Homesickness

Things that I Miss About Baltimore

1. The Red Canoe
2. Zeke's Coffee
3. Belvedere Market
4. The Farmer's Market
5. Golden West's breakfast creation the Bismark (essentially fried dough folded over and filled with blueberries. Oh. Man.)
6. The beautiful houses in Roland Park
7. The Charles Theatre
8. The Urbanite

Right now, I miss the Urbanite the most. If I had any technical saavy, or friends with technical skills, I would start my own similar magazine about Pittsburgh. Because Pittsburgh seems like it might be a cool little city. NOT as cool as Baltimore, mind you, because nothing could be, but nice in its own right.

Oh, imaginary readers...do YOU know how to start a magazine?

Is there such a thing as a rubber glove fairy?

This morning I went outside to smoke my cigarette and there, behind the "butt bucket", were two sets of rubber gloves and a Ziploc baggie of...um...frankly, I have no idea what it was. Cuttle? Dog treats? Small bricks of hash? Does hash even exist any more?

I sent McNASA a photo of it, asking if he'd stashed something quickly. The answer is no. So now I am left to wonder what in the hell is being hidden on my side porch. And to wonder who thought it was smart to hide something next to an ashtray.

NPR rules, even with lower standards

Heard during an NPR story about flu vaccines: "perhaps there are just more really old people". This makes me laugh. "Really old people" seems so out of place on Morning Edition. Bob Edwards would have NEVER let that happen.

Truly Awesome

While making my weekly pilgrimage from Southwesternburgh to Baltimore, I passed the greatest thing ever: a nun driving an RV. It looked like a mobile STD testing station (and, since it appeared to be on its way to Baltimore, that makes sense). I texted McNASA and he suggested that it was a mobile convent-- "Get thee to a nunnery...in comfort and style!"

Awesome.