heard on npr today

rosa sat so martin could walk
martin walked so obama could run
obama is running so our children can fly

frosty

really, mancini? the butter knife?

bouquet

perfect day

matt and alexis got married last weekend. it was the best kind of day for a wedding- warm enough that you didn't have to figure out how to wear long johns under your dress, but not so warm that you got giant sweat rings under your arms.

i think the perfect thing to wash chili down is more chili

organic pest control

did you know that the typical adult ladybug will consume 40-75 aphids per day, or about 5,000 in its lifetime? multiply such an appetite by the number of ladybug carcasses you find on your windowsill each year and that's a lot of eating.

nice shot

one of matt's most marketable party skills (second only to his ability to get nina totenberg to make out with him on command) is his ability to pry open bottle caps using ordinary household objects (but not the household object ordinarily used for opening bottle caps, i.e. a bottle opener). by removing the top using a key, second bottle, or (best of all) a pill jar, he causes the bottle to make a champagne-like popping sound while the top goes flying across the room. occasionally, this amazing skill leads to unintended casualties, most recently, a fresh-from-the-oven, made-from-scratch pumpkin pie, which ended up with a pumpkin ale beer cap wedged in its gooey center.


it did not affect the taste of the pie, which was delicious.

the frisbee toss

preaching to the choir