Kona Gallagher

Basically, my only reason for posting it is so I can remember where it is for whenever I need to reference it. WHICH IS SURPRISINGLY OFTEN.

Whether it’s the plush carpet of a model home, the cool Formica of a grocery store aisle, or the rough office carpet underneath your desk. Sometimes you need to just give up for a moment and feel the floor underneath your face.

INT: 6:30 AM on a Friday. It’s dark in the house and quiet… too quiet.

“Honey? What are you doing?”

Silence.

“What are you doing down there?”

“I got some milk!”

“Oh, oka— wait. What?”

“Hold on. Did you–”

“…Gotcha.”

Related: Cooper turned three yesterday! Happy birthday to my favorite evil genius.

Back in June, a site called 9 to 5 Google posted a short piece about the new black navigation bar that had gone live on google.com. Because it’s the internet, everything can inspire a debate; no matter how anemic.

Thank god someone invented the internet, so we all have a place to go to to share our ideas and have a discourse about the issues affecting our lives.

This “from the vault” entry isn’t seasonally appropriate, but it still makes me laugh. This was originally from Thanksgiving 2006, when I was living in New York City. I’ve been nostalgic for New York lately and this is just one of the many reasons why.

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Thanksgiving Edition:

Dad: Happy Thanksgiving!
Me: Happy Thanksgiving to you too.
Dad: So, I’m watching the Thanksgiving day parade on TV. Are you down there?
Me: Oh, hell no.
Dad: No?
Me: I cannot emphasize enough the amount of “hell no” involved in that.
Dad: Yeah, I’m watching those girls with the short skirts and I’m thinking, “are you out of your mind?”
Me: Yeah. It’s like two degrees here and rainy and awful. They are not having fun.
Dad: So what are you doing today?
Me: Having dinner with friends.
Dad: Oh, that sounds good. I just talked to Andrea and wished her a happy Thanksgiving.
Me: That’s nice.
Dad: Yeah, so I’ve done my kid duty. You can all go to hell now.
Me: …You’re a terrible parent.

I probably should have brought this up in a more timely manner, but I was asked to be a guest on the Antenna Free TV podcast last week. Despite some weird technical difficulties on my end, it was a lot of fun to chat with my old TV Squad cohorts, Joel Keller and Jason Hughes.

It was also nice to reclaim my rightful place as “The Lady” of a podcast.

Anyway, you can check it out on their website or subscribe to the podcast on iTunes.