Wednesday WTF

Thanks To All 532.323 Of You Who Sent Us This Listing

By Adlene Neely Dealey / May 20, 2020 /

“Do you like fun and adventure?” the listing that clogged our inboxes asks. Let me tell you something, whenever someone asks you if you like fun and adventure, you should ask a lot of questions. A lot. I say this from experience because one time when in Europe someone asked me this and I ended…

The Unassuming House That Will Have You Whipped

By Adlene Neely Dealey / May 13, 2020 /

One time, when I was in college, I had a professor that was, to all appearances, a quiet, unassuming, even milquetoast individual. He was, if you will, a mayonnaise on white bread sandwich — but then one night I discovered that there was a ghost pepper in that sandwich. Our good professor wandered out of…

We Have So Many Questions About This U.K. Home

By Adlene Neely Dealey / May 6, 2020 /

Every so often, you come across a listing in this gig that just leaves you with so many questions that you end up texting everyone you know late at night to make them look at the listing, too. This U.K. listing that came across our virtual desk (because our actual desk is a TV tray…

This Unfriendly Gal Is Gonna Need a Bigger Moat

By Adlene Neely Dealey / April 29, 2020 /

I have been called many a thing — just last week, it was “evil” and (checks notes) “unfriendly,” and a few weeks ago, “someone who glorifies day drinking.” Clearly the latter was hurled by someone who has never taped a tea bag string to the inside of her wine mug so it looks like Earl…

D is for Dallas, T is For ‘This Will Not Work’

By Adlene Neely Dealey / April 22, 2020 /

There has been a lot of completely weird things about living in a pandemic Dallas. People buying up all the toilet paper for no good reason. The fact that my neighbor has taken this “we’re not going anywhere so pants are optional” thing a little too far. The fact that it takes a psychic and…