In a conversation with my sister that was spawned by the fact that On Stranger Tides is being sold in grocery stores, I came up with the idea of other movie franchises deciding to "adapt" Tim Powers novels.

• Ocean's 11+n: Last Call
  
• Twilight: The Stress of Her Regard
  

(That last one is my sister's fault.)

That's why I hate yard work so much. I did 5-6 hours of it today, and am now more tired than a very tired thing that's full of tires.

And it's still only May.

A children's bedtime story book about particle physics: Goodnight Muon

1. The bus driver driving aggresively and likely illegally. (That's not what the shoulder is for. Especially when you're as wide as a bus.)
   
2. The fact that if he weren't, we'd be barely moving at all.

I'm in a six-player RPG. We have a Julian, a Julia, and a Julie.

This could get confusing.

After a few incidents in a row that suggested I might want to be on Facebbok, I took advantage of my wasted afternoon and sat down to play with it ( Read more... )

From visiting a few Circuit Cities today, I ended up with five new CDs:

Disturbed
Nine Inch Nails
Disturbed
Still more Disturbed
and...
Paramore

Being on a bus heading toward the Lincoln Tunnel, sitting right above the squealing brakes, which are being used every 5-10 feet.

Ow.

Does anybody have a better name for the non-denominational winter gift-giving holiday? That name's a bit unweildy, and "NDWGGH" sounds like you're suffering from severe gastro-intestinal distress.

One thing that happens with ripping my old tapes is that I get to hear some really cheesy lyrics.

I think I'd be getting less cheese if I were mainlining Gouda than I do from Europe's song about ninjas.

Which has no idea what ninjas were.