qotd

"I had grown up with writers whose friends were all writers and one thing I had learned even at that ludicrously tender age is that saying anything to any author about his or her work is to enter into an emotional minefield." — John Podhoretz remembering Madeleine L'Engle

random links

The new female condom can be inserted "up to 8 hours ahead of time". Um...why do I think this would not be a good idea???? I mean, walking? Going to the bathroom? Just...no.

And: nifty tiny houses :)