I have been utterly boggled and ear-wormed at the same time.

In following up on the scans_daily shutdown debacle (whole 'nother soap opera), I came across this link on Peter David's web site:

Saturday Morning WatchmenThe link to play the video is at the top. Go there, watch it, then come back and comment. If you have a suitable place to re-post this, please ( Read more... )

Something that I thought up several years ago which has occasionally become stuck in fabricdragon's (and my) head, intoned upon noticing the latest Stupid Thing™ that Frodo, our dog of that time, had done:

{with no apologies to the cathedral at Winchester}

Dim damn dumb dog
Dumb damn dim dog
Dim damn dumb dog
Dumb damn dim dog
DUMB...
DUMB...
DUMB...

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So, fabricdragon and I are out shopping at BJ's Wholesale Club on Friday, after having just spent 2 hours setting up her EZ-ups in the rain at the Wet Windstorm Rain Faire in Mercer County Park, New Jersey. Because it is on sale (had to buy it...), I purchase a club-sized box of Sudafed PE. As we're putting our purchases in the van, she looks down at the cart ( Read more... )

Tonight, my wife fabricdragon and I stopped into a PetSmart following our dinner at Chili's to pick up some birdie nut balls (or nutty bird balls, depending on your point of view...) for her Scarlet Macaw™, Blake ( Read more... )

I'm certain that this has already gotten around a bit, so forgive me if you've seen this before; however, if you haven't seen it, then click on the the link to see some penguins that can do what no other penguins can do!

(Yes, it's an April Fool's video from the BBC! Shades of the spaghetti harvest...)

What's really disturbing is that I haven't had any caffeine yet today...


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While having dinner with fabricdragon's parents on Easter Sunday, her mother mentioned talking with someone about the traditional Easter greeting exchange, to wit ( Read more... )

Got this from xinef.

A bit of performance art that went down in New York's Grand Central Station:

http://improveverywhere.com/2008/01/31/frozen-grand-central/

From the article:

On a cold Saturday in New York City, the world’s largest train station came to a sudden halt. Over 200 Improv Everywhere Agents froze in place at the exact same second for ( Read more... )