Saturday, June 26, 2004
Kasell Not Allowed to Vacation
Corey Flintoff vs. Carl Kasell on NPR's Wait Wait -- Don't Tell Me! as the show's steadfast comic relief: Carl beats the pants off of Corey.
Corey Flintoff is about the stiffest, most un-natural funny man I have ever heard.
Luckily, the rest of the cast works doubly hard to restore the humor ballance.
Corey Flintoff is about the stiffest, most un-natural funny man I have ever heard.
Luckily, the rest of the cast works doubly hard to restore the humor ballance.
Wednesday, June 23, 2004
Good Beats Bad.
Things that are bad:
1. DC rush hour.
2. Driving to Rockville in DC rush hour.
3. Being really hungry while driving back from Rockville not quite after DC rush hour.
Things that are good:
1. A note on your door that reads: "If you get home before 8:00, come out back. We'll have food and beer, come join.
2. There still being food and beer when you get there at 8:30.
3. Sharing an old apartment building with cool people who leave notes on your door and share their food and beer.
1. DC rush hour.
2. Driving to Rockville in DC rush hour.
3. Being really hungry while driving back from Rockville not quite after DC rush hour.
Things that are good:
1. A note on your door that reads: "If you get home before 8:00, come out back. We'll have food and beer, come join.
2. There still being food and beer when you get there at 8:30.
3. Sharing an old apartment building with cool people who leave notes on your door and share their food and beer.
Monday, June 21, 2004
Fruit of Conversation
Now that I have my Ginko facts straight, I can stop. I can stop obsessing.
There are a few streets near me that are narrow, cozy, and lined with Ginko trees. JB out in OH mentioned to me today that she remembers Ginkos are actually amazing, but she couldn't remember quite why.
Thirty minutes of internet supports JB's recollection:
Ginkos have free swimming sperm. They are the only trees that do.
Ginkos can live over 1000 years. China has Ginkos that are 2,500 to 3000 years old.
Ginkos are the sole living link between the lower plants and the higher plants, the ferns and the conifers.
The tree is so unique has been placed in it's own phylum with it's own order, family, and genus. The only living member of the order is the Ginko biloba.
It's uncertain if they still exist in the wild but have been kept by the Chinese as ornamentals for a really really freaking long time. Similar has been said of monks in Japan keeping them.
Yes. The female fruit stinks. Descriptors: cat urine, rancid butter, dog feces.
Here are more Ginko links, but this one makes me look forward to fall.
There are a few streets near me that are narrow, cozy, and lined with Ginko trees. JB out in OH mentioned to me today that she remembers Ginkos are actually amazing, but she couldn't remember quite why.
Thirty minutes of internet supports JB's recollection:
Ginkos have free swimming sperm. They are the only trees that do.
Ginkos can live over 1000 years. China has Ginkos that are 2,500 to 3000 years old.
Ginkos are the sole living link between the lower plants and the higher plants, the ferns and the conifers.
The tree is so unique has been placed in it's own phylum with it's own order, family, and genus. The only living member of the order is the Ginko biloba.
It's uncertain if they still exist in the wild but have been kept by the Chinese as ornamentals for a really really freaking long time. Similar has been said of monks in Japan keeping them.
Yes. The female fruit stinks. Descriptors: cat urine, rancid butter, dog feces.
Here are more Ginko links, but this one makes me look forward to fall.
