For those who don't already know:

mabfan and wife gnomi welcomed two twin children, their first, to their family today ( Read more... )

I'm sure it's a trick, but... anyone have any idea how this works? I've tried several different combinations and it keeps giving the right answer. Hm.

Just thinking...

The King of Rock 'n Roll died at 42.

The King of Pop died at 50.

Maybe it's not so good to be the king after all...

(The Godfather of Soul, however, died at 73. Hm.)

I don't usually take an interest in such things, but I thought some of you might be intrigued and/or amused to learn that Neil Gaiman is dating Amanda Palmer. Huh. Links of various sorts on chanaleh's post... (Assuming you don't mind my linking rather than splicing...)

A friend's brother is taking a "Music of the World" course at UMass/Boston, and has chosen to give his presentation on... the theremin ( Read more... )

Got a note from our friend M., who recently had a job interview locally that seems to hold promise:
I'll be in North Andover for at least a week, starting November 11.... I was wondering if you knew someone I could rent a room from, initially on a short-, subsequently perhaps a longer-term basis. Somewhere quiet, mammal-free, and within feasible ( ( Read more... )

Just a reminder to anyone who's up that we lose an hour tonight. Bleah.

I've been having trouble getting up - and subsequently been running late - all summer, but since we changed the clocks back, I've noticed that I'm feeling much more alert. Apparently my inner circadian doesn't like Daylight Savings. So that made me wonder whether anyone else has been similarly affected...

Poll spring forward, fall asleep

Just curious, triggered by a recent conversation with someone... how many of you have thought about what you would do if you were ever attacked?

Recently someone posted to a local list I'm on with a number of items he wanted to give away. One of them was an encyclopedia. I mentioned it to sdavido, and we agreed that an encyclopedia is always good to have, so I wrote back to the gentleman in question to claim it. He responded that it was still available, so I asked when and where it would be ( Read more... )