Today I received a large shoe-box sized package at work. It was from my mom, and I’d been expecting it as she had warned me ahead of time. Mom always likes to surprise me with these things, the surprise is never that something is coming – just what is inside. Like so many American moms mine never […]
two haircuts in four days
Yes, I just got a second haircut in four days. On Friday I went to Rio’s Barbershop on the corner of De Soto and Nordhoff. I’ve been going there for maybe a year. Most of the guys in there are good at what they do. They use a real razor to cut the hair on […]
well educated janitors
While I ate dinner today I turned on the television. On AMC was Rudy, starring Samwise Gamgee. In a pivitol scene Rudy’s former boss gives a great speech that saves him from quitting the team when he isn’t picked to dress for the last game. He reveals that he has seen “too many” Notre […]
washing over
A few years ago I went through a bit of a nasty breakup. The person who did the breaking had some problems. After this all went down I was pretty depressed for a while. Afterwards I realized that I had been partially led in this direction by just being around this person and observing this […]
Kountry Kitchen
Last Monday (as in the 2nd) I went to dinner with Victor. His car was in the shop and he needed a ride to Van Nuys. We both decided we didn’t want anything near work, as that source of nourishment has been “played out.” I said “lets just drive closer and closer to your apartment […]
similarities
does anyone else see the similarity between this (sorry embedding was disabled) and this:
ex-communicated
Curiously, these shirts are not offered in men’s sizes. I guess the male homos are harder to cure? This company should have Ted Haggard wear one when he goes on TV next… Better yet, they could make ones that say “ex-christian” and give them out to all the victims of sexual abuse by the catholic […]
more bad news for me?
Grad school in a depression is a bad idea?
statistically insignificant
Last class my quant professor passed out a paper assignment to the class. The last section of our paper features a response about our project from our…. Significant Other. Thus assuming each person in the class HAS a significant other. Not a stretch since the overwhelming majority does. If I were a single woman who reads […]
Boy born with 24 fingers and toes
A baby boy has been born in California with 24 perfectly formed fingers and toes – six on each hand and foot. Has anyone seen Gattaca?