not the best day ever

Today I learned that we really have to supply our dryer, which is in the kitchen, with its own filtered air source. Some thought has clearly gone into this system since you frequent readers already know that dryers pull 200 cubic feet per minute (cfm), but the point was driven home this afternoon when I did laundry and developed cramps in my back and neck from a combination of pollen and air pollution that got in, and that's not something I want to repeat.

In other unfortunate news, from an interesting article about a book on the abandoned luggage of deceased denizens of mental hospitals, we have the following uncomfortable quote of the day:

The photographs, in fact, speak far louder and more clearly than the authors’ strident prose, for what could have been a uniquely affecting work proves to be almost unreadable.