Thursday miscellanea #215

• Wow, someone should do this pile of Christmas cards sitting on his desk instead of goofing off on his blog.
• I spent some time yesterday with a friend who recently returned from Iraq.  She’s petite and beauty-queen pretty, but a serious bad-ass (flight medic, black belt, and a thing or two I’m forgetting).  She’s about to retire from the military, which I’m glad to hear.  I don’t expect her to pull all the way up and turn into Martha Stewart, but I am absolutely delighted she’s decided she’s done being shot at.  Hugs, Gina.  Thank you so much for your service.  All the best.
• Know what I’m really terrible at?  (Well, lots of things, actually.)  But what I’m thinking of right now is reading a recipe and estimating how long it will take.  We ate dinner at 7:30 last night because I badly underestimated how long it would take me to make it.  I think I read it and mistakenly process “easy” as “quick.”
• So I listened to a bit of Saintseester‘s music yesterday on the way back from lunch.  Know what?  Never knew that I liked Amy Winehouse.  RIP.  Know what else?  “Alternative,” at the moment, sounds like mid- to late-’40s pop.  Bizarre.  Delightful.
• I think I’ve Thursday miscellaneaed this before, but I’ll do so again, because I was reminded of it again recently:  please, use your turn signal even when you’re in a turn lane.  Know what the value is there?  You’re telling me you know you’re in a turn lane.
• I’m in a major Vietnamese food place right now.  Eating it twice a week.
• Nathan called me this afternoon specifically to tell me that his Scholar’s Bowl tryout went well.  What a great call to get.  Love you, man.

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