A step too far?

I hate smoking as much as the next person whose father died of lung cancer, but IU banning smoking from all of campus seems a bit much to impose on the addicted self-medicators. Not from all buildings, that's been done; from all property, even stepping outside the building.

Former narc turns coat

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14470003

cookies and such

Walking up Walnut tonight, I found, between 7th and 8th, "insomnia cookies". A cookie place, open from 4pm-2am, making deliveries after 8pm. Cookies and brownies, basically. I had a chocolate chunk cookie for $0.95, and it was good chocolatey gooeyness. Been open a week, I asked if they were still decoration since it looks very industrial -- warehouse-high ceiling, big steam pipes, black walls -- and she said yeah, the owner's looking for artists to pretty up the place. Don't know if that means murals or hanging art or what, but hey.

Japanee, formerly Japonais, I'm pretty sure formerly had a parking lot. Now it has Japanese-ish wooden outdoor seating.

I've usually been disappointed by the savory crepes at Cafe et Crepe, but tonight's chicken fromage was pretty good, and the other SFDG attendees liked their dinners as well.

Random thought: "I owe you a phone call" is not, in the end, a substitute for actually making the phone call.