Admit it, you like to impress people.  Whether you’re ordering the perfect wine to accompany the dinner you ordered in the language native to the cuisine, or delivering a Schrödinger-esque karaoke version of “‘Under Pressure” in which you are simultaneously David Bowie & Freddie Mercury, you like it when you look cool.

I had a moment like that last night.

I ordered a Bulleit Bourbon, on the rocks.  The bartender looked at me, his exquisitely waxed handlebar mustache forming ever so slight of a smile, and said “Nice choice.”  It inspires pride to know you’ve won the approval of someone who knows a lot about what he’s doing.

Later in the night, he shared that customers will come in & order expensive, sipping whiskeys, with Coke.  I could tell that it was painful for him to endure people making bad decisions.  I don’t have enough invested in my job to react like that.

Those moments are few & far between, so I savor them, much the same way I savored that bourbon, on the rocks, because I’m a girl.

First, there’s the video at Cute Overload of a valiant, brave Corgi diving into the water to rescue his tennis ball.

Then, Corgi Booty from the Daily Squee.

I like everything about this.

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dead bodies on Mount Everest.  Did you know that when people die during the climb, they’re left where they fall?  It makes total sense, because, seriously? I don’t like helping drunk people up the stairs.  I’m not hauling your dead carcass down Mount Friggin Everest.

I’ve heard people tell about the Minnesota State Fair & how it’s the best thing going, & how once they ate this pie that was amazing & whatnot.  It’s important to read that last sentence with the stereotypical accent we all learned from Fargo.

But I’m an Illinois girl, and I go to the Illinois State Fair, thank you very much.  We used to go every year when I was a kid, but I haven’t been since about 2002.  So I’m super excited about State Fair Web Cams!

Gee, I wonder what the Butter Cow is up to ?  Blammo! Buttercow Cam!

Hmm, what’s going on at the Milk a Cow tent?  Oh, let’s check the web cam!

True story: As a child, I participated in this cow milking exhibit.  And afterward, the cow licked me.

Gentlemen, the line forms over there…

Hot, cud flavored slurping action!

It’s times like these that living under a rock seems like a good option.  Have you heard about this Blagojevich guy?

I can’t wrap my head around someone who’s so clearly caught with his hand in the cookie jar so adamantly insisting that he’s the victim.
I vacillate between thinking he’s a lunatic & thinking he’s the only sane man in a world gone mad.

He’s like the living embodiment of Keifer Sutherland’s character resume, as portrayed by Michael Scott.

Rod Blagojevich : fighting for you!

It was my sort of dream to create my own template for this blog.  But I didn’t do that.  Instead, I decided it was more important to actually start writing.  The good news is that now I can take my time learning how to create a template.  The bad news is that I’ll never actually do that.  But the good news is that now I can stop worrying about it.  And the bad news is that now I’ll find something else to obsess over for about 2 weeks.

Yay brain!