I went to the mall tonight to get my dad his birthday present (objective acheived), and found the cutest pair of boots for me. Black suede with detailed stitching and a surprisingly comfortable stilleto heel.

The best part? Originally $275. On clearance for $68.

or rather, Wetness...

They just found evidence of water on Mars, and they think there was once enough of it to support life.

The Great Bread Experiment has begun.

In an hour and a half, my dough will either have doubled in size, or I will have to accept the fact that I am an irredeemable yeast killer.

Think good thoughts for all those poor little yeasties. They can use all the help they can get...

ETA: It worked! My very first ever successful loaf of bread. Yay me

Written for highlander100

The challenge was to use the words passion, see, cover, and silence. I figured if I could write something from a word salad spam, this should be a piece of cake.

( Re-entry )

So, gryphonrhi recieved a piece of spam with the following subject line, and wondered how that string of words could be made relevant to Viagra (what the e-mail was actually shilling).

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Thank you for participating in today's discussion. A lively back-and-forth between professor and student can add much to the classroom experience. However, in the future, it would be greatly appreciated if you would please stop talking long enough for the professor to actually answer the question you just asked. While your stream-of-consciousness ( Read more... )

When you go searching for fic, you never know what you'll find.

Enlistment by shaye. A Farscape/Harry Potter crossover. Yes, really. Utter silliness, loaded with pop-culture.

So, if The Lion King is really Hamlet, does that mean that Disney's latest direct-to-DVD offering, The Lion King 1 1/2, which is The Lion King from Timon and Pumbaa's point of view, is really Timon and Pumbaa Are Dead?

I wonder if they'll play Questions.

I snagged some freebie tickets to the latest production at the Folger Shakespeare Theater, thinking, hey, culture ( Read more... )