"And there are provinces ... clusters of college graduates knotted at the bottom of tall cities, trying to invent community. Everyone has slept with everyone and they all drink together, hoping the alcohol and the music will restore some previously eluded glamour, or obscure its dissipation."

- Steve Almond, "The Pass"

Man, it's hot outside. But then, I guess I wouldn't be living in the Midwest if I didn't have some masochistic appreciation for meteorological extremes. Hey, remember back in 1995 when that heat wave killed, like, eight hundred Chicagoans? We can do better than that! Let's give it the old college try and see if we can beat our own record!

So I got a new camera today. It's hyperbolically awesome and it's a beautiful bronze-reddish color and is competing with my iPod for Coolest Toy. I knew it was going to be small, but nothing prepared me for the shock of opening it and seeing something not much larger than my cell phone. I think I almost squealed. Actually, what I said was, "Holy shit," right there at my desk. My mom used to say that the difference between a man and a boy is the price of his toys. I think she was trying to be pithy and cautionary, but I guess it didn't work because I clearly haven't learned my lesson.

And now my iPod is playing Steely Dan, which is just weird.

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