because i don’t have an iphone (thankfully)

I signed up for this service called Nabbit the other day after they added me on Twitter. Apparently marketing that way sometimes does actually work. Say you’re listening to the radio, and you hear a song you like. You text them with the station frequency, and they text you (or email) back with the artist and song title. If you ...

karl is king. he will never kneel before you.

Here is what I learned at the gym yesterday: do not read a book that will make you cry while you’re riding the bike. Holding back tears will make your throat hurt and your heart pound and all you’ll have to turn to for distraction is Oprah talking about why god does bad things to good people. And then you’ll ...

cüddlenacht.

Yesterday, I thought maybe I was getting sick. It felt like balloons were being inflated inside my sinuses, and I had aches in places as diverse as my armpits and my gums. So I did what any right-thinking person would do: I got a box of Zicam (with a coupon, thanks to Twitter), and went out. The Parkway is doing ...

fiscal nerdery! 2

So, Matt was at the house this afternoon with the plumber and his drain-snake. (That sounds far dirtier than it actually was.) Two hours and $200 later, our kitchen sink is back to its normal state, and I’m told the dishwasher is even running. We suspect it’s something to do with the very low water pressure in there, which means ...