Something I have learned recently: nothing makes you feel worse than cleaning up the sink by yourself at 5 am after you've bled profusely out of your mouth. You're better off to wake someone else up and ask for help ( Read more... )

This is a conversation I had with my little brother last week. He is 17 and was wearing a Lego Indiana Jones t-shirt at the time. (That's important.) Him: What book is that? / Me: Mansfield Park. / Him: Who's it by? Can I read it? / Me: Jane Austen. No, I haven't read it yet. / Him: What's that one? / Me: Persuasion, also by Jane Austen. / Him: Can ( Read more... )