Wildmon's American Family Association is protesting Hallmark's decision to recognize same-sex marriage. Why not use their form to show support for Hallmark, instead? Just make sure to spoof email so you don't end up on the AFA mailing list.

Thanks to jiggliuscaesar

Hundreds of residents and campers are evacuated by helicopter after heavy rains in the Grand Canyon, including one private boating party of 16. No injuries have been reported.

echoweaver and her husband are on a rafting trip in the Grand Canyon. It sounds like their vacation may have gotten a lot more exciting than they bargained for. I'm hoping they turn ( Read more... )

A meme borrowed from quezz:

You are in a mall when the zombies attack. You have:

1. one weapon.
2. one song blasting on the speakers.
3. one famous person to fight alongside you.

Weapon can be real or fictional, you may assume endless ammo if applicable. Person can be real or fictional.

1. Pulse rifle with under-mounted grenade launcher, ala Aliens2 ( Read more... )

Man, that was really a staggering amount of rain we got yesterday, in a series of stupendous cloudbursts that I swear could have flattened umbrellas ( Read more... )

So cold out; it's in the single digits. I ran for the bus, narrowly avoiding a twenty-minute wait, sans thermals, in the wintry morning ( Read more... )

For my fellow bibliophiles:

LibraryThing versus GoodReads. Which one and why?
(I'm on goodreads, but I'm looking at librarything, and it looks pretty cool.)

How do you go about finding new music to listen to? Since I commute, and can't really listen to the radio at work, I have to work at seeking out new artists to listen to. I keep meaning to try out pandora.com for that music-matching thing.

One of my latest favorite podcasts is the classical Concert at the Isabella Stuart Gardner Museum. I'm ( Read more... )

Behold Mary Kate & Ashley, a two-headed turtle that is actually con-joined twins.

As jhuliaghulia asked me when I told her about it, "Where does it POOP?"

You have to love the name.

So last Friday, I went and picked up some delicious H&H bagels from this tiny shop near where I go for PT. I sent my wife a text message from my phone to let her know: "I just bought you some of the most delicious bagels ( Read more... )

Overheard while standing in line for Bourne Ultimatum; a dad and his twelve(?)-year old son.

Kid: Dad, you're a nerd.

Dad: No I'm not. Give me one reason.

Kid: You watch Star Trek.

Dad: Only the original!

Kid: You wish you could speak Klingon!

Dad: Well, yeah, so? I'm not a nerd.

See, if I was that Dad, I'd be all, "That's right, I'm a big ( Read more... )