Twin Cities

I think I’ve spread stories of the Twin Cities around quite a bit already; after all, I wrote my last TWAHRF entries in my pajamas from Minneapolis last Friday, before going on a lovely jog around Lake of the Isles. On my running playlist on that occasion was the full version of the Mary Tyler Moore Show theme song, originally a vaguely country song by Sonny Curtis, all of which was convincing me that I was turning the world on with my smile, and taking a nothing day and making it seem worthwhile, all totally perfect in a deeply nerdy and almost shameful kind of way, until the lyrics of the full song not shown on television started playing:

You are most likely to succeed
You have the looks and charms,
And girl, you know, that’s all you need
All the men around adore you
That sexy look will do wonders for you.

And suddenly I felt a little sexually harassed by my iPod, not to mention amused by the utter contradiction between the messages of women’s equality espoused by the TV show I so adore, and these suitably un-subtle 1970s lyrics. I am an anachronism to even be listening to this!

I got back on Sunday and watched both the U.S. Open and the Mets game, which is approximately more sports in one evening than I watched in the first 25 years of my life.

Love bacon, but don’t want it in your waffles? Try this alarm clock that allows you to wake up to the savory aromas of cooking bacon. (I don’t know if this was inspired by The Office, or developed independently, but I vote that it doesn’t matter, just as I don’t care too much if Newton and Leibniz each developed Calculus independently or stood on each other’s shoulders to do so. As long as we have Calculus and bacon, I’m happy.)

Autumn Songs: Is an autumn song series just an excuse to listen to Fleetwood Mac? um, maybe.