Things in My Room at the Moment That Do Not Make Good Bedfellows

1. Jesus the Amazing Resurrected Croton (delicate)
2. Any one of the 50 spiders I've seen this week pushed out from other rooms by paint fumes
3. Lotrimin (which isn't working -- advice? Also, thank God for the power of internet confessions)
4. Squirrel, Party of Four. Definitely NOT a fan.

Thug Life: For Craig and Karly

Pros and Cons of losing (the top half of) one's front tooth at a football game:

Pros:

- Making Juli laugh just by opening my mouth first thing in the morning
- Straws
- Being shooed out of stores (good story fodder)
- No one blinks anymore when I fake a British accent
- Street cred up the wazoo

Cons:

- Inadvertent whistling
- Awkward interviews
- Removable "fake" teeth on my bookshelf
- Being mifunderftood

Annie Lennox and the Massachusetts Board of Bar Examiners

I thought I'd share a bit of good news with the few folks here who a) do not have Facebook or b) are not my family.

I passed the Massachusetts bar exam!

[cartwheels, champagne, fancy dinners and street dancing]