Today is July 22.

On July 22, 1099, Godfrey of Bouillon was elected the first Protector of the Holy Sepulchre in the Kingdom of Jerusalem.

A bouillon cube is powdered broth ('bouillon' in French) formed into a small cube, made by dehydrating vegetables, seasonings (usually including large quantities of salt and monosodium glutamate), solid fat, ( Read more... )

The remake of 'The Omen' comes out on 06-06-06, the date of The Beast. Of course, with numerological significance like that, people are bound to take either advantage or precautions.

These women, for example, fear what grows within them.

And there are many releases --other than 'The Omen-- that are just as horrific:
Ann Coulter's new book
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The triple-character is one of the most insidious of all configurations of alphanumerics. These trios gain strength from their proximity and reinforce one another's devilry. This phenomemon is a natural extension of society's obsession with threes: 3 bears, 3 pigs, 3 tenors, The Big Three. Even online games show us just how prevalent the power ( Read more... )

Because I've gotten hooked on this concept, I present another One Of These Things puzzle. Yesterday's puzzle was tricky because there was no one answer; every three of the four had something in common that the fourth did not. Today's offering is no different. There are four answers to it: four connections that leave out one of the items ( Read more... )

Three of these things belong together,
three of these things are one and the same.
But one of these things is not like the other,
now it's time to play our game.
IT'S TIME TO PLAY OUR GAME.


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If love of the dead is necrophilia, what is love of the undead?


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Yesterday, I bought another 30 bucks of stuff at the Student Stores. Neither of the two items purchased (yep, two. Sigh.) was really a necessary one. At all.

1) Heller's Catch-22. I've always sort of meant to read past where I got in 8th grade when I started it for a project, realized I didn't have enough time to finish it, and so read Elie ( Read more... )

Today's theme: Learning how to use the really fun html code in LiveJournal ( Read more... )

Wheeeeeen yoooooou're sliding into first
And you can't keep your lips pursed
Logorrhea! Logorrhea!
When you're running into third
No one else can say a word
Logorrhea! Logorrhea!
When you talk yourself to death
'Cause you never take a breath
Logorrhea! Logorrhea!

When you're riding in your chevy
and your double D's get heavy
Galactorrhea! ( Read more... )

I like to keep my improv friends who work all day busy reading stuff on the DSI Forums, and I'm always on the lookout for new topics to post that might spark debate, discussion or just disgust. Today, that pursuit led me to Google the phrase "thought-provoking questions" and I went to the first link provided. (On Google, the link is listed like ( Read more... )