"Even though it was an incredibly sad day, she looked so, so beautiful. I kept trying to figure out a way to tell her that, but all of the ways I thought of were weird and wrong. She was wearing the bracelet that I made for her, and that made me feel like one hundred dollars. I love making jewelry for her, because it makes her happy, and making her happy is another one of my raisons d'etre."

-Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

Twins are going to win the AL Central

This may be a little premature but I'm so excited for the Twins to win tomorrow!

animal fact of the week - sailfish are lightning fast.

Sailfish are the world's fastest fish, and also the best, at speeds of up to 70 miles per hour. In fact, the only faster animal is the Peregrine Falcon, who cheats by using gravity.