The humor of this escaped me until I saw it through the eyes of someone who hadn't grown up familiar with the town.

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Headline from npr.org:

"Obama May Tap Technology Czar"

[snerk]

"Sarah Palin wasn't aware that Africa was a continent and she and her brood behaved like a band of "Wasilla hillbillies looting Neiman Marcus from coast to coast," aides to Republican John McCain are telling prominent news organizations.... She also didn't know the three countries that are in the North American Free Trade Agreement, namely Canada, ( Read more... )

Eight years ago, I had the pleasure of seeing John Waters speak in DC. I was half lecture, half standup, and quite extraordinary and funny. I forgotten all about it until recently I saw his "This Filthy World" on ShoTime ( Read more... )

I once again have been reminded to tout the magical properties of the stain removal product "Kiss Off" after I got little pesto stains out of white sweater. And it was achieved with relatively little effort ( Read more... )

{whilst scouting out possible sites for a pic-a-nic}

me: "I'm hoping that everyone blew their picnic wad last weekend."
him: {snerk} "If I had a blog I'd post that you just said that."
me: "Maybe we should start a LJ named PicnicWad.... no we shouldn't, that could get weird."

1st SMS text message: "I need paddle snap when I get home!"

Quickly followed by 2nd text: "Uh... that was supposed to be 'saddle soap'...."

"Tesla Coils Playing the Mario Bros. Theme Song are Unsurprisingly Awesome"Since childhood, I've had a fascination with Tesla and his scientific developments, as well as the flashes/fits of inspiration and invention that he described (similar to synesthesia). A brilliant Slavic-american with less business sense, he was misunderstood and suffered ( Read more... )

I ran across this photo with comment on Go Fug Yourself about Natasha Bedingfield which made me chortle, out loud. And remember a dreamy, long long-ago day, with mechagojira, mightyferrite and pastrybitch, and at least one other nubile body, stretched out on our pullout couch in a worn student apartment. Mechagojira was stunning us all with his ability to not only name all the ( Read more... )

With the hustle bustle of the holidays, I missed posting for Gregorian New Years, so here we are at Chinese New Year. Both new year holidays were in a period of learning and healing for me last year. Last (Gregorian) New Year showed me more about who and what I had to discard/shake off/ leave behind. By the time of the Chinese (Lunar) New Year ( Read more... )