I drive to campus with some classmates each morning. We have different radio presets that reflect our diverse, and not at all overlapping, interests in the world. There is an unspoken rule that the driver chooses the radio station ( Read more... )

The woman driving the car right behind me this morning was really obviously texting while driving. She'd look up and participate in the traffic situation periodically, but her primary focus was on the phone she was holding near her lap ( Read more... )

"I love your haircut. Never change it. It's very you. Now, what are you in school for?"
"Thank you! Occupational therapy."
Long pause "...you know those massage chairs in the mall? You can sit in 'em and pay $20 for a massage? Are those worth it ( Read more... )

My semester ends tomorrow. I have gotten grotesquely out of shape during school. Not so much in terms of weight gain (but that is a thing that happens) as much as an alarming plummet in general fitness level ( Read more... )

Why did the chicken cross the road?

Because scientists had to see whether "chickens raised wearing artificial tails, and consequently with more posteriorly located centre of mass, showed a more vertical orientation of the femur during standing and increased femoral displacement during locomotion".


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On this, the day after our Yes-aversary, (date of engagement), C and I are still happily married despite living in an apartment that is infested with mice. So that's mostly nice ( Read more... )

Here's a thoroughly upsetting thought: a mouse trap that sort of worked. Yep, let that roll around in your brain for a minute.

That the apartment has mice isn't surprising. We live in an old building in the city, above a restaurant. That we still have mice is a problem ( Read more... )

Today has been an adventure of highs and lows ( Read more... )

Today, a four year-old girl sharted in my hand. Her foot was stuck in some climbing playground structure in such a way that I felt it was safest to lift her up so that she could free her ankle. She was fully dressed and it was cold enough out that I was wearing gloves, but even so, when I placed my hand on her tookus and lifted, I felt (and heard) ( Read more... )

Gus turned 7 years old last month. Kiwi turned 6 ( Read more... )