Internet connection: STILL down. We’re now into Day 6. Calls to tech support so far: Three, plus an online chat session. Earthlink, if you’re listening, I’m not feeling much like a valued customer. Hint: if you want someone to continue using your service, it’s not a good idea to keep her on hold until her […]
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No time for substantial posting means … it’s time for Bullets of Random Crap! I missed the Oscars this year, but since everyone else blogged about them, I at least got in on the celebrity outfit mockery (which is the main reason to watch the Oscars, anyway) vicariously. I would like to state for the […]
Note to self: You’ve previously had occasion to discover that a carton of Trader Joe’s chicken broth and a carton of Trader Joe’s soy milk are exactly the same size and shape and, while not the same color, can still cause confusion if you store them side by side in the refrigerator. The ruined cup […]
I have a pile of assignments and readings to finish over the next few weeks, and I’m thoroughly and profoundly tired of February. I vote for abolishing this entire month, even if it means ripping a hole in the space-time continuum. Down with February now! Let’s just skip right over it next year! There. I […]
I was listening to This American Life this weekend, and the first story was about a guy who went to extraordinary lengths to get onto Jeopardy!. So I’m half-listening, and the guy starts talking about how he memorized facts, like the titles of E. M. Forster’s novels: to remember A Room with a View, he […]
I’m short of post ideas today. So, an old favorite: Brown Penny I whispered, "I am too young,"And then, "I am old enough";Wherefore I threw a pennyTo find out if I might love."Go and love, go and love, young man,If the lady be young and fair."Ah, penny, brown penny, brown penny,I am looped in the […]
Let us now praise the food-truck vendors of Philadelphia: the tireless purveyors of gyros, hot dogs, burritos, falafel, and street food of every description; the guys who set up at 7 in the morning in Center City to sell fruit salad to commuters; the legions of food trucks that congregate in University City to feed […]
Both of these YouTube videos landed in my inbox in the last few days, and both made me giggle. So I’m passing them along: An intrepid documentarian watches the strange biannual ritual of the March of the Librarians in Seattle. (It helps if you’ve seen March of the Penguins.) Introducing the Book! If you’ve ever […]
It’s National Freedom to Marry Week. Here are some links from around the interwebs: From Salon’s Broadsheet: San Francisco county clerks demonstrate their support for same-sex marriage by issuing "Certificates of Inequality" that read: "I issue this Certificate of Inequality to you because your choice of marriage partner displeases some people whose displeasure is, apparently, […]
Fridays are non-work days for me most of the time, so they generally end up being devoted to some combination of errands and coursework. Yesterday’s errand was a badly-needed haircut. I’d heard good things about the Jean Madeline Institute down in Queen Village, and I wasn’t disappointed at all: the student who cut my hair […]