Everything is Satisfactual

I was waiting for the train this morning and a sparrow landed on my shoulder. That was pretty weird. I felt like I should start singing or somethi...

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My Ears Are Sad

They can't take it anymore. I fear that soon they're just gonna start bleeding, then shrivel up and fall off. And I can't wait. I've been watching a lot of Nickeldeon since Michele's daughter moved up here, and every five seconds there's a commercial for "Kidz Bop 6." Yup, a bunch of kids singing pop songs, while playing sports and other activities in front of backdrops of some of America's landmarks; even an alternate reality where Mt. Rushmore sports the head of some little black kid not unlike Webster with shiny, shiny teeth. Then the announcer says "The Kidz Bop Kids are back with their best Kidz Bop CD ever!" And then those freakin' kids start singing something else. Then, even as the threat of five more of these looms over your head, an easily excited girl in a green soccer uniform...

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