tree hugger

i got a new laptop!

my friend who i shall call the computer whisperer put it together for me. it's awesome. except i shoved an SD photo memory card into the cd rom slot last night and now it's stuck in there. i tried to fish it out with a paper clip, to no avail.

i have many photos of dogs swimming in caribbean clear swimming holes in tennessee from this weekend on that card i would like to share and i can't believe i was so inattentive and moronic to jam it in the cd drive.

going to charlotte street computers when they open this AM to let them disassemble. no, no disassemble!

flossie's sister's partner

if i had a band, and played the clarinet in this band, i would call the band "flossie's sister's partner."

this was a girl on the show "animal hoarders" - which is usually pretty sad and disgusting, but then there is an intervention and animal control comes with a truck load of crates and takes most of the animals, and the people get new carpets and paint, and it has a heartwarming ending. 

the people really have much love for these animals, they just get overwhelmed.

 

little fall of rain

leads to swarms of mosquitoes.

if you want to sunbathe in asheville, you need no sunscreen, only deet.

the truest sentence

Do not worry. You have always written before and you will write now. All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that you know.

- Hemingway, A Movable Feast

why pistachios were dyed red

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pistachio

"The shell of the pistachio is naturally a beige color, but it is sometimes dyed red or green in commercial pistachios. Originally dye was applied by importers to hide stains on the shells caused when the nuts were picked by hand. Most pistachios are now picked by machine and the shells remain unstained, making dyeing unnecessary except to meet ingrained consumer expectations."

coffee

after probably 6 years without any caffeine, i'm on a coffee kick again. it started about a month ago with an ounce in the AM, black with some honey, and now it's probably 4 ounces. it makes me feel like this guy ^^^ is implanted in my abdomen for a couple hours. much easier to focus on words and to walk up hills.

light at the end

walk towards the light

see, it's not my fault

Later born siblings were found to be more extroverted (sociable, outgoing), sentimental, forgiving and open to new experiences than their older siblings. First-borns were found to be more perfectionistic than their younger siblings.

from today's msnbc.com article "Sorry, kid, first-borns really are smarter."
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38683279/

you are loved

junkfood will

i brought a vintage ringer t-shirt that says "NO JUNK FOOD" to little william this weekend, and though he has some room to grow into it, his nitwit dad put it on him and took pictures.

pls avoid plants

love the lifted leg/dog taking a whiz cave painting here

baby william

went to ny for basically one day this weekend to meet my new nephew william. he is almost 3 months old and smiley and sweet and chubby and eats a lot and doesn't cry and doesn't stop moving. he's always fist pumping and ninja kicking, even in his sleep. he is lucky to be surrounded by awesome parents & grandparents and furry uncle henry.

we sneaked 50 lbs of frozen shrimp and scallops and lobster tails through the security at laguardia without any problems. i put the insulated bag on the conveyor belt and a guy asked "is this food?" and i said "yup." as it was x-rayed, the girl stopped the belt and said "oh...my...god" and the guy went over and said "it's okay, it's just food." and that was it!