via Bits and Pieces

An amazing site for finding your local(ish) swimming hole: Swimmingholes.org.

Photo: John Curly

“A repository of modern day maternal correspondence”  — Oh do I have some submissions up my sleeve!

Postcards From Yo Momma

Tiring of my color-coded icon dock, I decided to move on to the next frontier: organizing my icons by shape:

I can’t say I recommend it.

I really like this because I always put a lot of thought into how I express laughing via chat and I’m never sure how well it’s understood by the other person. When I think something is absolutely hilarious, I always make sure to type “ahahahaha” because I think that’s the most literal transcription of my hearty laugh. I’ve asked my friends if they’ve noticed this, but sadly, they only see a typo. Alas.

by Drew Heffron

If like me, you’ve listened to every single This American Life episode at least once (and count it as one of the better things to have ever happened to you), then you might be looking for similar radio shows to fill the void in between episodes. On good days, these come close: The Moth and Story Corps, but I was recently re-listening to TAL’s Matchmaker episode, where I re-heard the oldie-but-goodie tale by Elna Baker about working in FAO Schwarz as a nurse in the doll adoption ward. I went to her website and found this gem of a page with all her live performances. Girl is funny! Definitely worth checking out.