I got my Christmas wish. A white Christmas. There's more than an inch on the ground right now. It started around noon and is still going on. Fortunately, work was done at 6:30, though the managers let us peons leave before we were finished straightening so we could get the fuck out of there. It was seriously like driving in Michigan. Also, I ( Read more... )

My family totally fed my geek habit this year. My mother got me Watching the Watchmen, which is a sort of behind-the-scenes of Watchmen. Awesome. My parents also got me The Day the Earth Stood Still, Forbidden Planet and War of the Worlds (1953, the good version). My brother gave me A Wizard of Earthsea. Oddly enough, I had this really strong ( Read more... )

They say a picture's worth a thousand words, but I think this one's worth a thousand words and a three-hour Charlton Heston movie. Moses must be pissed.

Long story short: fundies are concerned about the economy, so they decide the best way to fix the problem is to pray it away. So they pray on Wall Street, at the statue of a golden bull. ( Read more... )

Happy zombie Jesus day! Don't forget to sacrifice your eggs to the big rabbit carpenter in the sky and eat plenty of chocolate to keep the zombies at bay.

Happy Pi Day!

Those of you outside the US may have to switch your month and day around so that you can get the full effect of Pi Day.

At work the other day, I had to deal with this conversation over the phone ( Read more... )

Here's a recipe for win cake ( Read more... )

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Happy Independence Day to all of my American friends. Okay, so the well-wishing is a little late, but better late than never right (except in the case of music and classes).

Many of us read the Declaration of Independence in school. You know, Whereas, since the close of the last war, the British parliament, etc. etc. But how many of us have ( Read more... )

Happy Valentine's Day. Or not.

For those of you that like Valentine's Day, I give you Sonnet 67 from Amoretti and Epithalamion by Spenser, my favorite sonnet ( Read more... )