The Shipfitter's Wife by Dorianne Laux I loved him most when he came home from work, his fingers still curled from fitting pipe, his denim shirt ringed with sweat and smelling of salt, the drying weeds of the ocean. I’d go to where he sat on the edge of the bed, his forehead anointed with grease, his cracked hands jammed between his thighs, and unlace the steel-toed boots, stroke his ankles and calves, the pads and bones of his feet. Then I’d open his clothes and take the who

You have memorized the barcode number on the back of your library card. Lol

I recently watched a documentary about the font Helvetica. I had no idea that it was ubiquitous. Everything from our income tax forms to the shows The Office and Jackass to Urban Outfitters to all the logos you see in this post (and more) use it. It was cool to learn about the history of it and other things about typography on a more general level, like its grunge subculture and how some people see font choice as a form of personal expression, much like one's clothing choice

"April is the cruelest month" -T.S Eliot, "The Waste Land"