Woo! The Washington Post has the winners of this years Peep Show marshmallow peep diorama contest. They're lots of fun, as usual. I particularly like the cute Goodnight Moon one.

I got up at the dack of crawn this morning to catch my flight to Baltimore. I did not get stuck in the airport for hours like I did the week before, but I left my cell phone there. My sister is going to send me one of her old phones tomorrow, so even if it doesn't turn up in lost and found (I already called the airline, but airport lost in found is ( Read more... )

My mom told me (again) last night that when I finish grad school, I really ought to write a collection of stories about my experiences with public transit. Over the past year and a half I've had my fair share of transit mishaps and misadventures, that's for sure, although I somehow doubt the outside world's interest in my inability to catch a train ( Read more... )

I saw this deli ad which parodies other food marketing tactics on Boing Boing and thought it was really funny. This is exactly the type of things I'm trying not to eat anymore...

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SUBLIMINAL BACON!

Instead of stocking up on milk last night, like the rest of this city did, I ventured out to meet my aunt to see An Education at the E Street Cinema. If it's showing somewhere near you, I highly recommend it. Carey Mulligan stars (Sally Sparrow to Doctor Who fans) as Jenny, a 1960s school girl who falls for a charming older man. She's fantastic in ( Read more... )

Today has turned out much better than expected. :D (Don't you love it when that happens ( Read more... )

I met up with my aunt tonight and we went to see Julie & Julia, which I really enjoyed. Both stories were fun, and Meryl Streep is excellent as Julia Child ( Read more... )

The world's largest cupcake?Now, as cute as the whole things is, I'm confused. A cupcake is a small cake baked in a cup-shaped mold. The miniature version of a cake. If you blow up a cupcake to giant size, it's no longer small, nor is it baked in a cup, so basically it's just a giant cake. Layering a bunch of sheet cakes together to make a giant ( Read more... )

I've not been feeling well all week, so it's quite a relief that we've hit the weekend. Today was one of those days I probably shouldn't have been driving at all because I'm so completely exhausted, but I had to get home somehow, and I made it without getting injured, so yay ( Read more... )

Chocolate covered pretzels are one of the best foods ever invented. Crunchy, salty, and sweet all in one. You just can't go wrong ( Read more... )