the part about npr that threw me is "weekly trivia show 'ask me another'"—- you mean to tell me there's another trivia show taking people away from listening to the perfection of carl castle and peter sagel on 'wait, wait, don't tell me'?!?!

unfortunately, even if you/me/whomever isn't interested in material wealth growing activities (or even saving for retirement) we're still screwed because our student loan debt is just ridiculous, especially when it's so damn hard to find a job that pays well.

so. excellent.

i like this, very much.

these books are excellent. and, actually, considering that i just now dragged all my stuff out of storage, they might be what get (re) read next.

i'm reasonably sure that it was scalzi.

no joke.

great idea

i support this idea.

that was my thought too...

this is really excellent.

so incredibly excited that pullman has finally released something new!

no shit. those poor guys.

exactly. i've never been paid for donating blood (well, juice and cookies, but that's not really "paid") but plasma is pretty solid for making money.

i would seriously pay extra for a ginger baby.

i like it, actually

being from eastern washington, something i've noticed that people from the west side almost all say weird is "bag"- it almost always comes out as "beg." and it drives me crazy.

same.

that is exactly how i feel about it

i feel the same way. he has a nice body, but i would say that he probably needs a paper bag on top to be really attractive. especially if he was prohibited from talking by said paper bag. there are definitely much more attractive male swimmers. who most likely have much higher intellects as well.