Things that you can buy with dollars

Today, I started the day with a trip to the grocery store with my mother and found this:


Then I went thrifting. In addition to hitting the pants jackpot (3 pairs!), I found this:


Then I found myself with time to kill at the fancy outdoor mall and meandered into J. Crew where in addition to pre-torn jeans, you can find khakis, excuse me, chinos, that have been not only torn but speckled with white paint. That's right. For just $79.50, you can buy a pair of pants that has been torn and stained for you in advance for your convenience and style. This way, when you go to starbucks for your vente latte, your friends (the starbucks employees) might make a wisecrack about your dirty ol pants and you'll have the opportunity to explain that you're on a break from applying the primer to your guest room when the truth is that the guy you hired to do the painting is not on a break because you told him he could not take breaks.

Story of My Life

Not sure what this terribly written article is doing in the Washington Post today.

But basically it's the story of my life. Substitute "Melba" for "Delilah" and there you have it.

As in:

"Delilah's taste in men -- and people in general -- tends toward the needy."

"She won't talk about her current romantic life, but in her 2008 book, "Love Matters," she writes about finding love again with a motorcycle-riding man named Paul."

"The cream-colored walls are decorated with seven of her own headshots."

"From then on, her personal journey and professional one would rival each other in jagged edges of tumult and felicity."

Perhaps the death of long-form journalism isn't so tragic?