These days I am listening to Elton John's Tumbleweed Connection over and over and over.

On March 28, mailboxes resembling R2-D2 will be installed in 200 U.S. cities. You will literally be able to feed your bills into a cute, rounded droid. Needless to say, I'm delighted.

Teaser from the USPS here.

Funniest New Yorker "Shouts and Murmurs" in a long, long time: here.

Thanks to sdn for the link...since my actual copies of the New Yorker are piling up unread.

Aqua Teen Hunger Force shuts down Boston!

(Thanks to georgy for the link.)

Sometimes, after eating at my desk, I will leave the office and pay Au Bon Pain 71 cents for the privilege of a banana and a place to sit and read. For some reason they cut the stems off their bananas. For this reason, I now carry a plastic knife in my purse, so I may liberate the fruit by sawing.

Leonard Cohen!

Leonard Cohen!

Leonard Cohen!

Leonard Cohen!

Leonard Cohen!

Leonard Cohen!

Leonard Cohen!

Leonard Cohen!

Leonard Cohen!

Well. I didn't know a committee of astronomers could get together, just like that, and vote a planet out of planethood. In one fell swoop, that little, cold planet has been demoted to just another chunk of rock in space.

Having said that, I appreciated Tim Kreider's Op-Ed piece in yesterday's NYT. Thank you, Mr. Kreider, for outlining the ( Read more... )

Actual Benjamin Moore paint color:

Un-teal We Meet Again

Current Mood: two farmer's market peaches.

Maggie Mason has written a book called No One Cares What You Had for Lunch: 100 Ideas for Your Blog.

I want a copy, if only because she promises to "caress it lovingly" before putting it in the mail. All right, maybe I also believe that if anyone could make this topic delightful, it's Ms. Mason.