* "Running With Scissors" is my new favorite movie. Dark and humorous, it tracks the insane adolescence of Augusten Burroughs. As we left the theatre a man who sat in the row behind us commented:

"Wow. I feel like going and jumping off of a bridge," then laughter. He added, "But I fear I might have to wait in line once I get there." It's not every day you hear that after watching a movie.

* Yesterday a woman at my work confessed to me not only that she takes a strip pole dancing class--but that she has a pole in her bedroom she uses every morning. Seriously.

* A very kind, handsome man at my work once told me that he receives the American Girl Catalogue. Today he brought me his copy of it.

* Yesterday it was eighty degrees outside. Tomorrow is Thanksgiving. And half of my workplace is covered in snow for holiday season filming.

* I have a yam in my briefcase today. It's cooked and ready to eat for lunch... but still-- I have a yam in my briefcase.

* A woman in Brazil claimed her cat had a litter of puppies. It took blood tests to debunk the claim.