"But Cobain's music and lyrics confronted and changed me. They forced me to see a world I had previously avoided, mainly because my friends and I never walked that direction. Cobain was the first writer from my own age group to capture my attention."

I can relate on so many levels with the author of this article on Salon about the late Kurt Cobain and  Nirvana's success in the early '90s.

  10:54:17 AM    

Choking at the Bowl ~ "Why do men have trouble urinating at ballparks?" Ballparks, hell! Why do men (meaning me) sometimes have trouble unrinating in public places in general? You can't blame it all on the alcohol. (Slate via blogdex) [Memo To Myself]

Try doing math problems in your head.  Works like a charm.

  10:09:35 AM