That moment when you’re conversing with a friend over lunch in a restaurant close to your office and you recognize the man who has just walked in as one of the many semi-attractive frat guys who used to mill around the cafeteria in college, and he recognizes you too (you can tell because he looks at you a little too long), but neither of you says anything because neither of you ever knew each other’s name.  And if you ever did, you’ve forgotten it by now.

Unrequited love is one of the loneliest feelings in the world. But if you're staring down a hole in your heart, you're not alone: there's an office in Verona, Italy (the home of Romeo and Juliet) that's waiting to hear from you.

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The Club di Giulietta is awesome, guys.  Let Lulu Miller tell you all about it.

ummm yeah that’s what Letters to Juliet is about. (Things I remember about this film [which I watched to review]: the letter-writing, Vanessa Redgrave, an orange British guy arguing with Amanda Seyfried through most of the movie, also Gael Garcia Bernal, I think?)

It’s funny — the day after I dreamed I told Mindy Kaling* I might be addicted to Tumblr,** I have been so busy at work that I haven’t had much time to check the site at all.

*I blame the folks on my dash who post stuff from The Mindy Project, which I don’t watch.

**Given that I rarely check it on the weekends, I do not really consider myself addicted.

Random things I memorized from 1990’s TV advertising

Hello, I’m Young MC with a story to tell
I just got a free cup from Taco Bell
And MTV makes the whole thing fun
Buy a giant cup of Pepsi and you’ll get one
three cups in all, so don’t stand still
And if you buy a (giant?) cup, you get a free refill…

I remember the words from this Taco Bell ad and have forgotten far more important things. Such is my memory.

Is it weird that I had to turn my light on and get out of bed to check that Rory Cochran was the stoner guy from “Dazed and Confused”?

Because I just did and he is.  He shows up in Argo and since I just saw the movie, I’m thinking about what I’ll write for my review as I try to go to sleep tonight.  This is not always the most restful practice, but it’s a habit.