Miscellany

• A world economy that completely depends on continuous growth in a finite world can't be good. Can it?
  
  
• I have none of these so-called core muscles. The only things that keep me upright are my spine and sheer force of will. Quit telling me to strengthen my core!
  
  
• Choose-something-from-your-cubicle gift exchanges at work are fun, but at the end of the day you're left with a used coffee mug filled with breath mints and an old issue of People.
  
  
• I always forget Suriname is in South America and, instead, think it's in Africa. Half a million Surinamese are not impressed, I'm sure.
  
  
• When did I let "need" creep in and substitute "want" in my vocabulary? I do not need the following things:
  
  
  • a haircut because I think my hair is doing wonky things
    
    
  • more groceries when the overflowing shelves of my kitchen do not inspire me
    
    
  • a new camera, just because my old one broke
    
    
  • a beer after a tough day at work
    
    
  (Okay, maybe that last one.)
  
  
• I think everyone should read "Lullabies for Little Criminals" by Heather O'Neill. It's an amazing book that will break your heart, but in a good way.
  
  
• Even though I live in an apartment, I can completely sympathize with homeowners who are tired of shoveling all the snow we've had this winter. I mean, when I'm trying to sleep until noon, and the building managers start with the scraping and the shoveling at TEN? How annoying!