check out the blotter version of my life

It's the third item. Police are on the lookout for someone fragrant, yet germy (because s/he left the hand sanitizer).

Central

Theft // A 2007 Honda Civic was parked in the 300 block of E. Biddle St. early Wednesday when someone shattered a passenger window with a rock and stole coconut-scented hand lotion and an iPod cable. Total value of the property and the shattered window was $310. The rock was found inside the car.

the charms of Charm City

I finally feel like I'm a real resident of Baltimore, because someone smashed in my car window between midnight and noon today --- first time in five years!

Or, perhaps this is a sign I should leave.

To tell you the truth, it's not unexpected. I had a really bad feeling when I parked my car yesterday on the bridge over Interstate 83, between Guilford Avenue and east Baltimore next to at least two piles of broken auto glass --- often the only place I can park my car when I get back after work, after 11:30 p.m.

The haul: a bottle of hand lotion and the cord that connects my iPod to the stereo. The thief/thieves, who worked by the perpetually blinking blue light of a Baltimore Police Department surveillance camera, left my E-ZPass, old cell phone charger and hand sanitizer behind. Must have been scared off by the alarm, because my real valuables -- the Scrabble set in my trunk -- were also unmolested.

This unfortunately violates my life philosophy of staying out of the police blotter.

But no lasting harm. Safelite installed new auto glass in time for me to make it to my shift tonight and the technician let me use his vacuum to suck the glass crumbs out of my vents and from between my multiple layers of floor mats. It's all good.

lies the Little People told me

You know, the children's playset is probably not a bastion of historical accuracy. But, I'm pretty sure there were no black people on the Mayflower.

Perhaps he is a stowaway!

the best URL ever

http://www.losanjealous.com

Down with the heteronormative agenda!

Baltamour blogged about relationship articles that expound about what boys do and girls do better, assuming we all fit into neat categories based on our gender.

Lists such as these particularly burn me up when it comes to the presumption that women are better nurturers ... No, I'm not the best equipped human in the room to care for children, just because I have ovaries. Frankly, the best child caregivers have patience, and I sorely lack that quality.

Coffee, meet tea

So what is a "chai latte"?

"Chai" is a blend of tea and spices. "Latte" is espresso with steamed
milk.

So is a "chai latte" coffee or tea? Is it coffee-flavored tea? Is it
tea-flavored coffee? Wouldn't that be "toffee"?

Amazing that we've managed as a society to complicate the combination
of dried beans (or leaves) in water. Confounded pumpkin pie chai
latte! I shake my fist at you.