not having received any redskins games on my crappy broadcast tv since i moved to chicago (except their very first one of the season when they played the bears), i neglected to even think about the possibility that i might get the tampa playoff game. so even though i knew when the game started today, i didn't think twice about making plans to go see "match point" this evening instead. of course, as soon as i get out of the shower, i flip on the tv, and what do i see except the redskins kicking ass and taking names (at least in this quarter; god, please let that continue, i will, like, go to church and help old people cross streets and save kitties if you let them keep this up). so i'm about to head out to the movie, but i'm wearing my red and gold pumas. and chanting "hail to the redskins" in my head for the next few hours.

digging through my wallet today, i noticed a funny-looking penny (i've started paying closer attention to my change since i keep getting screwed over by somehow amassing a large amount of canadian quarter-looking coins that don't work in my laundry machines and force me to run back to my apartment every time i do a load to get a real quarter). the penny is from 1944 and is what the internet says is a "wheat-backed" penny.

it's probably a pretty common coin, but i thought i'd ask the blogosphere: could this penny actually be worth something, or is it just a neat old coin?

...like this, who needs enemies?

i mean, kicking in the groin? *WHO* does that?!?!

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It's January. STOP WATERING YOUR FUCKING LAWN, YOU STUPID BITCH. THANKS TO THE EVER-PRESENT PUDDLE OF STANDING WATER AT YOUR INTERSECTION, I WIPED OUT ON MY BIKE TONIGHT.

Somebody headed in the opposite direction stopped to make sure I was okay, which was nice. Also nice: the helmet I was wearing, which I felt impact the pavement. But my knees are bloody, my bike is fucked up, and I am not happy. It's not getting any greener, dumbass. If there had been a car behind me, I wouldn't have the luxury of whining on the internet. How about we just knock off the perpetual water-wasting, mkay?