Dear makers of ugly seersucker clothing,

Just make a flipping skirt, ok? Is that so hard?

It doesn’t have to be a sexual organ to say a lot about you

Imagine this: it’s summer, so you’re carrying a cute fabric tote to work. You set it on the apparently dry countertop while you wash your hands in the bathroom, but when you pick it up, there’s a huge wet splotch on the side. No harm done, but it’s going to be awkward carrying it back [...]

My new favorite site

SomeECards.com: Dave Barry always does right by me.

Why was I not informed?!

I’m not really shopping for shoes right now, since I just bought two lovely pair of Indigo sandals yesterday. However, I bought those shoes at an Allen-Edmonds tent sale, which got me thinking about dress shoes (I love really classic men’s business wear). Also, apparently today was a Saturday Sale at Shoes.com. All of the [...]

All booktrucks on deck

More than the end of the quarter, it’s the end of exams. I worked the last late-late shift tonight, and the room was almost empty; about 10 when we closed at 2am, and last night it was more like 30. When I went to punch out I found myself passing through a room flooded with [...]

Further Ripley

Click on the “r for Ripley’s” tag if you don’t know what this is.

The Knights of Columbus own Yankee Stadium.
During the second century three sisters were martyred. Their names were Pistis, Elpis, and Agape, which in Greek mean Faith, Hope, and Charity.
Julian the Apostate wanted to disprove Christ’s prophecy that Jerusalem would not be rebuilt. [...]

Now listening to

You’ll sit alone forever if you wait for the right time
What are you hoping for?
I’m here, I’m now, I’m ready
I’ve started packing with the easiest stuff, the clothes. I seem to have acquired a lot of shoes since I moved in. And every time I look over at the mass of papers that used to [...]

Yet more Ripley

Since I started posting these, my feed stats tracker has not hit zero. In fact, it’s been up to unheard of levels — 20! So a big thank you to all the bots out there reading this blog, since I’m pretty sure no real people do. My finals are done but I’m a little burned [...]

Dear J.Crew

I see that you have labeled this color on your website as “crisp orange”.

I think the term you’re looking for is “blaze orange”.
Love, Me.

Aw maaaaaan

An email I just got from the department secretary, in its entirety:
Good afternoon, Seniors
This is just a reminder that there will be wine served at the end-of-the-year reception (see notice emailed on May 31) and that you will be carded.
The caterer’s bartenders have the right to refuse service if proper ID [...]