Few things burn my butt more than Ridiculous Bureaucracy–and I seem to find the majority of it close to schools. And today was ALL ABOUT Ridiculous Bureaucracy. We began yesterday, actually, trying to hunt down the correct division of the NYC Bored Board Department of Ed which sent me a WTC registry form. Evidently they want to keep track of those of us who were there on 9/11 and/or worked/lived down near Ground Zero for the year after...

I know, I know I’m way behind the times on this story, but it just bears repeating. I wonder what the actual numbers (subscribers and cash) actually were that these fools walked away from?! I’m used to stupidity like this in, say, the NYC Bored Board Department of Ed, but for an actual BUSINESS?!

First: Oral Surgery. Ouch.Drugs—Niiiiiice. But enough of that. My mind is with Virginia now, not in some sappy “I feel your pain” way, but more like, “the horror…the horror…” Having lived through my little corner of 9/11 and the aftermath, I can honestly say how sorry I am that these kids will forever measure their days by this moment. This blip on an otherwise lovely life. This is their own little...

Rest in Peace, Kurt Vonnegut.I miss you already.

Sorting-hat.com says you’re in Ravenclaw! For the Harry Potter Sock Swap! I’m a Ravenclaw! My first swap ever! Oooh! And look Sort Me! A DIFFERENT sorting hat said Ravenclaw! A third said I was tied Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff (at least I’m not in Slytherin!) And my questionnaire:Hogwarts Sock Swap Questionnaire 1. What Hogwarts house have you been sorted into? Lo, unto me has been given the honor of the house of...