Too busy and too lazy to create another, but I have to admit I thought of the man today - I guess one never forgets. 64, not 60, but best wishes still the same ( Read more... )

 
In an ongoing effort to explain the frequent obscure references to weird stuff around here, and for me_pirateship, because she asked, I thought it might be useful to refresh ourselves on

the origin of constant squirrel referencesThe original conversation referenced is gone, but you'll get the general idea if you followo the various links in the post (except ( Read more... )

 
For the small and innocent squirrel that I ran over this evening?

eeeeeeeeeeeeeeek! Yes, I am ashamed to say that this horrible, horrible claim is true. I have smushed, runned over, flattened, crushed, an eensy, weensy little squirrel.

The poor thing was so tiny, it had to be someone's baby. I grovel at your feet mousepads, begging ( Read more... )

 
I've just gotten a call from the local police station, and apparently the folks at the art gallery are complaining about the mess that was left on the sidewalk after the party.


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Ladies, we have a super sleuth among our hen-ranks. You may have missed the recent comments on another thread from fellow hen liana_liggins, where she indicated that she was doing some searching on the net and came across references to Alan having played a squirrel in a Christmas pantoWha? Huh? You mean all of our fantasizing and strategizing ( Read more... )

I really have been thinking we've been in need of some squirrely goodness. For those of you not familiar with the squirrel/Alan Rickman connection, some time ago, in some obscure comments conversation on Moro's blog, we got off on a tangent and decided that we were going to mention squirrels as much as humanly possible in relation to Alan Rickman ( Read more... )

The following story has been grossly exaggerated for purposes of comedy.

Prologue:

For those who may not be aware, a few days ago still photographs from Snow Cake were posted on the Berlinale Film Festival website. The usual uncontrollable squeeing and jubilation ensued among Rickman fans everywhere. Then, perplexingly, I discovered this ( Read more... )

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