If you don't know me by now: Shopping

Over the last many months I slowly concluded that I needed some new clothes.  One of my work shirts has a hole in the elbow, a pair of blue pants is looking pretty threadbare, some brown pants have fallen victim to my uncontainable waist.  And I need some non-tennis casual shoes - the utterance of such an impractical idea must surely be a sign of my fashion maturity. 

So I went to the mall, with a focus on Macy's and side visit possibilities to Banana Republic and J Crew. A DSW show store was also in the area. On my list: brown and blue pants for work, and a pair of shoes.  After checking out Macy's for a baseline, then the other stores to see if they had anything of better value (negative), and then returning to Macy's to settle on some final items (I couldn't), I wandered into the GAP, where I bought a pair of grey pants and a pair of jeans.  Having failed on the pants, I thought the shoes would be a gimme at DSW, but I came away empty handed. 

So I went in looking for brown and blue pants and shoes, and after 3 hours shopping I still need all three.  

the American president, the French rat

From Truman:

The "lesson" of Truman's life, said Senator Adlai E. Stevenson III of Illinois, was a lesson about ourselves: "an object lesson in the vitality of popular government; an example of the ability of this society to yield up, from the most unremarkable origins, the most remarkable men."

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From Ratatouille:

EGO: In the past I have made no secret of my disdain for Chef Gusteau's famous motto: "Anyone Can Cook". But I realize only now do I truly understand what he meant. Not everyone can become a great artist, but a great artist can come from anywhere.