Awesomeness

My fixie, now that the Brooks saddle is gone, is a marvel of lightness and agility. Wearing my cute cow-hair ballerina shoes just makes me that much hipper.

I am totally holding down the fort while the bosses are gone! When the Communications person at a large government aid agency calls you to apologize for not including you in the calls, you know you are doing ok. That or, they really just want the money you promised for the drinks reception after the Hill briefing you are supposed to be planning together.

Somebody wrote the Seattle Times, which is publishing gads of stories on how much Gates is doing for malaria, to say that cholera is a bigger killer. Um, in what universe? Oh, it must be the universe where 2,272 is larger than a million.

Interior design report: don't try to drill through the 1/4" metal plate on your back door to install blinds so you can sleep in on the weekends. Instead, tack up blackout curtains with magnets. Also, studfinders can be very useful to figure out that your house has no studs, just drywall over the brick foundation. Sa-weet.