Blood center rep: Ma'am, would you like to donate blood today and save a life?
Woman: No, I'm donating into my maxi-pad as we speak.
Blood center rep: Ewww.

Haha. I love Overheard In New YorkI've been entertaining the idea of purchasing an iPod and/or a digital camera with increasing frequency as of late. I am currently without a real stereo ( Read more... )

I have officially determined that there is, in fact, such a thing as a bakegasm. It is available here.

Although I am by no means a fan of the local news coverage here in Milwaukee, the Journal-Sentinel (affectionately known as "the Genital" by a certain former U.S. history teacher of mine) recently posted an excellent retrospective on the race riots in Milwaukee during the summer of 1967. The first-hand accounts of the terror of those days really ( Read more... )

The better I got to know Nagasawa, the stranger he seemed. I had met a lot of strange people in my day, but none as strange as Nagasawa. He was a far more voracious reader than I, but he made it a rule never to touch a book by any author who had not been dead at least thirty years. "That's the only kind of book I can trust," he said ( Read more... )

Yet another book finished far too quickly: Vintage MurakamiWhat affects me most about Murakami's writing is his ability to verbalize ideas that are frustratingly difficult to articulate but what must be universally felt. For instance, "...To understand something and to put that something into a form you can see with your own eyes are two ( Read more... )

Who has the soundtrack to Once on vinyl? That would be me. And the wonderful thing is that I can actually hear the bass, rather than having to boost and fiddle with it, like on my CD player.

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I like how I went to shake out my bedroom area rug and noticed upon closer inspection that the other side is several shades darker. It's amazing what a little cleaning can uncover.

I should make it a rule to never bake or cook in the morning. Bad things may happen, like my using the 1/2 tablespoon measurement when the recipe calls for 1/2 teaspoon. Oh well. My spinach casserole will just be a little salty and peppery, is all.

Wisconsin made the national news today for demonstrating against the boogeyman of rising oil prices. A gas station owner in Mequon closed his pumps for 24 hours in hope of being the first in a chain of protest closures. Grassroots activism and oil conservation are fantastic issues, but it seems as though the point is somehow lost on individuals ( Read more... )