Today in a thrift shop I spotted a book called, The History of Prostitution. I was about to pick it up when I noticed that the cover was smeared with a sticky-looking white substance. Instantly flashing back to my conversation this morning with canandagirl over "venereal disease" vs. "sexually transmitted disease," I fled the store like a vice cop was after ( Read more... )

Latest variety: Sesame Noir, with an accent on the first e. This is to distinguish it from Black Sesame, which are cracker sticks sprinkled with black sesame seeds. Sesame Noir is rice crispy bits stuck together with sweet black sesame flavored frosting. OMG so good ( Read more... )

Yesterday my refrigerator defrosted, which I of course didn't notice until after eating something from it, after which I felt vaguely nauseated all day and had to replace everything in the fridge, which luckily was not much. (Do pickles go bad after a defrosting incident? What about mustard ( Read more... )