A college chum has proposed charitable giving via EZPass. And one of the great mysteries of Baltimore has been "solved", which makes me a little sad. I liked the romantic way better. Speaking of mysteries, I watched a Discovery Channel show the other day about Roswell and still have no idea what to think. I am certainly intrigued by some of the " ( Read more... )

I'm driving to southern NH this weekend for a shindig and will have ~12 hours in the car with myself. This is time I like to use for catching up on podcasts, but I'm kind of bored with what I have and/or don't have enough of ( Read more... )

Do you ever get wrapped up in your head, thinking about idioeconomics? (If I may use such a term, which might have an ill-formed prefix. Discuss lightly.) Just now I was showering at my parents' house using my travel shampoo. It came from a Ramada, possibly the one in Hazleton, PA. It appears that my stash will run out soon. I wondered about my ( Read more... )

I just bought 2.17 pounds of whole almonds at Tops at 1:15 AM. I will not do with them what I intend to, not now, because I am a thoughtful roommate sometimes in the middle of the night (but not always, no). And I am rather tired. I'm getting weird again, kids. Not crazy, just weird ( Read more... )

NPR released a top 300 songs of the 20th Century. I have SO many opinions on this.

I thought that my summer really started Tuesday at 11:30 when I handed in my final grading for Audition. Then I got an e-mail today telling me that ANOTHER student had taken a retake quiz. Never have you heard such language. This basically means she took the retake yesterday. When the deadline for submitting grades was yesterday. And the deadline ( ( Read more... )