What I've Learned This Year

In "Escape (The Pina Colada Song)," he (speaking in her voice) says:
"If you like making love at midnight, in the dunes of the cape
I'm the lady you've looked for, write to me, and escape."
I had always thought it was
"If you like making love at midnight, in the dooms of a cave.
I'm the lady you've looked for, write to me, and escape."
I had always appreciated the blend of the bubbly (champagne, getting caught in the rain) and the macabre (she likes to...you know... in a cave! With spiders and bats!) Sure, "dooms of a cave" was pretty idiomatic. Or maybe just plain strange. But what is pop music for, if not to fiddle with the English language a bit?

The world seem smaller, somehow, now that I know.

I choose cake

My friend H. made this cake for me five years ago.
This picture is still on my refrigerator.
It still makes me happy.

Thank you.

Peeve of the Day

When BFA/MFA students use similes. Total cringe factory.
It's like when you're watching an ice skater, and she's all sparkly and purple and she's doing a triple sow cow and then she's spinning like a top and then she SMACK! hits the ground, which is as cold as ice.
Oh, wait. It actually is ice.

Like, seriously.