these days of leiderhosen

The Hats for Mindy project Both Kirsten and Michael G have selected the same hat: Mindy is still mum on if it appeals to her (although she has declared her dislike for cats). Not one but two patterns were created by knitteratti unwilling to spend $165 for a hat: Tempest in a TeaPot Amber Daniels Design How fuckall cool is that ?! See Mindy's comment below; she is throwing herself under the bus of our collective taste. She declares the choice to be ours. ( This is the other hat I am considering, brought to you the badasspunk knitter herself StaceyJoy of Brooklyn ) MJ'll probably end up with both at some point. What she did demand was blue . Of which there are a billion and a half variations. Ideas? Analogies? Poetic nonsense of which to choose? My grocery store the fantabulous Berkeley Bowl makes a guest appearance on my favorite NPR podcast ever: RadioLab from WNYC and the hosts get trapped in the massive apple aisle. Righteous!

What do you do when you get something like this in your work email inbox? "UCPD will be giving a presentation on 'Tools to Survive an Active Shooter' complete with a question and answers segment with the experts about proven strategies they recommend you do in order to survive." Last year a disturbed grad student broke into a professor's office and started bashing out the windows with a hammer. Workshops and on-call therapists were available to anyone traumatized by this event that occurred. The student remains in a psychiatric facility to this day.