Monday Mumble

Some Monday miscellanea.

1. Running to the Boston Book Festival on Saturday, I overheard these college kids snickering, saying, "Look at these nerds coming out of their holes." I was indignant at first, until I realized that they were talking about the Comic-Con event also in town. Ha, losers.

2. Since coming back from the book festival (surprisingly crowded. unsurprisingly pretentious) and failing to impress Richard Russo with my Richard Ford connections (granted that I have none), I now want to do nothing else but read. Except when I pause to watch this clip, over and over again:




3. Every state has a health insurance plan for poor children, usually known as some variant of CHIP. But not Vermont. They call theirs Dr. Dynasaur. Spelled that way, of course, to appeal to children and parents. When I grow up, I want to be a Dr. Dynasaur.

4. Another wisdom nugget from Prof Papa: "One of the great things about teaching, especially at a research university and not a teaching one, is that I can talk about whatever I want and no one really cares. Like today, I want to spend some time talking about one of my biggest pet peeves: dental insurance."