I live in Orlando now. Why? That's an excellent question, and I'm glad you asked. I wish I had an answer ( Read more... )

So Betsy and I were driving down Brookhurst in Anaheim on Wednesday, and this woman crossed the street while we were waiting at a stoplight. She was wearing an Asian straw hat and traditional loose-fitting blue clothing with brown wooden sandals that appeared handmade. She even had a wooden bar across her shoulders, from which were suspended two ( Read more... )

I meant to post this last week when it came out, but this was the company's actual press release in response to recent astronomy news:Despite Planetary Downgrade, Pluto is Still Disney's 'Dog Star'In reaction to news today that Pluto was demoted to the status of "dwarf planet," the Seven Dwarfs issued their own short statement ( Read more... )

WTF???

He finds your lack of faith disturbing. Unfortunately, he's apparently currently not visible due to construction.

( Superman. Spoilers. But you don't care, because it's not worth the 10 hours of your life it takes to watch it. )

Tonight after we got off work, Kevin (a coworker with whom I carpooled home today) and I decided to grab dinner on our way home. It had been a very long day for both of us; I spent nearly 13 hours standing outside on a hot day working the info board, and he spent a 10 hour shift answering phones. As a result, we were even more jokingly bitchy than ( Read more... )

Sammy has developed a severe ear infection over the past few days, but he's been staying with my grandma while I've been working my 60 hour week, so I didn't discover this until I was playing with him this morning. I asked her how he'd been behaving, and she said that he started being really sensitive about his left ear on Wednesday evening. I ( Read more... )

Judi Dench would rule as Thug #4.

While doing some research, my friend Dan came across this, which he promptly insisted I look up:FRANKEL, MAX. "Reporter's Notebook: All Peking's a Stage." New York Times (1857-Current file) [New York, N.Y.] 23 Feb. 1972, 1.


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I was listening to NPR in the car tonight after fencing. While being interviewed about the recent inductions into the Baseball Hall of Fame, a baseball historian said, "The Negro Leagues have always been something of a black hole in baseball history." He seemed to be completely unaware of what he'd just said, but I nearly crashed.