DAY ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY EIGHT

Wonderful weekend in Istanbul! I'd like to start a poll here, which is how many people think that a good sitcom setup is a man and his two ducks? i thought it'd be great, which is why i started one of my friends on that path with a pet duck purchase, which had been agreed to, but was then shot down - would have been okay had the idea been shot down BEFORE rather than after the purchase. anyway, no big deal, but if you'd like a pet duck, it's living in rachael's bathroom for the time. a friend told officemate and me a story last night about his suburban LA ducks and discussed at length how they are the coolest pets ever. they follow you around like a dog! right now, it looks like this, but when it grows up it's going to look like this.

ducks are cool!

longforms got a bunch of articles about animal attacks. ROCK. and orwell's to shoot an elephant. it's amazing to me that one single individual was able to completely change facial hair styles, making some nearly completely impossible to wear given the political implications of doing so. a tale of mustaches and men.