Category Archives: This, That, and The Other
Noah and The Ark
Who knew that Noah and The Ark play sets exist. For example:
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There’s this:
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There’s this, set up on flood-water looking sheets:
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I’m still trying to figure this out. Exactly what is the idea here? Do you play “Let’s Flood The World and Kill Virtually Everything” with your kid?
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A Little Known Fact About Me
Soap Chips
As I was putting a new bar of soap in the shower, and throwing the little piece of the previous bar into the trash, I suddenly remembered some bizarre Helpful Household Hint I had read somewhere about soap chips. Seems the idea is to collect several chips and put them into a nylon stocking, tieing the end in a knot so they don’t fall out.
Voila! Instant soapy-thingy! Instant soapy nylon to wash yourself with.
Then I started thinking: thank god my mom was never that desperate to pinch pennies and save landfills from soap chips! (Apologies to my frugal readers).
Holy fuck Batman! What would posess you to put soap in a nylon and wash with it?
Ok, so maybe some pervert with a nylon fetish came up with the idea, so he could explain the stockings he had in the shower.
I don’t know.
All I know is, for a reason that I am not certain about, I do not want to be washing with soap chips in a nylon stocking.
And, how do you explain it to guests? ”Oh–that! That’s just a catchy way to use every last sud in the chips of soap. We’re very Green here.”
The whole thing is just too creepy for me.
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Kefir or Kiefer
I was flipping through an old journal, trying to find a particular passage. I did not find said passage, but, I did find this rather whimsical note (from Nov. 2004):
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A lady at work was telling me about this yogurt-like stuff called kefir.
“It’s supposed to be good for you,”said she.
I said “like Sutherland? I’ve always thought he’d be good for me.”
All I got was a blank look.
Jokes that go astray are so painful.
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Something To Make You Smile
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Happy Anniversary ACT UP
AIDS is an issue that’s very important to me, both as a person with HIV, and as a human who believes in fairness for all. When AIDS first started killing gay men in the early 1980s, it was met with little sympathy, and lots of fear and judgement. ACT UP, the AIDS advocacy group, was instrumental in bringing attention to the issue. The group’s anniversary was last week, and Rachel Maddow delivered this wonderful segment on the group.
Thanks ACT UP for all you’ve done.
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B-I-N-G-O!
This says the N.E. Pennsylvania version, but I’ve seen every single one of these people in my local Wal-Mart.
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Close Encounter
It was a beautiful 88-degree spring day here today, the kind of day that is perfect to go take the car to the car wash.
While we were waiting for the car to be dried off, and the interior cleaned, we were given a glimpse of that rarest of species: The Person who bought bright pink, zebra-patterned floor mats for her big silver SUV.
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Mom Said The Nicest Thing To Me
