly whimsical silliness of my everyday life) quickly without deliberating over a frickin’ sentence for ten hours, and it has occasionally alleviated writers block with my more "serious" creative writing endeavors.

According to tradition (I try to stay away from tradition as much as I can), paper gifts are the traditional gift for a one year anniversary. So, for those of you dedicated blog readers that are just dying to get me a blog anniversary gift, here are some tips to keep in mind when shopping for that “special” gift according to Ms. Manners:

- Think creatively, not literally.
- Think about the person’s taste and style.
- Consider the following paper gifts: engraved stationery, a book, or a scrapbook. Clocks make a nice alternative gift to paper.
- Ms. Manners is a frickin’ nutball!!!!!!!!!!

In the meantime, I will enlighten you with headlines from this past year’s entries (in reverse chronological order). Interestingly, I still get tired from Chinese food, I’m still tortured by the Drooler, I’ve made Hummus (again) for about 40 people, and I still think eating marshmallows will somehow cure my cramps. I guess some things never change.

1. Tired from Chinese food
2. The Drooler
3. Hummus for 80
4. Marshmallows Cures Cramps
5. Toronzo, Chico, Velveeta, Grady and Hoochie Man
6. Dispatches and Dish
7. The Rodent Factor
8. "1983 Key: Evanston Township High School" Vol. XXXIII
9. Glass animals, matches and eating
10. My Bootyless World
11. It's up to the Skipper
12. Uncooked rice grown outside the U.S. is restricted
13. Mohawks and Butt Cracks
14. M is for Milkshake
15. Everything sold in hardware stores
16. Come walk with me pretty unicorn
17. Vegetables are people too
18. Comedy porn
19. I’m a Google Stalker
20. I’ll have a Cambodian non-fat macchiato
21. Mochtest etwas Wagner mit deinem kaffee?
22. Munchkins and Timbits
23. Boiling scum off okra
24. Christmas in Central Wisconsin
25. The New Year in Chicago
26. Davusten Burraris Syndrome
27. Sleazy Motels
28. Fashionable Frostbite
29. Sending a "shout out" to my blog posse
30. Public Appearances
31. Ask Dr. Bibfash
32. Daddy Long Legs
33. Deep Linking
34. To Do
35. Heisse Möse
36. These boots weren’t made for walking
37. 13 Strike Rolls
38. Ken loved buttocks
39. Neurotica
40. Porqué?
41. Conference Survival Guide
42. Getting to the bottom of things
43. The Gimpy Bunny
44. Casting Couch
45. Meerrettich and Deportation
46. Bitchin' Lemons
47. Bad Substitutions
48. Funeral Home Interlude
49. Good Substitutions
50. Who’s your smoke daddy?
51. The Bitter Bean Debate
52. Madonna – The “Vegas Years” Tour