I finished re-reading a Hope in the Unseen. It's about a kid who goes to Brown out of a crappy terrible public school in DC and the sheer number of hurdles you encounter when you try to make that leap.

An interesting aside is his friendship with Bill Ayers' (yes, the "terrorist" who people tried to use to derail Obama's campaign) son Zayd. The first time I read the book, I had no idea who Ayers was, but now I was like, "WAIT. Really?"

It's about a kid who goes to Brown out of a crappy terrible public school in DC and the sheer number of hurdles you encounter when you try to make that leap.

I just saw an old Law & Order about that! Of course, in that case, someone ended up getting killed...

Especially funny if you saw Sam Bee's Daily Show piece on the White House ornaments, but still funny anyway: Hedda Lettuce, Mao Tse-Tung on White House Christmas Tree. Simon Doonan (my favorite) is apparently responsible...

I dreamed I broke into some guy's house--no clue who--and while he was asleep I was wrapping a measuring tape around his neck several times. The measuring tape kept turning into a thin white snake, then back. The rest of the dream was me trying to make sure I'd found all the stuff I may have left behind, including my shoes. I take my shoes off a lot in dreams.

Oh, and Teppy, I dreamed my cats were at your house, including Amon, and I was visiting him there.

while he was asleep I was wrapping a measuring tape around his neck several times

Just casually?

I dreamt Christian Kane was very nice to me. I would rather have slept the whole night through and not dreamt anything, as pleasant as that was.

Just casually?

I wasn't measuring, or appreciating, just wrapping it around his neck. I don't even know if I intended to pull it tight or not. Very odd.

How Many Internet Memes In This Picture Can You Identify?

I didn't know House was a meme. Or is he a red herring?

Yeah, that confused me too.

Wait, "It's not lupus" isn't a meme, is it?