Poll I =still= haven't finished my second crypto-African-American history book, which is why that isn't one of your choices, and I'm torn whether to write the con artist review before I get around to watching The Sting and The Lady Eve, which isn't going to happen bc Jon and I are busy inhaling House of Cards. *sighs* Oh, and I guess I could write a ( Read more... )

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Good: McCain totally made my day by being less stupid than expected.
Bad: am I the only one who thinks Lileks looks worn in that pic on the Strib con blog?

When I turned onto my stomach during my primping appt last night, my primper exclaimed, "What happened to your knees?!?" I'd forgotten about those and went through the usual explanation of aerial silks. She commented, "I thought maybe it was rough sex," to which I said, "I wish." That's not the response I wish I'd given to the nice Russian ( Read more... )

Why oh why do we have to celebrate my cow orker's birthday with ice cream cake instead of grilled chix breast on whole wheat? *cries*

Edit: I got a tuna sandwich out of the vending machine in anticipation of the lack of grilled chix breast. Made a slightly tactical error in not swallowing before I opened today's Bleat: Lileks making fun of The ( Read more... )

I find the simultaneous rise of the open source boob project and the OH JOHN RINGO NO! memes to be bizarre. and amusing. esp their conflation. also, why did that Ghost review recur - I saw it a while back, read it, enjoyed it, and now my whole flist is talking about it. Or a woman's right to choose *bangs head on desk ( Read more... )

Today's going to be an early book-related Friday, bc I will be distracted (or asleep) tmw morning ;)

I can't believe it took me this long to findadd Neil Gaiman's blog to my reading list!! And then he talked about a production of Macbeth in NJ that Teller (of Penn & Teller) worked on and it sounded awesome and I was trying to figure out who'd ( Read more... )

I love New York and I love my friends. I love having a discussion over dinner about what the typical nice restaurant in NYC is serving these days, with someone who is observant and eating nice meals. I love switching from that topic to a discussion of climbing and carrying 65lbs in the jungle. And I love that since we have different tastes in ( Read more... )

I think my body is relieved I'm going to work today, instead of having a choice. Sunday I ran from the UWS to the Staten Island Ferry and back. It was pretty neat: I've never gone in that direction and saw some sort of protected marshy bits, half the population of Manhattan on picnic blankets, a little bar/restaurant between the West Side Highway ( Read more... )