I once tried to drop my ipod into my bra in a public place

I don't think that I could "drop" anything into my bra -- my bra is pretty tight against my skin in most places, and putting something into it would require pulling the bra away from the skin. There's certainly not any empty space big enough to drop in an iPod.

Yeah, all y'all and your bra shenanigans are crazy to me.

chris, there are a whole bunch of different museums in different buildings that constitute "the Smithsonian", so it's possible there's one slightly off the mall.

So all the actual museums are on the Mall now?

Oh, that was the question. My apologies for the confusion.

The Mall has the largest concentration of Smithsonian museums. You could probably spend several days just exploring them. But there are Smithsonian museums in other parts of the city. (The National Zoo is part of the Smithsonian.)

You're probably looking at the Anacostia Community Museum. Unfortunately, I've never been there.

I put the phone (it is an iphone) with the long way perpendicular to the strap. If that makes sense.

OK, when I first popped the phone in (same as Sophia does, and it's an iPhone with one of those soft grippy covers that remind me of jelly shoes) it shifted every time I moved my arms and felt like it was going to fall out any second, but I went ahead and cleaned the bathroom with it there. It worked it's way down into the top of the cup, but didn't fall out and isn't uncomfortable. FTR, it's a sports bra that is probably a little too small but doesn't bounce much and does have wide straps.

Cool.

The long way would go from uncomfortable to unsecured to uncomfortable again. Uns all round!

My breasts are special and hallowed, and they cannot be lowered by deigning to share space in their vessels with anything as paltry and material as a phone, or money.

I'm looking at conditional formatting for the first time in Excel Newfangled, and...good lord. I've worked out how to colour one cell based on its value, but I'm a little flummoxed about how to colour an entire row. I know this is supposed to be easier for first time users, but FUCK first time users. I hate virgins, man. They ruin my slutty fun, like, every time.

I started a conversation elsewhere about the kyriarchy and women's body hair, and lo and behold...there's a guy bemoaning how hard it is to have a beard and get a job.

Gold medal to you! In fact, that's a personal all-about-me best, if the records I've been keeping are accurate. Yurchenko double twist, stick the landing...tens across the board! The Crowd Goes WILD.

Mine don't even have names. They are used to their sad lot by now, I'm sure.

I still haven't found a comfortable way to stash my phone in my bra. Which is why I constantly am on the look-out for gothy-Victorian clothes with POCKETS.

There's a film crew at the office today, filming a recruitment video. Through hilarious happenstance, when I came in, I walked right into the middle of them setting up. Their eyes lit up like it was Christmas, and they followed me to my desk and asked if they could film me for a few minutes. I told them sure. I could see the "Someone not in cargo shorts and a t-shirt!" glee in the eyes of the cameraman.

Speaking of my never-ending quest for POCKETS, what does the hivemind think of these? [link]

Jilli, I think they are kind of busy and would add bulk. The red satin one is the only one I'd even think of wearing. (Though they're pretty fancy for my regular wardrobe.) It's a step in the right direction though.