Plat du jour

I sure am.

Semi-random thoughts

• Fedex hates me. I firmly believe they looked at a map of the upper east side of Manhattan and said, where can we put our drop boxes so they're all 9 blocks away from Caprice? It's this beautiful semi-circle with Central Park on one side.
• I received an e-mail asking me to sign a petition directed to a Catholic bishop in Wisconsin. I'm sure he is really going to be swayed by a Jewish atheist from New York. Not. 
• Today I had my annual bone density scan. Getting strapped into position was serious (if brief) bondage fun.

Today's news round-up

Good News

• Girl challenges ban from Ohio school football team
• Pentagon unveils measures to combat sexual assaults in the military
• Michigan GOP Poised to Botch Senate Pickup Opportunity
• Cyclist sentenced for manslaughter by bike in landmark California case He should go to jail.
• Brazil Convicts 3 in Rape of American Student

Bad News

• Isinbayeva speaks out against homosexuality

Animal headline of the day

Missing Iowa border collie found stuck in a tree

Plat du jour

Happy anniversary to my glob!

Today is the eighth anniversary of this blog. As of this writing it's had 120,728 visitors! I must be doing something right.

Today's news round-up

Good News

• Harry Reid says Obamacare will lead to single-payer system It's what we need.

Bad News

• In Jamaica, transgender teen killed by mob Boycott Jamaica.
• Tenn. judge changes infant's name from 'Messiah' The judge had no right to insert her religious beliefs. 

Midtown Manhattan in stop-action video

Watch for the Stonehenge sunset.

http://vimeo.com/thevoder/midtown

The end of an era

A few weeks ago the Metropolitan Museum switched from wonderful little metal tags to paper stickers to show you had paid for admission. Today I got this:

 instead of one of these:

I guess my tag collection has come to an end.