I have a special large teakettle that is safe to boil dry that I keep on the woodstove all the time. Double effect in that I can have hot tea or coffee at any hour all winter.

But for the bedroom, yeah, I buy a humidifier and it breaks every year. I just finally gave up and tossed the last two that were sitting in my closet during this past fall's junk drive. They weren't even recyclable plastic! I dunno. There's gotta be a better way.

OMG, guys. Tears.

Thank you, Kathy! Got it!

A masked teen who took to the streets Tuesday night to pay homage to his favorite hip hop dance group was mistaken for a mime and asked by police to leave because “some residents apparently find mimes disconcerting,” according to police reports.

It’s hard out there for a mime

I went to Powell's! But I was scared to really get into it, since I didn't have THAT much time, so I basically ran in and out.

I hope you got to visit at least two colors. Mmmm, I love Powell's.

I wonder if I can sell them some of the books I am getting rid of and use that as an excuse to spend some quality time in Ancient Civ.

It's getting cold and rainy here. I'm making a hot and sour albondigas (meatballs) soup for lunch.

I've decided that Trader Joe's turkey meatballs are the third or fourth most versatile protein in the world. The food truck have inspired me to make meatball tacos on a regular basis. (They're really good with baby spinach and hot sauce on a cheese taco torilla.)

Women with drinking problems, a photo essay.

Did clocks fall back recently? I'm running out of not-self-maintaining timepieces that I actually bother changing. But I would like to stay up to date on this stuff.

The clocks fall back at 2:00am this coming Sunday.

So I see now about the new Gmail. Interesting. I switched over my main account. Doesn't seem like it will take too much getting used to.

I only used to get the humidifier in my room as a kid when I was sick, so I always associate them with being sick.