Pumpkin Protest

A few Cucurbitaceae had some opinions about the Cambridge Brewing Company's Pumpkin Beer Festival.

Happy Halloween, y'all...

Costume the Third

Ideas that JSP and I have come up with to explain to Facebook the inevitable pictures of me from this evening’s Halloween party

• Status update: K. is pretty, witty and gay

• FAQ in the notes section:

Question - who is that girl that you're kissing in that picture?
Answer – my date

Question - jigga what now?
Answer - you heard correctly my friend

Question - but I don't understand. weren't you married?
Answer - look at how pretty she is - who wouldn't go gay for her?

• Irritating Facebook Poll: Would you be okay with K. dating this girl, check “Yes” or “Fuck Off”

Things That Are Orange

Things That Are Orange

More From Literate Cat

Milo does love her books. And my books. And books that I've borrowed...(sorry, A.)

Things That Are Orange

Occupy Boston

Apple Picking

Field trip to the apple orchard lead to surprisingly few red apples - but lots of sunshine, and I didn't get lost forever in the corn maze, so I call it a win. Now what to do with a big bag of green apples...

Things That Are Orange

Things That Are Orange

Postcards from the Vet

Things That Are Orange

The guy in the background is handing out fliers to "save our supplements." I have no idea what that means but find my curiosity insufficient to merit taking a flier.

Thoughts About Books at 2:30 in the Morning

There is something profoundly sad to me about a library book whose spine isn't broken:

Or being the first to request that a book be brought up from the depository. Maybe I think of it in Velveteen Rabbit terms - that a book has to be worn and broken in to show it's been loved. Anne Fadiman has a wonderful essay in Ex Libris about people who devour and destroy books versus the people who treat them as sacred objects. Now I don't think all books should look like my copy of Ulysses:

(and let me clarify that no act of love did that), but a book languishing, unread, is Toy Story 2, Sarah McLachlan singing in the background sort of sad to me.

Or perhaps this is the third 3 am I have seen in seven days and I'm beginning to get a little emotional about it...