People really write this way. People really want to make movies about Kurt Russell fans. People really do want to hurt me. See also: how to write the above letters better.
Author: Aaron Weber
Disjuncture
I am surprised sometimes to find myself caring about an athlete’s injured tendon. Almost as surprised as I am to find that I have bought a pair of pre-distressed jeans. But they fit so well!
More on Anti-MA Sentiments
Liberal senator from Massachusetts bla bla bla. Will you lay off the Commonwealth? This state is right in the middle of the tax burden list, and even then gets less back in federal spending than it sends to Washington.
Totem, Public Service Announcement
You can use the Totem media player to play this rather funny little public service announcement about taking little boys to the grocery store. Sound optional– it’s got subtitles.
There are some kinds of video that Totem doesn’t play, at least not in the default configuration, but it can handle more than I thought it would.
Great interview with Andrea Seigel
Maud Newton has a great interview with Andrea Seigel, the author of “Like the Red Panda.” I’ve deliberately avoided reading that book because it just sounds too emotionally difficult. Anyway, Seigel sounds like a brilliant young mind. If she took the right meds she’d have a great career in advertising.
Baseball, iCalendar
You can subscribe to the webcal file for the ALCS and put it in Evolution if you want to know when the current set of Yankees/Sox games are happening.
If you are not aware of why Boston is crazy right now, here’s a baseball cheat sheet.
The Boston Red Sox are a baseball team.
They’re from Boston.
Their arch-rivals are the New York Yankees.
Boston has not won the championship, a best-of-seven contest between two teams called The World Series, since 1918. During that time, the Yankees have won it 26 times.
If the Sox win it this year, Boston will probably catch fire and fall into the harbor.
The American League Championship Series is one half of what most sports would call the quarterfinals or “final four” (the other half is the NLCS, in which the Houston Astros are facing the St. Louis Cardinals.)
How is a hospital gown like an insurance policy?
Is it a bad idea to begin a letter to one’s insurance company with the line “You miserable cretins have seen fit to deny my claim, so I’m giving you one more chance to pay up before I just come to your houses and take the money myself?”
The answer to the riddle is “you only think you’re covered.”
Triumphant Return
Been away at a wedding, hence not posting. Apparently the quality of our political leadership has not improved in my absence.
I need your opinion
Comments open for this post: which of the following motorcycles is cooler?
Triumph Bonneville
Honda 599 (“Hornet”)
BMW F650 CS.
I would probably buy used and in a different color so I am more interested in hearing opinions about body style and your affection for the brand.
Volume
I bought a half-bushel of apples this weekend, and brought quite a few in to the office for snacks for everyone. During a break in a planning meeting today I mentioned it, and Ted, jokingly, asked, how many pecks are in a bushel? I said, four, more or less reflexively, sort of guessing. He was startled.
I was right. Two gallons in a peck, four pecks in a bushel. The actual volume of a gallon, peck, or bushel varies by nation (UK gallons are slightly larger, so although 2 UK gallons still make a UK peck, it’s not the same as a US peck.) This is why we have the metric system.
Secretly Ironic 