Public service advisory with random links

count myself alarmed.

last night i was eating Pringles potato chips (or crisps, depending on where you are or where you're from) in bed. not wanting crumbs in the sheets, i stuffed each crisp (or chip) into my mouth whole, and did so mechanically, one after the other, having awakened in the middle of the night with a particularly vicious case of the munchies, and wanting to get back to sleep as soon as possible.

this is not something i would advise. the results were the potato chip (crisp) equivalent of paper cuts. they've healed now, but the memory lingers.

if you've never had a paper cut and have no idea what the big deal is about, you might want to try this: 1) take a stiff sheet of paper; 2) put the sheet edgewise between your lips with the edges right up against the corners of your mouth; 3) pull sheet out of your mouth in a quick , jerking sideways motion, making sure the edges of the sheet remain in contact with the corners of your mouth throughout the procedure, i.e., until the paper is no longer in your mouth--apply pressure if possible.

or, much more advisably, you could just read this.

right. obviously grasping at straws for something to blog about. just thought i'd twiddle my thumbs for a bit before getting back to me other life.

twiddle twiddle