Local shrew/vole/mouse/bird population: 0
Felix Domesticus Obesus (”Lucy”): 3
I don’t know how she’s doing it, but as of recently, every time we let her out, she kills something. Unfortunately, she’s then leaving it by the back door to decompose.
Here’s a puzzle: How many of the things that I did on Thursday night would, had I described them to my 12-year-old self twenty years ago, either seemed impossible, truly unlikely, or proof positive that I was going to live in The Future someday? Let’s count!
Thursday night I left my job (as a computer [...]
McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: Although I Like a Good George W. Bush Joke as Much as the Next Guy, Some of Them Seem Gratuitous and Mean-Spirited.
A doctor, a lawyer, and an accountant all die and go to heaven on the same day. When they get to the Pearly Gates, they are greeted by St. Peter. St. [...]
Good: Went by the RMV to renew my motorcycle registration. (A necessary prerequisite to getting my long-languishing motorcycle out of Glen’s garage.) Got to the Watertown RMV a little after 9, expecting to wait in line for quite a while before getting helped. I walked in, followed the signs to the customer [...]
I love indian food. Love it. Own a bunch of cookbooks about it, have a bag where I segregate out my stinkier indian spices, seek out south indian food when I travel, cook it from time to time. Great stuff.
But. Pretty much every time I eat it, my stomach stays pretty [...]