::collapses::

Just rode my bike TEN MILES! A new personal best.

What's the number for 911 again?

I just realised I know one of the writers of Catwoman. I feel so ... dirty. And responsible. Was there something I could have done to stop this sweet and funny man from having a part in that? I don't know. I'll never know. But I can't help but wonder.

Do people not, like, try bras on? Is this how they end up the wrong size? Because, I've changed bra sizes probably 5 times in the last decade

Most women apparently don't do this -- they stick with one bra size for decades even if their body shape has changed. And most people don't get professionally fitted even once.

A little late, but since I wasn't around yesterday:

Happy Birthday, Sean!

Why is there nothing like Nordstroms out here? Bah.

Go to The Town Shope (81stish/Broadway) or any of the places on Orchard Street where they can size you at a glance.

I have also found that when giving a bra size for a costume fitting, everyone used the band size 34. Like, tiny, tiny miniature women and amazon women. And small women always write B, even if they are an A-, and large women never admit to a size over D, and rarely over C. It is very bizarre.

It amuses me vastly that people outside of Hollywood, I mean people whose bodies (but not their faces) are still their livings, lie about their heights and weights. There is a nice young man in our local minor leagues who lists himself at 5'9", but everybody who has seen him in person chuckles and marks him down as 5'7".

And for the longest time, the three largest members of the Red Sox were all listed at 230 lbs., and the only question was, Who is lying the most about his weight? I mean, it's obviously possible to succeed in this particular profession with a spare tire; there are people in the majors who don't lie about their weights; but some people persist, the way that Michael Douglas persists in claiming that he is not a superannuated, all-plastic robot.

Scientific Journals Often State The Obvious:

In what its sponsors called a "landmark study," scientists found that when your fingers are numb and turning that lovely robin's-egg blue, you make more typing effors. Er, errors. "When employees get chilly," the scientists concluded, "they are not working to their full potential." Achoo!

Investigators working on that finger-in-the-chili case at Wendy's may find inspiration in a study published online in March in the Annals of Emergency Medicine. Every year some 28,000 kids and adults wind up in hospital emergency rooms because some mishap has cut off a finger; one high-risk group is men over 55. Apart from digits lost in workplace accidents, the most common cause of finger amputation in the men is -- drumroll, please -- power tools. So anyone looking suspiciously at, oh, sinks or toasters for their finger-gobbling potential can more profitably focus on chainsaws.

Oooh! A few more last birthday wishes! Thanks Matt, Fred Pete!

Belated Hippo Birdies, Sean!