December 2011
12 posts
When My Grampa Fell
We were in the shed, trying to find the box of ornaments to decorate the Christmas tree. I surveyed the back of the shed and the boxes on the shelves and deemed the ornaments missing. However, Grampa stood up from his wheelchair and stepped inside the shed. He pointed to a box on the shelf in front of him, and I said it was too heavy and not big enough to be the ornaments. With two hands, Grampa...
If I Were a Middle Aged White Man →
“If solving inequality were as simple as wanting it badly enough, I’d like to think we’d all be equal. Who in his right mind would put himself at a severe disadvantage? The economic and social disparity in this county has less to do with apathy than Marks might think.” -Louis Peitzman
Thanks Nurredina for sharing.
“There has been no more important chance in the human condition than the...”
– Donald Worster, Dust Bowl: The Southern Plains in the 1930s
Nerd Alert
The pad of skin on my left thumb is tender because of turning the pages in my geography readers all day. I haven’t had this feeling since the peak of my piano practicing days. Odd!
“The question of what to eat is one of the most important practical...”
– Health columnist W.R.C. Latson, Los Angeles Times, 1902
Claiming Rights
me: let's remember that this is MY IDEA.
Chi: haha
i feel like 52% of your personality is mine
in mutated form
me: ew
i'd rather not think about that
Chi: its true
Air Vibrations
I don’t want to go to sleep because I want to listen to all the classical music in the world right now.