Oh, msbelle, I am so sorry. What a rough thing. Poor you, poor Mac.

Ack, msbelle, that's so hard. I'm sorry. Yes, definitely treat yourself at lunch today.

Oh msbelle, sending you love. Ice cream sounds like a good plan.

I have a bunch of work items to take care of, all of which fall under the "onerosity-mild" category, like rec letters to write and job offers to send out, plus lots of laundry, also mildly onerous. feh. If I get done in time, I'll go to BevMo and take advantage of the 5 cent sale.

I'm sorry, msbelle. I wish he could take out all that anger on a punching bag.

The 23 Types of Vagabonds

Yes, that fellow is a vagabond — a criminal of some sort — but what kind? There is a taxonomy, for not all rogues are alike. In 1566, English writer Thomas Harman created one, and eleven years later, William Harrison published a complete list. Here are the male vagabonds:

The several disorders and degrees amongst our idle vagabonds:

1. Rufflers (thieving beggars, apprentice uprightment)
2. Uprightmen (leaders of robber bands)
3. Hookers or anglers (thieves who steal through windows with hooks)
4. Rogues (rank-and-file vagabonds)
5. Wild rogues (those born of rogues)
6. Priggers of prancers (horse thieves)
7. Palliards (male and female beggars, traveling in pairs)
8. Fraters (sham proctors, pretending to beg for hospitals, etc.)
9. Abrams (feined lunatics)
10. Fresh-water mariners or whipjacks (beggars pretending shipwreck)
11. Dummerers (sham deaf-mutes)
12. Drunken tinkers (thieves using the trade as a cover)
13. Swadders or peddlers (thieves pretending to be peddlers)
14. Jarkmen (forgers of licenses) or patricoes (hedge priests)

I wonder if the modern definition of 'hooker' evolved from #3....

I am trying to wrap up all my work (just a few things to go, but I'm worried that tomorrow I will think I'm ALMOST wrapped up and then find there's like 80 more things to do).

I also have to clean my house today because the cleaning lady is coming tomorrow! (We finally got around to hiring someone, but now must make it easy for her to...walk through my bedroom, for instance) I figure this is a good thing, but it also is like 'AHHHH!'

The 23 Types of Vagabonds

I do love me a rogue.

Unrelatedly, holy crap, turkey wrapped around a slice of avocado is so good I cannot render it textually.

Make All the Things Hyperrealistic!

Allie Brosh’s “Clean All the Things” comic panel (from this post) took on a life of its own as a meme. Now artist Sam Spratt has made a terrifyingly hyperrealistic version. He also made a video that shows us how he did it.

I totally need a poster of this.

9. Abrams (feined lunatics)

And J.J.'s secret comes to light.