I learned one of those really obscure life lessons the other day.

It turns out, you shouldn't fill glasses and cups inside the refrigerator. I have a spacious fridge--way too much room inside for a single guy who almost never cooks. It's also a pretty high-end machine with a bunch of those sturdy, adjustable glass shelves that can hold considerable weight. Naturally, when I have such huge real estate inside the icebox, I figured I could set my cheap plastic cup on a shelf and fill it up with milk and make a few less steps.

It turns out, the cup was so cheap that when I grabbed it when it was full, the sides split, flooding the fridge with milk!

Lesson: don't fill cups or glasses inside the fridge, the counter and the floor are a lot easier to clean up...

CDs listened to today:

• Norman Dello Joio: Meditations on Ecclesiastes
• Ludacris: Chicken*N*Beer
• Nick Didkovsky: Amalia's Secret
• Alan Hovhaness: Symphony No. 15, Silver Pilgrimage
• Paul Oakenfold: Bunkka
• Test Icicles: For Screening Purposes Only
• The Joggers: Solid Guild
• Emma Lou Diemer: Concerto in One Movement for Piano