“I went to Comic-Con and I’ve been to Small Press [Expo] … and Dragon Con,” the congressman recounted about attending his first nerd-culture festivals. “It sort of changed my life.”Joe and I got food at my local Harris Teeter the other day, and I told him about being there with my friend David who was trying to alert me that John Lewis was ( Read more... )

I'm bemused by Christmas and the beginning of Chanukah being the same day, for the first time in my memory. I've got a couple of actual Christmas things I'm going to today and tomorrow; hopefully it won't be taken weirdly if I bring my tow truck menorah ( Read more... )

And since I don't see them often, this is why it's impossible for me to wrest away. And hence the restaurant glasses*

Over in FB, I posted a link to a lovely photoset of older women with brightly colored hair and introduced it thussly: 1) when last in Florida I noticed an ad getting a lot of prime time playtime, of a couple gals getting purple ( Read more... )

Well, speaking of pronouns. And watching trailers about lions. A trailer, in fact,that I saw the other day when blackjack and I went to see What We Do In The Shadows (which is a mockumentary about a few vampires sharing a house in New Zealand, and highly recommend ( Read more... )

Someone was listening to his Susan Werner CD, and Late For The Dance reminded him of me.

( he sent me the words )

It is late and my back and feet hurt and wonderer, in the other bed, has an 8am tech call, so I shouldn't much write just now, but Btw, if you see me here at Arisia, I should probably warn you that certain topics will be difficult, and I may need to change subjects. Mom's final illness revealed itself at 4:30 am the night after last year's Arisia, and she ( Read more... )

proliferation of GF as an eating choice is both good and bad for those who have celiac diseaseIn that on the one hand it means a whole lot more food options, but on the other hand it means that the vast majority of times someone asks for a GF meal it isn't actually a big deal whether there is trace contamination. For someone with celiac disease, ( Read more... )

I am saddened that there is no reference to Douglas Adams in this article. (I must assume she herself has not heard of Eccentrica Gallumbits or she would not have volunteered that a side intent, secondary to reality TV hopes, was to become unattractive to men ( Read more... )

Mobile user synopsis: maligned donut shop in frontroyal stars in dream; hifi earphones and associated musing on targeted marketing; amusing article about CEOs and dumbphones; further commentary on mobile experience. she kills monsters. knoxville dither, wilderness emt/momapartment, need help.

( a dream, involving many folks and a donut shop that is in the real life news )

When I walked into the house I had a couple links I was planning on talking about, but nearly 7 hrs later I've forgotten what those were. OTOH, I find myself sorely tempted by modern day wonder woman underoos that would likely fit except, $35 and detachable cape on the panties ( Read more... )