Have rolled in the door from the annual Work Dinner.  Did my best to eat a steak the size of my head.  I swear it was three inches thick.  Hot all the way through, but brown only on the outside; pink shading to blue all inside.  Also: margeritas, piña coladas, a bottle of superb Chilean wine, garlic mashed potatos, mushrooms escargo baked goat ( Read more... )

...a one-man, 64-voice Acapella version of "Thriller":
I miss Vincent Price :(

Customer pulls up outside the shop, old retired Army guy, starts unloading his empty bottles, then stops and runs inside.  "Hey, did you see the plane??"

No, so we (me and the other customer) ran outside and there it was, one of these (pic from a webpage):


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And I say again: YAY!!!

Best. Companion. Ever.

Your result for The Doctor Who Companion Test...
Sarah Jane


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So, on Sunday Sept. 7th - you see how hot and up to date the content is here - the fencing club had an afternoon excursion on the St. Lawrence II, Kingston's sail training brigantine, and, well I wouldn't be posting about it if I hadn't gone, would I?

(Excursus: There should be a name for that thing where you go off and do something novel and ( Read more... )

stupidgoatboy  has joined our ranks! Praise Yig!

:D~<

A recent scene from Cpunk High, as seen by Wordle:


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I went into The Minotaur, a games and toys shop that
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Had my first day of training at the winemaking shop today, from 9 to 5. I went to bed early last night, so of course I couldn't get to sleep for 3 hours and ended up zombified. Thank God for adrenaline.

I was shown the ropes by Roger, one of the two guys who run the place (the other, Charles, is the owner). Roger is very French; I had my usual ( Read more... )