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Rape of the Lock
The story in 150 words or less exercise.
It is 1979. We sit together, the two of us, back to back. The stink emitting from our torture smells stronger than a laboratory recently drenched in formaldehyde. Wrapped in plastic garbage bags, I reach behind me to ascertain if my sister is still conscious. We have been sitting here for hours. A buzzer ( Read more... ) -
On Decorating, Personal Style and the Difference between Hobbiton and Johnson County
While working on the apartment today this occurred to me ( Read more... ) -
Art at your convenience
avidd's sister gave me one of the most unusual holiday gifts I have ever received, a piece of art obtained by sticking a few coins in a cigarette machine. While vending machine art seems like an oxymoron, when one considers the state of art in America these machines seem as amazingly appropriate as irony in an O. Henry story ( Read more... ) -
Fossil Rabbits in the Precambrian**
Went to hear the evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins speak last night at the Lied Center. The enormous crowd there exceeded my expectations. I had thought that Lawrencians might try to stand apart from our state's global reputation as ignoramuses who not only have not read Origin of the Species, but have not even read Inherit the Wind to ( Read more... ) -
Scent Monger, Take One
Ran across this link while lollygagging until class begins.
http://www.blackphoenixalchemylab.com
My dear LJ-savvy friends probably already knew all about this, hence the link is posted mostly for my own satisfaction. The appeal of pleasant scent is not completely lost on me; ( Read more... ) -
Damn, damn, damn, damn, damnity damn, damn!
Yes, you can probably hear my cries of frustration all the way from KC ( Read more... ) -
So It's Final Then?
Pluto is no longer a planet. The scientific delegation in Prague decided that it is a mere "dwarf planet" with too small a mass and too erratic an orbit to be considered a planet ( Read more... ) -
A trend?
Hey, I just paid $2.63 for a gallon of gas at the Quick Trip on 23rd!
Probably not with the Mediterranean spill and the entire Middle East in turmoil... *sigh* -
Methadone Before Mail?
Okay, instead of advertisements for Viagra and the Democratic Party, I am now receiving garbled nonsensical stories (maybe they'd make sense to a Victorian opium addict in a Singapore brothel?). Let them not be viruses; merely annoyances, please ( Read more... )