So, included on my 7-year old niece's birthday gift wish list this year were Polly Pockets and Squinkies. Polly Pocket has been around for years, so I was familiar with that line, but Squinkies? Before I went to Target to hunt them down, I was just trying to figure out what the heck they were. Now I know what they are, but I am still completely ( Read more... )

Our figure skating club's Christmas show is tonight, and I found out last night that I was going to have the honor of writing the script (I'm the announcer, they didn't have anything already written out for me to say, so I more or less had to volunteer.)

Anyway, I was working on revising a few of the sections this afternoon, and humming some of the ( Read more... )

I don't know if it makes me a good or a bad sub for letting two kids in the Junior A-level English class I was subbing in today have a handstand contest. (The varsity cheerleader won, to no one's great surprise.) Two kids in the period after that wanted to have a standing backflip contest, but I ix-nayed that. Not sure what inspired all the ( Read more... )

( CSI:Normandy )

That is, the Old Spice commercials and libraries.

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Plus, this one with the actual Old Spice Guy.

So. It looks like most of the plans I'd had for the weekend are going to be amended. We had our fishing tournament (the station event I mentioned in yesterday's post) this morning, and I did my usual walking-around-to-take-photos bit. It rained for a while early on, which made the grass nice and slippery. That should've been my first warning. I was ( Read more... )

Ah, April 1. The one day of the year where I don't believe anything anyone tells me until I've Googled and/or Snoped it.

In related news: it's also New Phone Day! ( The White Screen of Death and Other Woes. )

This Tumblr blog popped up in my Twitter feed today, via EW.com. And it made my day.

Michael Buble Being Stalked By a Velociraptor.


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Although I'm not sure if any group of athletes could possibly compete with the genetic jackpot that was the US Men's 2008 Olympic swimming team, I feel obligated to carry on my (admittedly shallow) pre-Olympics tradition.

Hence, Olympic Eye Candy 2010!

( A by no means exhaustive list )

Even though I'm not participating in NaNoWriMo, this seems appropriate.

( Characters For An Epic Tale )