avast, ye mateys! so i was reading today that the UN (which has an awesome slogan: check out their site if you haven't before) has issued a warning for boats in indonesan waters that they should watch out for PIRATES! yarrrr! apparently, although pirate attacks ceased right after the tsunami, indonesia is the world's most pirate-plagued nation, and it suffered at least 70 pirate attacks in the first nine months of last year, more than a quarter of the global total. some people would think that's a bad thing, and i suppose if you're there in person, it is. but for me, it gives me a wacky new thing to look into online!!!

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steve and i would like to take this time with you to extoll the virtues of tea from Tealuxe. all three types that i purchased on my last visit to boston are yummy, and now we're starting to run low, and we're sad.

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apparently they've broken ground on the installation of "the gates" in central park. i suppose i can see why people think this is a bad, or stupid, idea. however, i am completely fascinated by it, and wish i could find some way to be in ny the week it's installed and on display.

i'm not sure what i'm more interested in doing on sunday night: going to see Saturday Looks Good to Me at Schuba's, or watching the tv premiere of "death to smootchy" on comedy central. i think weather will probably determine what we do, especially since it's a weeknight.