If you enjoy calamari or would like to read about Robert's and my cutthroat adventures in dining, go here for the grand debut of Squid Row!

Nothing held back, every plate is on the line!

After a week that ended on a crappy note, I was very thankful that Robert and I were able to attend a performance by the U.S. Navy Band's jazz ensemble, The Commodores, last night at Lake Accotink. It was a fabulous performance that included both instrumental and vocal selections. By a bright pink sunset over the lake, the evening could not have ( Read more... )

( Yarr, there be spoilers within... )

Alright, readership...tonight's pretentious theme is wine songs. Either songs about wine or songs that contain significant wine references. What must you add to the rack?

Red, Red Wine
UB40/Neil Diamond

Red, red wine
Go to my head
Make me forget that I
Still need her so.

Your Mistake
Sister Hazel

I’m not right ( Read more... )

Credited to shaynehunter

Name the song/artist from the quoted line. Lines have been edited for inclusion in the next version of the SATs. For bonus points, provide a translation of the line back to its original form.1) Oh, how the circumstances resemble the notion of treading across shards of crystalline substance ( Read more... )

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Go to Wikipedia. Enter your birthday (without the year). List three nifty things that happened on that date, three other people that were born, and three people that died.

On January 10th, the following made history:

Events1776 ~ Thomas Paine published Common Sense ( Read more... )

( Part philosophy, part kindergarten... )

( Jenna's questions are far more inventive... )

( Carsoni maxima culpa )