Busted Tees = Funny

In the same vein as the snarky ecards are these very funny t-shirts.

I LOVED playing Oregon Trail on the Apple II E at Mark Twain Elementary:

And who could forget that heartbreaking lesson Jessie learned about the perils of caffeine pills on Saved by the Bell...

And even during my days working at Joshua's Christian Store, I always believed that the LAST thing Jesus would do is to sell bracelets asking "What would I do?" This seems like a much better question:

Movin' on Up II

Good news, Public Radio fans! Beloved on-air personality and occasional Really Top Drawer reader/commenter Dan Drayer is making a triumphant return to Colorado Public Radio as the new host of KCFR Showcase.

Thanks to the Colorado Public Radio Blog for sharing the good news.

Seems like a win-win-win: we lucky listeners get more local content, Mr. Drayer gets an exciting new job, and CPR gets top-notch talent back. Do I hear a woohoo?

I must confess, I haven't ever heard KCFR Showcase (or KCFR Presents, as it was called until recently), but I will have to start tuning in. Denver-based bloggers, have you heard it?

Snarky E-cards

I think this site will make you laugh.

For example:

"And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children."

I just learned that Madeleine L'Engle died on Friday. What sad news.

A Wrinkle in Time is one of the first books I remember just totally falling in love with. I read it again last summer as part of my "classic books of my childhood" reading campaign, and it still thrilled me. She wrote with such imagination and complexity and heart. I think her work is summed up nicely with the quote I used for this post's title. She said, "You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children." Beautiful.

There's a terrific article about her on Salon.com.

Perhaps it's time for a L'Engle reading marathon.

PSA: Renters Insurance

Imagine:

You're 24 years old, you're busting your butt trying to save the world. One busy night you shove all your clothing into 5 washing machines at the sketch laundromat and head back to the office (you know, you know, you should not leave the wash unattended . . . . ). Upon your return, every single stitch of your clothing has been stolen, including those nasty socks with holes in the toes that you should have thrown away, like a year ago.

You're 23 years old. You are a code poet with a killer laptop computer that goes with you everywhere. One morning you are too distracted thinking about the awesome breakfast burrito you're going to get for just $2 and you leave your backpack (computer inside) on the city bus. After hurriedly issuing the bulletin to the transportation district and searching every bus on that route for the next 2 hours, your computer is gone gone gone gone gone.

It sometimes seems like the $100/year for renters insurance isn't worth it, given that our stuff really is meager and mostly crap. But when all your clothing disappears or that computer you saved up all your summer job wages to buy is gone gone gone, you really wish you'd shelled out 9 lousy bucks a month for a little peace of mind.