I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you. ― A.A. Milne’s Winnie the Pooh
random
free?
Are you really free? Really?
real dads do
OOSA Bookclub featured me in an article entitled, “Real Dads Do Real Things.”
b*tches in bookshops
Two beautiful book nerds, Shea Delaney and Annabelle Quezada, spoofed Jay Z and Kanye West’s
‘N*ggas in Paris’ with the witty ‘B*tches in Bookshops.’ Perhaps I, myself, am a nerd for posting this. Perhaps I’m a bigger nerd in that I’m proud of it.
Weetabix, a Girl and Dancing Bears – oh my
Commercials are meant to make you want to buy stuff that you don’t really need. This one does an amazing job of just that as it features a kid crunk dancing to dubstep after her imagination is fueled by eating a spoonful of Weetabix Chocolate Spoonsize.
I suddenly find myself wanting a bowl full. Oh, and I’m compelled to dance with teddy bears.
irreplaceable
If you’re draped in red because of the day; if you’re awaiting the delivery of flowers, chocolate, balloons, or some other external token of affection today
not ready yet
The alien greenery just outside my door is already blooming. But wait. It’s still winter.
the truth about L-tryptophan
Our word for the day: L-tryptophan (ell-trip-toe-fan).
It’s the supposed active ingredient in turkey that makes you feel sleepy and sluggish after that big Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner. Some like to refer to this post-meal drowsiness as the ‘itis.’ Well, the fact is that L-tryptophan is not the culprit of your feelings of grogginess, sleepiness and sudden exhaustion.