lane’s son died this morning. now is the time i crawl into bed and never come out.

New Beverage From Snapple Seeks to Avoid Stigma of Dieting, is a new york times article that talks all about what goes on in mysterious flavor factories:
But Snapple did not want to duplicate the chalky taste of some diet products. That challenge fell to the company’s research scientists in the Flavor Lab, a suite of [...]

maria just told me my hair and my shirt go very well together, it’s the nicest thing anyone has said to me in a week.
last night i begged for cheer and the silent response was deafening. i’ll just never understand why people don’t like me. i’m cool.
[this is where you quote lester bangs in [...]

quick someone tell me five good things before my heart breaks in two.

shawn, the multimedia wonderboy showed me this commercial from Fallon.com. it made me laugh and laugh and laugh.

i love reading horoscopes like Rob Brezny’s:
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): The Gemini who drove me to the airport told me that when he’s not putting in 60 hours a week driving a cab, he’s working on a screenplay that has garnered interest from two agents. Meanwhile, the Gemini woman who operates the carousel at the [...]

mr. furley just pounded on my door to remind me to move my car before 9 a.m. tomorrow. winter has officially begun.

a recap of the state of union:
blah, blah, taxes, blah, blah, jobs, blah, blah americans, blah, blah economy, blah, blah, blah i’m a jackass, blah, blah weapons of mass destruction, blah, blah, god, blah, blah he, blah, blah.
so i’m listening to that mass of vague proof, specific threats, and gross overgeneralizations and i’m [...]

the delectable tom brokaw has informed me that not only is john ashcroft not attending (so if the building is bombed we’d have someone to rebuild the government [a frightening thought-- ashcroft rebuilding, not the bomb]) but the president is wearing a blue tie– i missed if that was symbolic or important.

would you, could you still love me darling ones if i told you that i’ve spent the last 15 minutes listening to and thoroughly enjoying Dwight Yokam’s “A Thousand Miles From Nowhere”?

during lunch at Perkins the songs coming in over the muzak system included:
The Smiths, This Charming Man
Hall and Oates, Kiss on my List
Psychedelic Furs, Ghost in You
plus songs by Elvis Costello, The Police and Tom Petty. I actually sorta dug it.

today, i can’t seem to get past Elvis’ “Everyday I Write The Book”. it’s sandwiched between Elton John’s “Tiny Dancer” and Elvis’ “Veronica,” but i keep hitting the back button. i don’t want to move on. i just want to listen to Elvis’ write the book.
one of these days i’m gonna make a mix [...]

i thought i would be super tricky and leave work uber early to beat the snow/rush hour deadlock. but it seems most everyone in minnesota thought they’d be super tricky too. it took me an hour and a half to get to work. boo!

i’ve just spent the better part of the last hour quoting random lines from “beautiful girl.” the novelty of such a fun game wear thin though, when there’s nobody to play the game with. see ideally, i’d say the quote and then my playmate would name the scene or who said it or the next [...]

i just wanted to let y’all know that it’s safe for you to leave your humble abodes. you’re safe because every annoying person on the face of the earth is currently shopping at rainbow foods in savage, minnesota. if you hurry, you might be able to avoid them. if you want, i’ll go back and [...]