ELMO MADNESS!!!

Customers In Target Store Fight Over New Elmo Doll
A man called 9-1-1 after, he said, another man threatened his life over an Elmo doll.

This weekend I again drove through the beautiful tree-lined rolling countryside of western maryland for the boys' football games. On the way home, we stopped by a used bookstore and bought a few books, The Pearl for Cody, Henry Miller's Tropic of Cancer for me, and the Whipping Boy for Jake. I didn't know I'd get such a kick out of it, it seems so old-fashioned but I think that was part of the draw. I could easily order even used books from Amazon.com and have them shipped directly to me, but somehow the tactile experience of wandering through the isles, picking up the books, feeling the various textures of their spines, opening the front cover to see the price penciled in on the title page-

Saturday night was a party on Robinson Street, this chick Chris who has an awsome rooftop deck overlooking the city. It was trés fun, we went over there with V's neighbor Dean and later on Stu met up with us. Met some really cool chicks from Ohio, drank some Yuengling, enjoyed the glorious weather.