What's New

Brought to you by my current obsession with lists.

• New template for BND: Looks great, doesn't it? Yeah, thanks.

  
  

• New #1 on my fecal roster: Hotmail, for pantsing up the last several BND mailings. If you're signed up but not getting your daily dose, e-mail me, OK? I'm working on it.

  
  

• New favorite quote: "I'm on the tightrope, trying to knit myself a net." — Andrew Chaikin. You tell 'em, Andy. I knew there was a reason I should learn to knit.

  
  

• New favorite beverage: Gatorade's Propel Water. (1) Water with a little flavor but not many calories; (2) cobalt blue bottle with a good twist-spout.

  
  

• New haircut: Best thing I've done for myself in a long time, even if I can't make a ponytail any more.

  
  

• New jeans: Comfy & stylish, though rather low-rise in the back (Levi's 550). Fortunately, I remembered to wear low-rise undies, too (Elmo; thanks, Sister-san).

  
  

• New personal policy: Shoes that make my back so twingy I'm afraid to even do T'ai Chi go in the dumpster.

  
  

• New Kids on the Block: No.

  
  

• New Coke: Again, no.

  
  

• New word(s): DIEPLZKTHNXBYE. In online writing and text messaging, nothing is sacred, including caps/lower case rules, spelling rules, and word spacing rules. So that character string actually says DIE (die) PLZ (please) K (okay) THNX (thanks) BYE (good-bye). What a chirpy little way of saying "buzz off," huh?

  
  

• New messages:

  
  Dear Crustypunk -- yeah, you, with the soap aversion -- BATHEPLZKTHNXBYE.

  
  Dear Fellow Motorists: SGNLPLZKTHNXBYE.

  
  Dear Flirtatious Spanish-Speaking Guys Outside the Mexican Bakery: UNOMASPRFVRKGRCSADIOS.

  
  

• Not-so-new request: Add to my "extraordinary acts by ordinary people" list. I've gotten several contributions already, which I plan to share sometime next week. Keep 'em coming!

  
  

Today around the world: February 18 is Independence Day in Gambia.