terra firma, terra sancta.

I'd heard the rumor, but I didn't believe the logistics could be true. I was wrong. In a bizarre path-crossing, Monica Lewinsky gave a talk to Princeton students in Cooper Union's Great Hall. Umm... okay. There are so very many things wrong with this. I'd like to discuss celebrity status and our cultural designations thereof. Why do we still pay attention to Monica Lewinsky? Why is she speaking in the Great Hall? I know Cooper doesn't need money that badly. In particular, why is it that we develop this fascination with and repulsion from all things Monica? The article touches on this subject. Still, please don't go buy the book. Please don't buy her handbags (no, Monica, you cannot pawn off your baggage onto other American women). Just please don't talk or think about her at all unless for some strange reason she speaks at your alma mater to a group of students from the university by which you are currently surrounded. All right, thanks.

home of the whuppin.

What I need right here is a good, free image hosting site. Angelfire is not that company. Hence I have removed the non-image that appeared here earlier.

On a lighter note, I'm really looking forward to this weekend, when Marc, Leslie, and I will be accompanying KB on his final pre-wedding hurrah. We're going to hit each and every roller coaster at Cedar Point and then turn right around and head back. Nothing like a quick jaunt to Ohio. It's been a while since I've taken a decent roadtrip, and this one is shaping up to be great. I love these directions:

NEW YORK, NY to Sandusky OH: 518 mi.; 10 hrs., 15 mins.
West on Holland Tunnel (NY)
West on Pulaski Skyway (NJ)
West on US 1 (NJ)
Northeast on New Jersey Turnpike (NJ)
Northwest on I-280 (NJ)
West on I-80 (NJ-PA-OH) to Exit 118 (Sandusky)
Turn right onto US 250 (OH)

I-80 all the way, baby.