hee hee

so i went into the kitchen to throw away the cup from my Pot Noodle.  (hey -- it's quick and hot and spicy and i thought it might clear my head a bit, okay?)  homeboy J was doing dishes and i'd have to come right up behind him to get to the bin under the sink; but the kitchen door didn't creak or anything when i opened it, so in order not to surprise him i said "knock knock" before i even got too close.

boy jumped three feet.  it was actually sort of funny.  [dusts off hands] my work here is done.

sleepytime for me now ...

dudes.

am i just totally hallucinating about the wrongness of today's Carlson cartoon (syndicated by Universal, reproduced with no permission whatsoever ( here )

)?  i'm not high, right?  the guy is still not dead, and thus the tackiness of the cartoon is a little bit EXTREME?

i do think today's ( Bok )

is very nice, though.

also

i didn't know this, but it is the 200th birthday of hans christian andersen.  [doffs hat]

in other news

(yes, in my week of illness i've been reading the newspaper rather more thoroughly than i usually do.  i did leave the house both yesterday and today, to buy juice and soup and medicine and things.  and i'm getting better, really.  no need, as i said to merrycontrary the other day, to bust out the feeding tubes just yet.)

anyway.  in other news:  rock the hell ON, governor of illinois!

Illinois Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich (D) issued an emergency rule Friday that requires pharmacies to accept and fill prescriptions for contraceptives without delay, after a growing number of complaints nationwide that some pharmacists are refusing to dispense birth control pills and the "morning-after" pill.

He also established a toll-free number that residents can call to report refusals by pharmacies.

w00t!

... let us be on our way.

you've got to be glad the poor man isn't suffering any more, at the very least.  alev ha-sholem.