for the first time EVER i am excited to brush my teeth tonight. we got to safeway (which SUCKS. it's like being a time-traveller from the past. "what? why has this changed? why is everything so extremely expensive? don't they make regular diet lemon snapple anymore?") and got toothpaste that doesn't have flouride in. say it with me: HURRAH. (unless you are a person who can tolerate flouride. in that case, say simply: MEH).

also: chocolate toffee pistachios. we got those at safeway, too. they are not as good as plain in-shell pistachios. just... thought i would mention that.

i've been making books but i worry that they are not artsy enough. one is a blank book, to be used to record and develop ideas for other books. the other is "comedy tonight" from a funny thing happened on the way to the forum illustrated with stick figures. the structure of the book is complex enough to be book-arty, but it's not about my tortured childhood or racial turbulence or anything. so... not artsy? not artsy enough? is "comedy tonight" art? (discuss various versions, including the one with nathan lane.) is "i am the very model of a modern major general"? are stick figures art? is xkcd? does it freakin matter or should i be doing this because it's fun and when it's done it till make me giggle? i think yes, to all, and it's my book, so there.