Eight in the morning. Or two in the morning. I'm not sure which appeals more to my body at the moment. On the one hand, I took my morning insulin, had a plate of eggs and bacon, and the Amsterdam sky is lightening to a dull grey. On the other hand, I'm sipping a quart of Heineken and planning on closing my eyes just as soon as I settle into my next ( Read more... )

Hi friends. Many of you are kind enough to subscribe to my "real" blog via RSS syndication within Live Journal. I'm in the (long, drawn-out, apparently interminable) process of moving that blog from one server to another. Therefore, begging your indulgence, I would ask you to remove "rssethanzuckerm" from your friends list and add ethan_z_rss2 in its place - ( Read more... )

Hey gang -

Kass and I have two tickets to see Richard Thompson in Amenia NY (about 2 hours drive south from 413) this evening. We're not going to be able to go, and the tickets are otherwise going to waste. If you'd like the tix, please leave me a comment and we'll work out a handoff. They're free - just don't want to see them go to waste.

Repeat after me: "Don't tempt fate ( Read more... )

Oh man. I'm broken now. I don't recommend this mashup if you grew up in the 80s and a) have any taste at all or b) hope to get anything else done today.

Owner of a Lovely Butt

Yes, it's a Sir Mix-a-lot/Yes mashup. Oh my.

A few months back, I bought a new alarm clock, replacing one I'd travelled with for several years. After I got it home, I realized that it's got a key design flaw - it's a complex procedure, involving opening the case, to set a wake-up time ( Read more... )

I'm up for almost anything. A meeting in Kabul? Sure, let me strap on the body armor! Tea in the Sahara? With you and your sisters? Sure! I'm sure I can buy a ticket with frequent flyer miles ( Read more... )

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Mission one: The fish market ( Read more... )

It's not nearly as hard as it looks ( Read more... )