Thirty years ago, I helped the Penn State Monty Python Society achieve their 15 minutes of fame, thanks to a campus stunt we called "The Coke-In."

Today, a Penn State student published this excellent retrospective on the day and what led up to it:

Carbonated Campus Coup: The 1993 Penn State 'Coke-In'"

Remember me mentioning a side project that threw me off during my 30 Queries in 30 Days project? Well, it's now complete!

( Find out more about my latest labor of love. )

This is my entry this week in the mini-season of therealljidol, Exhibit B. Please read the many fine entries and check back later for a voting link (if there is one). This week's topic was to introduce someone else.

( How many hats can one woman own? )

This is my entry this week for the Exhibit A competition of therealljidol. I invite you to read and vote for the many fine entries. This week, we all chose different topics. Mine is "Kaleidoscopes."

( Freak out to a moonage daydream, oh yeah. )

Thank you, roina_arwen for the delicious virtual chocolate cupcake. It's nice to be remembered on this, my 42nd birthday.

42, the secret of Life, the Universe and Everything!

Originally posted by p_m_cryan at Still hoping for pledges for our bookstore.
[Crossposted on crowdfunding]

A follow-up to http://crowdfunding.livejournal.com/379790.html

As previously posted elsewhere, we at Annie's Book Stop of Worcester are doing a Peerbackers fundraiser to provide a base fund for a ( Read more... )

I personalized a Jib Jab video to thank everyone for helping me out with my Yahoo! articles and, especially, for reading them.

Shakespearean thank youThe video is of a puppet using Shakespearean-like speech to say thank you. The message is: "Thanks to you, I'm in the Yahoo! Contributor Network's Hot 500 this month. Thanks for all the hits, and all ( Read more... )

For the first time since he was born, we attended a party at The White Rabbit's house without our Kung Fu Panda, who stayed at home with our friend, The Improv Lawyer. It was like old times: getting silly with friends, building off each other's conversations, and being told several times that I was "cut off," despite the fact that I only had 2 1/2 ( Read more... )

This morning, I posted about the challenges of getting fit post-pregnancy on my fitness blog.

And now, only about a month after I actually took them, here are the photos from comedychick's visit to Philly.

( Photos from our day of Philly tourism. )

While I'm not posting here much until I finish with tomorrow's big Wild Violet reading (8 p.m. at MilkBoy Coffee in Ardmore -- please come), I have done a couple things for Yahoo!

A review of miranda_lane's recent play performance

A haiku inspired by a walk through a Philadelphia park

Also, if you haven't already, check out my new blog, renewmom, where I'm tracing ( Read more... )