Ah, Earth Day.

MSN is plugging Dr. Seuss' book, The Lorax. Great idea, wonderful book, everyone should read it at least once in their life. However, their suggestion is that everyone go "buy the book, and we'll donate a portion of the proceeds to Conservation International."

Seriously?

I've got a better idea. How about we all take the money we might ( Read more... )

In May, the price of a US postage stamp will rise to 42 cents.

I'm hoping the first stamp set shows a nice selection of whales and geraniums.

I thought all you European types who kept talking about these "Tim Tams" things were somewhat off their rockers. Surely, I thought, how could any cookie/biscuit of any sort inspire such loyalty? Doesn't make much sense. It's just a biscuit, right?

Oh, dear lord, how wrong I was.

My coworker in the Medical Student Office just signed in a visiting ( Read more... )

Happy Talk Like a Pirate Day ( Read more... )

V for Vendetta. My new favorite movie ( Read more... )

Entry number 472 in "Things You'll Only See in Seattle":

A bike rack riveted to the back of a very expensive motorcycle.

The lunar eclipse last night was absolutely amazingly gorgeous. I had to go to a book talk at the same time, so I ended up smashing my face up against the bus window to watch it, and then staring out the window while the speaker spoke...and I'm glad I did ( Read more... )

Go to google and type in "You know you live in (your state/province/country) if"
Find a list, and bold out all the ones that apply to you.

"You know you live in Western Washington if..."

You know how to pronounce Sequim, Puyallup, Enumclaw and Issaquah.
You consider swimming an indoor sport.You keep snow chains in your trunk but they've never ( Read more... )

Yes, I'm bored at work. Why do you ask ( Read more... )

I came to work hoping that it would be a low-key day, and boy, was I right. I've got a total of less than one hour of actual work to do on today's schedule. If I were motivated, I could probably wander around and see if other people need help, but the migraine is making a very good argument for sitting right here and swilling down yet another ( Read more... )