I was in downtown Silver Spring tonight, celebrating efbq's recent birthday and the birthday of another good friend of mine from the Green Party. We left the restaurant about 10:15 pm and headed back to where we'd parked the car on Ellsworth, when we ran into an extreme police presence, presaged by the cop cars which had been whizzing by the window ( Read more... )

Happy birthday, chickenhat!

Almost entirely over the cold now, except for the annoying, occasional cough. Henry Rollins verbally kicked ass as always, and fafou is officially the best person in the world for taking me there (and munching at the Paper Moon after). Things are getting very innerestin' with Jesse Johnson's campaign for President - further details forthcoming, but ( Read more... )

Ended up at both halves of chickenhat's birthday party - the movie in Baltimore (Lawrence of Arabia) which was pretty damned good (Kid-2 kvetched about it a bit, but well, she is 12, and she did appreciate the theater) - and the drinking in DC, with some former Skraelings and like that (where everyone saw the pic of Kid-1 in my wallet and agreed that if ( Read more... )

Oh, what a giveaway!

Recently, the blog bOINGbOING put up a painting by Amy Crehore. It's a nude (though nothing of the naughty bits is shown - the woman is strategically holding a guitar). If you've never seen her work, I suppose I would recommend it. It tends to be sensual and lush, and reminds me a bit of Gauguin, but to my mind sometimes ( Read more... )

Eh, boy. Not a great day. Been vaguely blargh with some non-specified thing that had me wake up late with a headache and flippy stomach, though I've successfully treated both since. Kid-1 was being a bratty thing, causing her to stalk out and find my Mom to take her to her soccer game; I've described elsewhere the navigational instincts of my ( Read more... )

The happiest of birfdays to our lovely wonderful daughter papertigers!! And the monkeys say "happy birthday", too, but they are currently busy doing homework, so they are kinda busy...

Lots of birthday hugs and well wishes and coollikedat to aramintamd and to nacho_cheese! And to make_your_move's oldest daughter! And a slightly belated one (with my new Guy Fawkes mask on) to maiku84!

No place to wear my new mask yesterday.* /me makes the grumpy face. Contemplating wearing it to the trivia contest tonight.

* I can't say much that I appreciate Mr. Fawkes' methods, ( Read more... )

First off, a happy, happy and slightly belated birthday to eibii! (She is exempt from reading the griping below, and gets only sweetness and light and stuff.) Would have wished it earlier, but it's also my mother's birthday.

Secondly, in the words of crazieabby, "Congratulations to the 1986 Boston Red Sox!"

( gripe )

First, a happy but belated b-day to our favorite rollergirl, fightscrime! Yay woo!

Secondly, here's that meme that's going about concerning things between your SO and you.

( The SO thing )