Is everyone a little flaky? Maybe we all let a phone call or email go unanswered. Maybe we all weazle out of plans at the last minute when we don't feel like going and we don't want to hurt someone's feelings by being honest and direct.

I haven't pumped my own gas in nine months and I must say that I don't miss it all that much. Though it does feel weird to have someone else do a menial task. Sort of like I'm getting extra special service, valet or something.

I still don't care about tainted records or steroids in baseball. Didn't help the Cubs win anything.

Went to a David Sedaris reading/performance/thing. He read some stories and talked and the audienced laughed. Very hip, NPR-ish crowd. He outperformed his first memoir by a long shot. Especially when he talked about zombies and all the misconceptions about them. Turns out they can't run. Or reason. Or be zombie vegetarians. Best line of the night: (I'm paraphrasing) "...Because, if zombies were capable of being vegetarians, then who would give a &%#@!"

A girl in front of me had the most amazing red hair...natural red (I guess), soft and somewhat dulled...short...these great soft curls...her hair rocked. I wanted to walk with her and know her just because I sat behind her and looked at her hair. At one point her friend noticed me and said something to her and their very gay male friend. Each, in turn, then did the generic look behind and around so it wouldn't appear they were looking at me. I made eye contact with each of them and smiled at the red haired girl. I tried channeling Randy's motto but it didn't work.

How is it that young minority kids know how to play the race card?

Discovered a fantastic new book this week. Can't believe it isn't more well-known. Address Unknown. Entire story told via letters between two men in the 1930's. Quick read and even more startling and impressive when one finds out the author wrote it in 1938.

Do all rainbows have rainbow shadows? Should I already know that?

Beethoven running through my head all day. Seriously, 4th and 5th symphonies. Before I sound cultured, those are the only ones I know. However, I still don't understand how anyone can listen to that and 1) not be moved emotionally 2) not blast them to speaker capacity 3) not want to share the joy with everyone.