I suppose it is not the expected response to a story about a measles outbreak...but god does the story make me want to get some ethiopian food. Mmmmm....blotchy rash on injera bread.

I've been wondering what sex my two african dwarf frogs are - mostly because males do a cool singing thing that I was looking forward to hearing. Well, that question was answered on Sunday when I walked in on the two of them in flagrante delicto. "Aw, cute," I said. Now that they've apparently been at it for 24+ hours, I'm a little less enchanted.

Painting. Painting, painting, painting. Painting. J and I are the proud owners of a newly painted apartment, some very sore feet and hamstrings, and nothing but giddy anticipation of what the next seven days might bring...oh, right, more painting, with a dash of moving and packing for fun. More painting because my gulag-style whippings on Friday, ( Read more... )

I get oddly protective of things sometimes, things that have no need for or desire of my protection, and may or may not deserve it. But I'll go ahead and charge forward getting riled up anyway - habits are a bitch to break sometimes. I went into Downtown Shooz the other day, to look for a cute pair of rainboots ( like these )

Yet another reason why I am in the wrong business -

People who are overly anal about security drive me fucking batty. Not every application needs to be engineered like a bank vault at the expense of maintenance and useability.

Outside: I love you very much, which is why I am sending you this mother's day card, even though it's a difficult thing to do since I am a cat. I know you love, and cherish me also, but a rumor has surfaced and I need reassurance that it isn't so ( Read more... )

Last week, my bag, which I didn't like to begin with, ripped. Rather than pack everything into a temporary shopping bag and deal with it later, I figured I'd stop into the cute little luggage store in Coolidge Corner that I was near, and see what they had. Lo and behold they had a small black shoulder bag that a) actually easily stayed on my ( Read more... )

You have to love wonder at the internet. On the one hand you have two men working cooperatively to raise $$ for charity by juggling while they run the Boston marathon. On the other you have...well....this.

I stand by my theory that there are in fact two or more species within homo sapiens.

It's spring break for me this week, and instead of heading down to cancun and flashing my boobies, I splurged on some books.

101 Diseases You Don't Want To Get
"Every illness you've ever shuddered at is here in this handy pocket guide, from African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness) to zoonoses, all charmingly illustrated. Find out what the ( Read more... )

I take back EVERYTHING nice I've ever said about perl.