All Posts by Kim Sachs

The Statue of Liberty is actually a statue of two different people. The face was that of Charlotte Bartholdi, the mother of the designer Frederic Auguste Bartholdi. The sculptor’s girlfriend, Jeanne-Emilie, was the model for the statue’s arms and body. Who-da thunk it?
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In Tucson, Arizona, it is illegal for women to wear pants. Update:  No, it’s not.
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The glue on Israeli postage is certified kosher.
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Useless knowledge of the day (UK of the day – catchy right?): The dot over the I is called the “tittle.” Okay…since it’s the first UK of the day i’ll give another one.. A “jiffy” is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.
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I live in Wisconsin. Wouldn’t you expect the string cheese to be so good here? Well it’s not. It’s nothing compared to polly-o orange and white twist-ums. (This is where I would insert a picture for all of you who don’t know what polly-o twist-ums are…but I just looked on google and all of...
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I’m trying to become a vegetarian. It’s really hard! Last night I had a dream about hamburgers. I need a coach. Right now i’m eating vegetarian chili and i wish that my zucchini and beans were replaced with meat. I don’t think i can do it!!!! tips?
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… a couple days ago, i was sitting in my room with some friends just reminiscing about the good ol’ days. you know, the days where you could drink out of juice boxes, make your mom cook you kraft mac n’ cheese (rugrats shaped), and force your older (i guess wiser) siblings to watch...
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does anyone know anything about film? does anyone want to edit my comm arts paper? yes. i’m still in college and still have grades. at least i wont be old and gray any time soon. just kidding. help!!!
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i feel bad for the leftys out there. seriously. all the lecture halls at this school discriminate against leftys! (i really don’t know if that’s how it’s spelled because the red squiggly is telling me it’s wrong…….) anyway, are you a lefty? how did you deal with the unjust desks??!?!! i’m a righty.
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crinkly leaf season. cause what’s better than stepping on a perfectly dry leaf and having it crinkle under your foot? ahhh. i think that’s better than an orgasm. no, seriously. if i had to choose between reproducing and crinkly leaf season i’d probably go with the latter. wait? sorry. that might offend people…. OKAY...
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