CNN reports that People For The Ethical Treatment Of Animals have asked the Pet Shop Boys to change their name.Their suggestion? "Rescue Shelter Boys ( Read more... )

I managed to sleep until 2:15 today. I guess I needed the rest, though I'd actually wanted to get up a bit earlier (like around noon, which would have given me about 9.5 hours of sleep) because I haven't had a chance to do laundry in about a month, and it's piled up. I have four loads in right now (technically we're not supposed to use more than ( Read more... )

At the risk of sounding stereotypically gay... I love these guys. And the dancers at the 7:20 point of the video aren't bad either. :)

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(As I said to troystar, however... I think Brandon Flowers may have raided Neil Tennant's closet for that outfit ( Read more... )

... thanks to elizard100's post from earlier today, I'm seeing Erasure, Debbie Harry, Cyndi Lauper and The Dresden Dolls on June 19 at the Molson Ampitheatre. Of course, Erasure is the real reason I broke down and bought a ticket. :) (I don't think I've ever even heard a single Dresden Dolls song, though I've heard of the group ( Read more... )

Thanks go to bovil for posting a link to these filk lyrics by Tom Smith...

( Cat Macros )

How is it I'm only finding out now, three days after the announcement was made, that the Pet Shop Boys have been nominated for two - count'em, two - Grammy Awards this year ( Read more... )

I just had a HUGE. FUCKING. SPIDER. casually stroll across the wall in front of me, two feet away.

I have no idea where it came from. I just hope there are no more.

(I grabbed a paper towel, shmushed it, and flushed it.)
I didn't hear back from that recruiter today - she wanted me to come downtown to her office for a short technical interview and ( Read more... )

I just came across this in the Doctor Who forum on TrekBBS, and had to share. troystar, you may want to take note:

Well, just back from seeing the pint sized popster herself, Miss Kylie Minogue ( Read more... )

*waves at angrykat* I got your message this afternoon. The barista who conveyed it was much amused when I explained it. (Not quite as amused as Francis seemed to be the other day, but still amused.)

A grad student is studying how memes travel around cyberspace... go, click, and help him with his research: What is the speed of meme?My Scripting Languages ( Read more... )

Amusement of the day: thanks go to mencc1701, who posted this link over at TrekBBS:

Glarkware - Classic Metal Thingees:


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