I've sort of had Oregon on the brain this week, and it got me thinking about that game The Oregon Trail, and how I always killed my family without ever reaching the lush Willamette Valley. Now that I am a grown up with a cat to take care of, I wondered if I was mature enough to safely navigate my family through the game. So I was thrilled to find out I could relive the adventures online. And yes, despite some rough road and some squirrelly squirrels, we all came through in good health.

Thanks to the Highland boys for introducing me to Turkish Superman. These are just the highlights. You can actually watch the whole thing here. And yes, that is a doll. Can't wait to see Turkish Star Wars...

It's 4:09. Class starts in 1 hour and 21 minutes, and I'm nervous for the first day of school...I'm taking Media Design and Workshop in Digital Video this semester. Here goes nothing...

So tonight I met another member of the Wire cast, Jay Landsman. We were at the O's game, and we were sitting among a rowdy crowd of "good police." Seriously though, they were really great including Jay who introduced us to everyone as part of his family.

Oh and the Orioles won 11-3 which is always a plus!

From YTMND, I got about 20 of them...

The Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest has awarded Garrison Spik it's highest prize for bad writing for this opening sentence: Theirs was a New York love, a checkered taxi ride burning rubber, and like the city their passion was open 24/7, steam rising from their bodies like slick streets exhaling warm, moist, white breath through manhole covers stamped "Forged by DeLaney Bros., Piscataway, N.J.

Just some snaps from our trip to New York [Ollabelle playing at One New York Plaza; MTA says "Please, dip your ATM card"; Nassau Avenue, Brooklyn; Brooklyn Brewery; Monster, cashier and brewery cat; Aaron enjoying his hefeweizen; the Apple Store; a.k.a. Mecca; beers and frites at Vol de Nuit; and this guy who was on our TV the entire time we were there, just laying there, I don't know why]