For a minute there, I lost myself.

[wolfpangs]

• I would like to thank the United States Postal Service for their help in fancifying the package I sent to zooby yesterday and in particular, the wicked glee with which they helped.



• No thanks, though, to eBay who removed an auction after I'd both won and paid for it. Their response to my complaint was basically, "Best of luck!" Normally I wouldn't be so bothered by it except for always, but it was for Storyville, the love of my perfume life. I'm not sure why the auction was removed--I can't look at it anymore--but I'm going to guess it was because the seller did not explicitly state she was not affiliated with BPAL. Luckily, the seller (persephone1976) is not a scammer (and I received my package today), but I like how eBay's response was essentially, "Try finishing the transaction outside eBay," which their rules actually warn against.



• "Is he on, like, Gossip Girl or something?" —President Obama reacting to the boisterous applause mysteriously awarded to one questioner at a town hall in Los Angeles today (via nymag.com)
  
  Glee. Pure joy. And in case you couldn't guess, I'm also overjoyed by the new vegetable garden at the White House.



• Going Galt is still hilarious.

Where the Wild Things Are trailer:

Now I'm going to go HALT (catch up on my Tivo queue, read NY Mag and Jezebel, eat a salad).