kismet09

Not much to say here, either, but I have a minute, so I thought I should use it. Did ~6 miles on my bike yesterday while Tim ran. Have decided that popcorn and milk duds is a fine dinner once in awhile. Also, the freshest and cheapest pita in the area may be found at Sizar's on Oakland Mills Road, right by the homebrew store, in Columbia. They also have very tasty, not overly sweet baklava, and good shawarma marinating spices.

Spent a couple of hours watching Lost in America, which is only serviceable -- it's what you'd expect of an Albert Brooks comedy, I guess. I want them all to be as good as Defending Your Life, and they never are. During the movie, I sorted through some of the myriad magazine articles and pages and recipes I've culled over the past couple of years and started getting them organized into books, binders, and wherever else they were supposed to go. I have a sticky paged photo album for recipes, one for home-related articles, one for other randomness, and then a blank journal that I'm filling with ephemera from 2005. The goal was to add something every day, but that isn't working so well.

Played two games of Scrabble with Tim at Starbucks last night, including one in which I found SOIGNEE, which made me happy. Broke 400 in one, was close in the other. Still feel unprepared for tourney. Was made to drink Calm Tazo tea, as I had extra energy last night.

And now,

1. A vulture boards an airplane, carrying two dead raccoons. The stewardess looks at him and says, "I'm sorry, sir, only one carrion allowed per passenger."

2. Two fish swim into a concrete wall. The one turns to the other and says "Dam"!

3. Two Eskimos sitting in a kayak were chilly, so they lit a fire in the craft. Unsurprisingly it sank, proving once again that you can't have your kayak and heat it too.

4. Two hydrogen atoms meet. One says "I've lost my electron," The other says, "Are you sure?" The first replies "Yes, I'm positive."

5. Did you hear about the Buddhist who refused Novocain during a root canal? His goal: transcend dental medication.

6. A group of chess enthusiasts checked into a hotel and were standing in the lobby discussing their recent tournament victories. After about an hour, the manager came out of the office and asked them to disperse."But why?" they asked, as they moved off. "Because," he said, "I can't stand chess-nuts boasting in an open foyer."

7. A woman has twins and gives them up for adoption. One of them goes to a family in Egypt and is named "Ahmal." The other goes to a family in Spain; they name him "Juan." Years later, Juan sends a picture of himself to his birth mother. Upon receiving the picture, she tells her husband that she wishes she also had a picture of Ahmal. Her husband responds, "They're twins! If you've seen Juan, you've seen Ahmal."

8. These friars were behind on their belfry payments, so they opened up a small florist shop to raise funds. Since everyone liked to buy flowers from the men of God, a rival florist across town thought the competition was unfair. He asked the good fathers to close down, but they would not. He went back and begged the friars to close. They ignored him. So, the rival florist hired Hugh MacTaggart, the roughest and most vicious thug in town to "persuade" them to close. Hugh beat up the friars and trashed
their store, saying he'd be back if they didn't close up shop.Terrified, they did so, thereby proving that only Hugh can prevent florist friars.

9. Mahatma Gandhi, as you know, walked barefoot most of the time, which produced an impressive set of calluses on his feet. He also ate very little, which made him rather frail and with his odd diet, he suffered from bad breath. This made him (Oh, man, this is so bad, it's good).....A super calloused fragile mystic hexed by halitosis.

10. And finally, there was the person who sent ten different puns to his friends, with the hope that at least one of the puns would make them laugh. No pun in ten did