My newest cousin was born today. He's a good size and has a strong grip and a full head of hair, but there's a slight medical problem that he has to be taken to another hospital for, with surgery and everything ( Read more... )

I wish people would stop telling me "now's not a good time to go to Egypt ( Read more... )

WHAT. What the ( Read more... )

Just found out about the riot in Vancouver and saw some pictures - and they pissed me off ( Read more... )

I e-mailed my parents that Portugal had denied me a residence visa because of "insufficient funds," and my dad wrote back, "Are you sure they weren't talking about themselves?"

BURN.

[But seriously, Portugal, I love you. Please let my next tactic work and let me staaaay.]

It's a shame this happened - I always kind of liked Anthoney Weiner's gumption. And no, Gumption is not my nickname for his penis.

Portuguese men. What's their deal? They don't seem to understand the phrase "just friends ( Read more... )

My boss uses speech recognition software for translating, so a lot of the time I have to correct words that are homophones or near-homophones - and he has a bit of a southern accent, which can trip up the software sometimes ( Read more... )

I'm still learning to love poetry, but I just read 30 poems in one sitting by a guy who immediately became my favorite poet the first time I ever read him, and I got a little emotional, and flashes of thoughts about my own life ran through my head as I was reading ( Read more... )

I really like red wine, but I really don't like how it can give you that dark red line on your lips. Maybe it's time to explore the wonderful world of white wine - it's getting to be the right temperature for it, anyway.