Thanks to takhisis for finding this, and posted for the benefit of veronica_rich:

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Enjoy -- I WILL!

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!

Wouldn't be V-day without this (in Legos, no less):

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(If any are acratching their heads in puzzlement, ask a "Simpsons" fan.)

Since the_dark_snack and I are spending the day apart, we did our Valentines meal yesterday, getting the special-for-two at MaMa's Korean restaurant. Kim-chee is love (who knew ( Read more... )

Yesterday's Super Bowl had a pretty good crop of ads, the most-watched commercials of the year.

For my Top 3, I'd have to go with:

3. This NFL House Ad mashing up past sitcoms (clever giving Alf the cat-derived mascot, even if the team wasn't around when his show was)

2. The Bridgestone ad called "Carma"

And 1, this Volkswagen ad:

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And while ( Read more... )

It was 25 years ago today. I happened to be at home on leave from the Army at the time. I didn't see the explosion live, but the TV showed it over and over, as they like to do ( Read more... )

Hope everyone had a good Labor Day Weekend (or just a good weekend for those not in the States), especially ellensparkleyes  and brandedeclipse , who both celebrated birthdays on Sunday.

And while I'm at it, HAPPY BIRTHDAY today to shay_writes !

Saturday the_dark_snack  and I were joined by veronica_rich  and we went to what is for us a very dangerous place: Half-Price Books during a sale.

Actually, we first went to ( Read more... )

Current events have left me with a crapload to say, but a big project at work (plus the IndyFringe theatre festival downtown) leave me with no time to write it -- at least for a few days.

Still, today is Drama-Free Thursday, so I must step back -- breathe.

For a shiny thought of the day, I'll give you this, which I happened to listen to today:

"Sowing ( Read more... )

As one of the YouTube commenters said, "I've suddenly developed this bizarre urge to be Ray Bradbury." (Video NSFW)

Like most folks, I've been following the goings-on with the fight to oppose or preserve California's Proposition 8 banning gay marriage (other than the ones that are already in force) in the state.

In the conservative panic e-mails and news reports, Prop 8 supporters have been carping about "the will of 7 million California voters" (I lifted that ( Read more... )

Thanks to a recent episode of "Live from Abbey Road" I've got this song stuck in my head. Any "remedy" for that?

So, the big busy I'm working on this week is formatting results and photos from the recent County Fair into what will be a 64-page (tab size) "Scrapbook" that the paper will put out next week ( Read more... )