I went to Wegmans last night with suomifrikki. First time in a month of doing real grocery shopping. I think I mostly could've held out a bit longer, but I was antsy for more Pam. We spent a long time looking for the "international foods" section. So long that we wrote a blues song about it. Then I forgot to get brown rice, among other things ( Read more... )

I'm at my parents' house. Nobody checked the mail yesterday, but we grabbed it today.

There was an official-looking postal service envelope, hand-addressed to me, with the stamp "Found loose in the mail".

Inside? My old driver's license. It's an end to the story, but I'm curious about the middle.

Media I like with the same names but different themes/sources:

• American Beauty the movie and American Beauty the Grateful Dead album


• Dazed and Confused the movie and Dazed and Confused the Led Zeppelin song


• Mezzanine the Massive Attack album and The Mezzanine the Nicholson Baker book.
  

All I have for now. Surely there must be more. Not on the list ( Read more... )

My car is due for a checkup. My local mechanic/dealership sent me a letter in the mail the other day informing me of this. Luckily, knock on wood, my car is not headed for a premature death due to a diet of bacon & Nutella, like its owner[1]. Here's where things get silly: The dealer included a coupon for a "summer service special". It expires ( Read more... )

My new driver's license came after not much waiting. Now I need to fill out paperwork to officially be on the organ donor registry! I went to Ithaca for NELS, saw a couple good talks, one or two thought-provoking posters. Met very few new people. Oops. Ate a lot of free kielbasa, compared to a normal weekend. The Johnson Museum (free!) has a really ( Read more... )

I've been thinking for a few years now that I'd like to collect the books that I enjoyed growing up (grade 2-5, give or take) into a nice set, for my own hypothetical kids or for friends' or just for my own having. A few:

Judy Blume - Fudge series (reaallly don't like the new covers)
Jamie Gilson - everything 1978-1989
Suzy Kline - Orp and the ( Read more... )

About a day ago, I began a craving for an egg salad sandwich. Tonight, I got it in my head to actually MAKE it. I have no mayo, and No-Buy-November continues. What did I do? I combined blue cheese dressing leftover from the bacon burger incident, Patak's hot curry paste, and 2 hard boiled eggs. Then put it on toasted Wegmans honey apple oat bread ( Read more... )

Word of yesterday: debuccalization

Government web domain of yesterday: No, I'm not talking about Change.gov. I'm talking about PandemicFlu.gov. Crazy times we live in...

I have a plan. A plan to not buy groceries until after Thanksgiving, partly because I've blown all my money again on baseball cards & penny candy (metaphorically). I went to Wegmans last on Saturday, November 1. I have way too many weird things in my cupboard & fridge. Foods will consist of such delights as ( Read more... )

jisalynn drove me to the License Bureau this morning where I threw down a few bucks, signed a few pages, and officially ( Read more... )