First - gah!!! Deadly spiders hiding in bananas?!? So soon after that one deadly spider killed that British family's dog, and that big brown one (probably not deadly, but phobia-inducing nonetheless)in my room. Gah!!! The spiders are taking over!! NOOOOO ( Read more... )

I went home and, armed with a rolled up newspaper, scoured under my bed and dragged out my suitcases to find the giant spider ( Read more... )

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/media/newscentre/8777.aspx

( A London-based bride and groom will be taking the Tube to their 'Green Wedding' on Saturday 12 July. )

Whoops. I forgot to mention that this headline on yahoo made me laugh, and not just because of the alcohol:

Clinton battles time, mathAhaha. I can't help but picture her fighting in some futuristic 4 dimensional plane, or something like Tron. "Take that, minutes!" "BAM! How's that feel, subtraction ( Read more... )

Want to have a laugh? Go to the Chicago Tribune homepage - http://www.chicagotribune.com - and marvel at the top story about BP being allowed to dump toxic Mercury into Lake Michigan for at least five more years. Yes, yes, it's a story that is horrible in its own right. But then, if your ( Read more... )

As I was exiting the train this morning at Green Park, I felt a tug on my ears; my earbud strap had gotten caught on the belt of an old guy in a suit. Talk about funny! I had a pretty good laugh to myself as I walked to the Piccadilly line. I then kind of forgot about it, until on the way home, at Hammersmith Broadway station, I walked past a blind ( Read more... )

I am not ashamed to admit that I love these far more than I should.


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Okay. Chicago yesterday and Thursday was fun! Leah, Nils, and I went downtown (and Nils forgot his money) on the train, then Megan met us at Union Station. We hopped on the L and went to her dorm to drop off our stuff. Later on, we ate dinner at Bennigan's and walked Nils back to Union station, where Leah tried to go up the down escalator and had ( Read more... )