Great. LJ has some new posting format that covers the first 2 lines of my posting window. UNGGGH. Gah. Whatever. WAIT! Switching back & forth between the Visual editor tab & HTML tab seems to have fixed it. Stupid interface ( Read more... )

My boyfriend is an excellent cook ( Read more... )

LINKS:Banned Books Week is coming up at the end of September (specifically, September 26 - October 3, 2009): http://bannedbooksweek.org/Read more... )

This surprised me. BoingBoing links to an interview with "former KKK leader Johnny Lee Clary [who] explains how Reverend Wade Watts, an NAACP leader, disarmed him by being cool, funny, and brave, engaging in some first-rate psy-ops."

Clary is repentant now, but I still wasn't prepared for how well he told this story:Read more... )

This dude is SERIOUSLY my hero.

http://www.coolestone.com/media/775/Water_Slide_Experiment/

This video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-94JhLEiN0 - twittered by rmd, made me laugh and chair dance and cry and smile, all at once. Which was a little confusing, but I think I enjoyed the experience.

For reasons I can't quite explain, this video is VERY funny to me ( Read more... )

QUESTION TO PARENTS (and students): If I wanted to market to you that I can edit your son or daughter's college application essay and act as a writing coach, what would be the best way to reach you? Does your PTA have a newsletter? Is there some space where information swapping happens?

SUNDAY is Rabbit Hole Day (rabbitholeday). Getcher keyboards ready ( Read more... )

Superman, by way of Bollywood, with cheesy 1970's special effects, heavy sexual innuendo, and a very bad pompadour.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJsQgKCTucM

My eyes! My ears! My brain!

I even love the name...

BOOMSHINE!

This game is totally addictive, has nice music, and good sound effects.

http://www.k2xl.com/games/boomshine/

If I never leave the computer again, feel free to blame rmd for introducing me to this thing.