many things make a post

* An off-hand comment I sent to Sport Illustrated's tennis-beat reporter/resident expert Wertheim wound up in his mailbag column. I'm nearly bursting with excitement, especially since my name is that close to Andy Roddick's picture. It's the simple things.

* Wine drinking and knitting: A partnership whose day has come.

* I'm debating about driving down to the city with the Diva to catch Ellen K's Klezmer Nutcracker. I aheb no doubt that the show will be great; I'm just not sure if I want to schlep a 7-year old to it. Still, hotel rooms are cheap right now and a little klezmer can make any schlep worth it.

* Octopus glasses!

* I wonder what percentage of my college students just got "Turkey Dropped."

* Want to drive down your company's health care costs? Encourage your employees to eat better.

* I actually sat in the garage so that I could hear the end of Neil Gaiman's NPR piece on audiobooks. I'm a big fan of the form, btw, and am working through Pratchett's discworld in audio form. I'm up to Guards! Guards!

Comments

[Anna]

In a sad state of affairs, I read that health advice as "Encourage your employees to eat butter." Also, glasses awesome. And klezmer too.

[Big Alice]

Thanks for the NY Times article, even though it made me ranty.

Those octopus glasses are fabulous.

[matthew]

The world's most famous turkey drop:
http://www.kewego.com/video/iLyROoafYtDe.html

[The Featureless Saint]

Played that clip on Thanksgiving. Classic.

[Jerri]

Separately, G and I did the same thing with Gaiman's piece, although I came in late and didn't know it was him until the end. Looking forward to going online to listen the entire thing.

[Duren Thompson]

Octupus glasses were pretty cool, but I was expecting Octopus *spectacles* - these were sort of a let down, actually.