I got this from aneededwhimsy (I dont know how to link that to her). Once I post this, you are supposed to write a note in reply with 15 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you ( Read more... )

I'm sure this post won't interest anybody here, except maybe Vickie, but I feel like saying it anyway.

Hua Guofeng is dead?! When did that happen? Why didn't I hear about it before?

Of course, the answers to my questions are, in order: yes, on August 20, and because he's not a particularly important world figure.

I need some new songs that I can sing along to. Maybe some new musicals, ‘cause no matter how good Les Mis may be, there’s only so many times you can sing “Who Am I?” in a row before it starts to get a bit old.

So, any suggestions?

So it’s really begun to snow in earnest here in Grand Rapids. But they’ve got a pretty good system of clearing the roads, so it’s no trouble to get around. In fact, around two or three in the morning, there was a loud rumbling and banging sound outside my window, and I looked out to see a pickup truck with a snowplow on the back careening up our ( Read more... )

Yesterday I went to hockey game with my parents and grandparents, who were in town for Thanksgiving. It was the first hockey game I had been to for years, and so it was pretty much a new experience. The first two things that struck me were how bright the lights were, and how clearly you could hear everything: the loud thwack of somebody getting ( Read more... )

It's not quite the weirdest thing I've ever seen, or the most disgusting, but it's definitely up there...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat_king_(folklore)

I think I'd like a cheeseburger right about now.

As I’ve told you before, I’ve been listening to a lot of Christmas songs on the radio. And so far I’ve heard all the classics at least once, except for “All I Want For Christmas Is You”, and I’m disappointed, ‘cause I like that song.

I love smoking. It invokes a kind of film noir elegance, and gives the impression of a common bond with the tortured philosophers and brilliant authors who measured out their lives in packs and cartons. There’s a certain dignity to the cigarette firmly but delicately pinched between fingers, with languid smoke slowly wafting into the cold night ( Read more... )

One thing I noticed the last time I was in New York City is that there are a lot more ads for TV shows than there are elsewhere, even in other big cities. In other places, you may see ads on the side of the occasional bus or something rather small like that, but in New York you frequently come across giant billboards promoting the latest primetime ( Read more... )