an undone calm

Tracy gave me this card for my birthday two years ago, and I found it in my desk this week.  Still, I believe, the funniest card I’ve ever received.

This video is sort of long and sort of boring, but it’s a good sample of what Cheddar and Sushi do all day long. On this day they were fighting over who got to sit inside my Vera Bradley duffel bag (which for some reason, they both love).

some dude i was talking to in a bar was wearing a shirt that said, “music is my life”
and so i was like, “you like music??” and pointed to the shirt
and he goes “i guess.   my brother gave me this shirt.”
this is season 1, entry 1 of a series about retarded things people say [...]

I found a mishmash of assorted stamps when I was unpacking recently and have since taken to employing unusual combinations on my mailed items. I like to think that people like my landlord notice when my envelope shows up with a classic 1990 style 29 cent stamp combined with a 2000 era 20 cent [...]

Setting: 7th floor laundry. Hundreds of clean hanging lab coats organized haphazardly (no regard for size). Many coats are stained, missing buttons, pockets torn off or open. We used to have free reign in this room to get our own coats… no more.
Characters: me, newly-hired laundry staff member (aka. lab [...]

My apartment has some great features (read: flaws). You know, things like mold growing on the bathroom ceiling, no window screens, and elevators with minds of their own. By far my favorite feature is the room key. It is, in fact, not a key at all – rather it is one of [...]

I wish I’d known this word existed when I was in college.
Word of the Day for Saturday March 11, 2006
crapulous \KRAP-yuh-lus\, adjective:1. Suffering the effects of, or derived from, or suggestive of gross intemperance, especially in drinking; as, a crapulous stomach.2. Marked by gross intemperance, especially in drinking; as, a crapulous old reprobate.
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The lighted sign said “_ E L F _ _ _ R A G E” and given the time of year, I had to wonder…. Were those lights really out or did those self storage unit employees find a creative way to pass the time?An observation from the land of shopping malls, [...]

It’s been weeks since they’ve seen each other, but today witnessed the reunion of two long lost mates.
Everyone always told them they were nothing special – just simple black ribbed trouser socks. But inside they each knew they were more than just average socks: thin enough to be worn with dress shoes, yet thick [...]

Note: The following entry concerns immature college-type behavior. Parents, be forewarned.
I was at a party in Boston last weekend and after passing a few hours surrounded by people talking about college and playing competitive drinking games I found myself in a taxi headed back to my friends’ apartment to spend the night on [...]