Similarities Between Law Review Paper and Those Hairballs Car has been Puking Up Quite Astonishing; Woman Submits Comparative Photo to Smithsonian

So, I was sitting here banging away at the old laptop, as it were, and I totally missed the Cartoonist Conspiracy picnic and was feeling quite sorry for myself. So I took a 10-minute break to look on Craig's List (must always be vigilant for good freebies, you know). Well, I saw a yard sale advertised on there--a woman was getting rid all her sewing stuff: two machines, tons of fabric, notions, a dress form, PLUS "thousands of vintage dresses." REALLY? This was the sale made for me! Was I being baited? I looked quickly over my shoulder to see if someone was playing a trick on me, but no one was in sight. The sale was in Uptown, a mere 5-minute drive away. I had allotted myself a 1-hour break in the afternoon, so I packed up immediately and went to check it out. Alas, she had closed up early and there was no sale. Dang. Then I was feeling sorry for myself again so I stopped by Butter, a.k.a. "Home of the City's Tastiest Eclairs" and grabbed a little treat for the trip back. Then, I found a little estate sale, so of course I stopped. I got a vase that is so ugly it's cute, several packages of bedsheets still unopened circa 1970 (for quilting), several packages of handkerchiefs still unopened circa 1950, picture frames, books, etc. It was a total load-up. We had graduation at our school yesterday, and the flowers were still out. I'd been eyeing them up. No one was coming for them, and they were just rotting away. So I took my nifty new so-ugly-it's-cute vase, filled if full of dahlias, gardenias, and roses, smuggled it into the library, and plunked it on my desk. Now that I have flowers and a car full of yard sale goodies, maybe I can clean up that paper a bit...