So... happy September! Since this appears to be my first post this month. (Shush, I know it's half over.) School is back in, of course, and I now live around the corner from a junior school (elementary/grade school) so I see lots and lots of kids in uniforms. As opposed to lots and lots of just-barely-not-kids in jeans and hoodies headed for the ( Read more... )

The outer edge of Hurricane Bill is at Halifax now, according to the satellite images I can find. Eye should pass over in a few hours. It's currently labelled as a tropical storm, with heavy rainfall and attendant flooding, and extreme winds warnings. Bill has, however, ranged from a tropical storm to a Category 4 Hurricane along its journey, so. ( Read more... )

Did y'all know that Viagra was originally conceived as a hypertension treatment? Which technically works, since it does reduce blood pressure by, ah, redirecting the flow, so to speak. Hee. The things you learn watching TV with an A&E nurse. *g* I've met all but one housemate - well, two, if you include the girl who isn't moving in until next week ( Read more... )

Infected chipmunks from France set to invade UK. Now, the *actual* headline when you get to the linked article is a bit different, but the text I've used is what shows on the Yahoo!UK & Ireland home page. It made me laugh. The problem itself, not so much, although I think a chipmunk might be a bit easier to avoid than a mosquito so far as Lyme ( Read more... )

Who likes to "skate" down the inside hand railing of an old spiral staircase in satin slippers and a gown, one hand on the middle pole support and one hand out to feel the breeze like you do from a car window, and who is freaking out because her newly betrothed prince just gave her a hug and she had a woody from the adrenaline rush of said stair- ( Read more... )

To the Canadians and more northerly Americans, that would mean that the roads are being sanded. :D I'm kind of amused that this is apparently worth announcing on status signs along the motorway. My experience tends to be more on the, "Hey, it's icy. Where the hell are the salt trucks?" side ( Read more... )

looking_spiffy has put up a few iconses related to Mr. Thomas's appearance on It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Because she's awesome like that. And the lines immortalised in my GIP make me LMAO every time I think of the scene. *claps in glee* There are some verrah pretty F1 ones, too ( Read more... )

Eljay is pissing me off. I have totally fallen off on commenting lately, though I'm still reading, if faster than usual, but now, it's not fucking LETTING ME COMMENT! I keep getting an error page - and not one of the fun ones, either. AIM is also refusing to connect. Grrrrr. The comments thing seems to have something to do with when I lose my 'net ( Read more... )

Anyone else gotten a "404 Page Not Found" error on an LJ page lately? I had one that didn't load properly (too many tabs open... whoops) and this was the actual error message ( Read more... )

Happy anniversary to Billie Joe and Adrienne Armstrong. Fourteen years and counting; congratulations. ♥

Happy birthday to Jeff, too, though she doesn't LJ (I emailed). She wants me to get a facebook and, well, no. Not getting on that boat thanks. Now that she's FINALLY bought a fucking computer maybe I can talk her into LJ-ing instead ( Read more... )