Pretty good day

I hit Green Apple after work, and discovered
:) - a present for Tiger
:) - Pomegranate has reissued the Fantod Deck
:) - they had penicillin in stock
:( - you have to spend $150 to get a free bag. No free bag for me.

Then there were pot stickers. :)


Today's acquisitions: Life on the Mississippi; Mark Twain; Bantam, 1990
Winnie Ille Pu; A.A. Milne, Alexander Lenard, trans.; Penguin, 1991
Men and Gods; Rex Warner, trans., Edward Gorey, il.; New York Review of Books, 2007
The Fantod Pack, Interpreted by Madame Groeda Weyrd; Edward Gorey; Pomegranate, 2007
The Culture of Fear; Barry Glassner; Basic Books, 1999
The Three-Martini Playdate; Christie Mellor; Chronicle Books, 2004
How To; Jennifer McKnight-Trontz; Chronicle Books, 2004

[some presents]

Today's earrings: mice, men

Bedtime reading: Owl's Well That Ends Well, Donna Andrews

Spring Forward

Brunch @ M's. Afterward, there was a little light shopping.


Today's earrings: scarabs

Bedtime reading: Owl's Well That Ends Well, Donna Andrews

I found you guys a game to play

http://www.travelpod.com/traveler-iq


Today's earrings: coffee cups, crows

Bedtime reading: Crouching Buzzard, Leaping Loon, Donna Andrews

I wish you all watched Survivor

...because then I could just say, "OMG! Tracy totally rules! Cirie too!" and you'd know what I was talking about. I love those two. I want one of them to win.


Today's earrings: pineapples, peas

Bedtime reading: Crouching Buzzard, Leaping Loon, Donna Andrews

Not pleased

The wrong one won Project Runway. And Muni has proposed changing the bus routes I take to work.

I'm going to go wallow in pointless aggrievedness now.


Today's earrings: sapphires, flowers

Bedtime reading: Crouching Buzzard, Leaping Loon, Donna Andrews

The Trees Under the Protection of the Gods

THE GODS, according to an ancient legend, made choice of certain trees to be under their special protection. Jupiter chose the oak, Venus the myrtle, Apollo the laurel, Cybele the pine, and Hercules the poplar. Minerva, wondering why they had preferred trees not yielding fruit, inquired the reason for their choice. Jupiter replied, “It is lest we should seem to covet the honor for the fruit.” But said Minerva, “Let anyone say what he will the olive is more dear to me on account of its fruit.” Then said Jupiter, “My daughter, you are rightly called wise; for unless what we do is useful, the glory of it is vain.”

- Aesop; George Tyler Townsend, trans.


Today's earrings: squirrels, leaves

Bedtime reading: Aesop's Fables, Townsend & James, trans.

Honey in the Rock

I've got a home in that rock don't you see
I've got a home in that rock don't you see
I've got a home in that rock just beyond the mountain top
I've got a home in that rock don't you see

Chorus
Oh there's honey in the rock for me
There's honey in the rock for me
There's honey in the rock just beyond the mountain top
Oh there's honey in the rock for me

God gave Noah the rainbow sign don't you see,
God gave Noah the rainbow sign don't you see,
God gave Noah the rainbow sign, no more water but the fire next time
God gave Noah the rainbow sign don't you see

Oh, I'm climbing up the King's highway,
Oh, I'm climbing up the King's highway,
Got old Satan on my track, never think of lookin' back
Oh, I'm climbing up the King's highway

Today's earrings: bees, rocks

Bedtime reading: "Grasshoppers and Wild Honey," R.A. Lafferty