A blogger I follow posted this as her religious code. I wouldn't go that far for myself (I'm far too big-c Catholic for that), but as credos go, this one doesn't suck ( Read more... )

The girl in the sandwich shop in my building asked me what I thought of her entrepreneurial idea today. She and another girl are going to set up a rat catching business, dangling themselves as bait and testing boyfriends to see if they'll cheat. I told her I had no doubt but that she'd have customers, but I'd never be one of them. If you're dating ( Read more... )

Listen, I know this does this audience of predominantly married people no good, but I'm going to say it anyway. Tell someone who doesn't know these things--- I can think of two people not in this audience I would love to tell, except that it would involve speaking to them again. I struggled with dating and did it badly for a long time. What I've ( Read more... )

Read this and thought of you. And then thought of all my other friends who would get it and why it was cool.

Some days, Google Desktop is not my friend. Today, some featured headlines that have me talking to myself: "Junk food addiction may be clue to obesity." Really?! How counterintuitive! All this time I was thinking that a junk food addiction was a clue to the whole Jimmy Hoffa thing. "Too much folic acid linked to cancer." Of course it is. Because as ( Read more... )

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As a former season ticketholder, I got this today (within the last 90 minutes). If you are in a position to take advantage of this, or know someone who would qualify, please act quickly for free ballet tickets. I'm going to see the show tomorrow night (paid tickets) and expect it to be great, so if you know of people who would appreciate the ( Read more... )

Please. If you're going to make me do extra work because you weren't listening when I told you the first time, could you at least pay attention when I tell you the second time? Because the third time, I'm going to actually need to hit you.

"According to a new poll, 26 percent of unemployed adults blame George W. Bush for the high unemployment rate.

The other 74 percent blame the fact that they majored in English literature."
-Jimmy Fallon.

Help! My cat sat on my computer and it can't get up ( Read more... )