So you'd think in this day and age, PATRIOT act, No-Fly list, bewildering array of high-tech electronic ticketing and check in kisosks and the like that airports would keep good records. You could be forgiven for thinking that, given that you had the flight number, airline, originating city, and arrival time, it would be easy to pick your parents ( Read more... )

wow. Tori Spelling AND Monica Lewinski. What can I say. Clearly 1973 was a good year.

In 1973 (the year you were born)

Richard Nixon is president of the US

Supreme Court rules in Roe vs. Wade that states may not prevent a woman from having an abortion during the first trimester

US announces the end of the military draft

Spiro T. Agnew ( Read more... )

You will all be pleased to know that I have traveled 229 steps since I ate dinner. I know this not because I counted (altho, I did--for accuracy), but because I had McDonalds for dinner. One of those new adult happy meals. You know the ones: salad, water, adult toy ( Read more... )

So I finally decided it was time to get a job--about six months ago. But hey, I didn't want just any job, I wanted something in law (since I am planning on that as a career and all). So i sallied forth (yes, sallied) in the world, submitting resumes, writing cover letters, getting all dressed up in my suit, going to interviews...nothing. ( Read more... )

Just got home from a play at the Seattle Rep. It was Obon: Tales of Rain and Moonlight. A play about Japanese ghost stories, three to be exact. The first one was about a samurai who killed a duck b/c he was starving, and then the ghost of the duck's wife visited him that night, to tell him to go to the lake the next day to see the consequence ( Read more... )