I pretty much run my FB account (which I have because it's the only way to keep up with some friends and relatives, sadly) like a Tumblr, reposting whatever random shiny stuff I encounter that amuses me (George Takei's FB page is a real gem for that -- if you're on FB and haven't checked it out, do yourself a favor and take a look). Here are a ( Read more... )

Just randomly, have a recipe. I made this up last week (out of things I had around the kitchen) for an informal movie night with friends. It was very popular, and thus worth writing down. Vegetarian but not vegan, gluten-free but not soy/legume-free.

( Recipe, under the cut. )

I thought the friends list would like these random gems of internet humor that have ended up downloaded to my computer at one time or another, so without further ado (or attributions -- I'm being a jerk about that this time, though I freely declare none of them are my work), here they are.


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The Geek Zodiac

(Something fun while I'm checking back and forth to see what's up with various accounts . . . thanks to calliopes_pen for the link!)

A Facebook friend linked to this blog entry, "The Book Surgeon", and while I'm normally against mutilation of books, this guy gets a pass for the incredible artistry he achieves. Worth sharing here.

Another post on the same blog also deserves to be passed along: "Little Red Riding Hood's Demise". Despite the title, the images in this photoshoot ( Read more... )

Man, am I EVER getting spam today -- way more than usual. Although I did find a piece of entertaining "WTF??" in the pile. It's supposedly from someone named "Trudie Honeychurch rosa" [sic], and the subject line reads:

"Fw: Fw levels red threats round 2 library wife: STILL ALIVE KIDNAPPED- HONEYCHURCH ROSA, TRUDI- I'M BEING FORCED FED TO HEAR ( Read more... )

Just had an inspiration: if you live somewhere with a funny name, why not capitalize on that? Since postcards mailed from exotic places appear to be things that people like to bid on in the "interesting stuff" thread, I'm offering to mail out a postcard per "Help Japan" v-gift sent to honorh's profile. Who knows, might earn a few bucks.

Thread is here ( Read more... )

Huh. Never got into the books because a) Martin still hasn't finished them and I don't feel like waiting in agony for the next installment; and b) because Martin, while a *brilliant* writer, also tells stories that are depressing as hell and I didn't feel like going through the emotional wringer. But this series looks like it's gonna be to fantasy ( Read more... )

Wow. While searching for a pet-fur-spinning book to link to in that last post, I got some REALLY interesting "related" craft books popping up over at Amazon. Here's a sampling.

Creepy Cute Crochet: Zombies, Ninjas, Robots, and More! -- Is Cthulhu in the public domain? I sure as hell hope so, otherwise can we say, "copyright violation"?

Charmed ( Read more... )

So a friend and I were eating chocolate and cruising YouTube the other night, watching random vids of Christmas traditions from around the world (inspired by this Cracked column, "Five creepy Christmas traditions from around the world"), and we got into a Krampus-fest to celebrate our Germanic heritage ( Read more... )