t-minus 18 hours

the time between now and when i leave at noon tomorrow for thailand is shorter than the total amount of time (not including layovers) i will be on a plane.

20 hours.

ugh.

w(h)ine

yesterday i purchased a bottle of wine strictly because a very cool looking european woman picked it up, talked at length in a language i still can't identify (not spanish, german, portuguese, french, russian, etc) to her equally dapper cohort, and then put it in her cart.

here's what she could of said:
A) this is why this is the land of freedom! i love this wine!

B) now we can get that cheap bastard back by giving him vinegar in a nice bottle. ha!

au revoir

i just dismantled my last piece of ikea furniture.

i feel like a real grown up!

feeling my age

or four decades older.

my back's tweaked out.
my hip flexor's been spasming for the last week.

still haven't found a grey hair though...

mixology

commissioner jerry butler had this to say on ted stroger's budget plans for chicago:

"so now what we are dealing with is the rubber meeting the road, and instead of biting the bullet on these issues, we just want to punt."