I just downloaded the del.icio.us buttons add-on for my browser at work. I haven't re-started yet so the tab is still open, among all the other tabs I have open. You know how the title of the page is shortened when you have a lot of tabs open? I just noticed that the tab reads:

del.icio.us butt

ha!

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I'm currently sitting outside my best friend's office at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, as she gives an interview to Austrian TV about the Iowa caucuses. I'm braving the sub-zero wind chill here to engage in my own super-geeky form of political tourism, hopping from event to event just to see what happens ( Read more... )

I had lasik at 1pm today ( Read more... )

Dinner last night ( Read more... )

This morning, I was sitting on my porch enjoying the honey autumn sunlight, when I noticed a tangerine leaf falling from the tree in front of my house. It was twisting gently in the wind, flashing bright then lighter orange, quite beautiful, really. And then I realized it wasn't falling, just turning in space at the same height above the road ( Read more... )

Some 12th graders in Canada decided to take a stand against bullies who were picking on a younger kid for wearing pink by handing out pink tank tops to all the guys to wear. It worked. I love these guys - what a great way to challenge stupid conceptualizations about masculinity! Leave a comment  2 

... I've posted the recipe over on our blog, http://www.picaroonblog.com. Enjoy!

I haven't yet figured out how to really cook pizza from scratch on the grill. The one time I tried it, the top was uncooked and the bottom black. Perhaps I need to try again (of course, I will...) but last night, I was hungry, had friends coming over, and the last thing I wanted to do was fire up the oven, given that it was, oh, about 95 degrees ( Read more... )

All measures are, as always, approximate. This turned out to be delicious1 onion ( Read more... )