I'm sort of in an odd mood, so here's an odd sort of question.

Everyone thinks of a particular muppet when they think of Jim Henson. Generally, it's someone like Kermit, Miss Piggy, Oscar the Grouch, or Bert (or Ernie). ...but most of us who grew up with them have a particular oddball favorite. Perhaps it's the Honkers from Sesame Street. ( Read more... )

I don't generally take the OKCupid tests, but this one amused me, largely because of the image.

( How Bostonian are you? )

I've been fighting some sort of flu bug since Thanksgiving, along with just about everyone I know. Word to the wise: don't catch it. It's a pain.

This week has already been rather busy, and things don't look likely to let up.

For what it's worth, I will be in Boston for Christmas, but my family is rather possessive, and my time hanging with ( Read more... )

( The Seven Song Meme )

coyotewatches and selenya said to quote some of the Bard. Here's one of my favorite bits:Now my Charmes are all ore-throwne ( Read more... )

Normally, I don't go in for this sort of thing, but since it encourages back-and forth in comments, I'll give it a go.

( Call and response, folks! )

Meme via mgrasso and others.

( Cut to avoid F-List clutter. )

Stolen from rollick, the first lines (plus a little, if the line was a bit ambiguous) of my ten favorite books, or at least those books I could locate in my collection. If a prologue existed, these are the first lines of the actual first chapters / books:

1. "Before the gods that made the gods / Had seen their sunrise pass, / The White Horse of the White ( Read more... )

I've been feeling vaguely pissy of late, so I'll take a stab at this, especially since it allows me to get the creative juices flowing. I used an ordered list to make the formatting prettier and harder to cut and paste, because, as I said, I'm pissy:

1. Comment with a topic on which you would like me to rant, possibly with profanity. I don't even have ( Read more... )