weirder than my usual thought trains anyway ( Read more... )

Ignore this. First, the idiots who put up the post originally didn't even check that Myst was already included in the exhibit (just not up for a vote; it got seeded a spot without one) but also apparently if you're not one of their extra super friends they don't want to hear from you.

So yay for the Smithsonian, one of my favorite institutions (even ( Read more... )

To Mom.

Mom always had a weird relationship with Christmas. Being born this close to it, and named "Carol," she had certain rules about the birthday. For example, on the advent calendar, this day was hers to open no matter whose turn it was. And you could NOT buy a combined Christmas/birthday present. And you could not wrap her birthday present ( Read more... )

I'm watching the coverage on the Fort Hood shootings right this minute and I got this pic off of the MSNBC website: (link to pic is here if it gets disabled)


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