* DO NOT WANT. This is one of my favorite films and one of my favorite novels ( Read more... )

* What is it with crappy weather on Thursdays? We are apparently expecting a Nor'easter this afternoon into tomorrow morning. Yay ( Read more... )

Courtesy of today's Telegraph, two bits of awesome:

1) ITV embarrassed by report of polar bear washed up on beachCloser inspection revealed that the polar bear was, in fact, a cow. The farm animal had been bleached white by sea water.

2) Mapping stereotypes: how various demographics sees Europe. Would that the maps were a bit larger so the fonts ( Read more... )

* The network is down at House of Employ. I'm tempted to run a fic solicit to pass the time; according to the tag, I haven't run one in two months, which seems like it might have been the last time I wrote anything at all. So if you've been threatening to make suggestions holding ideas, maybe be ready to dig 'em out.

* roga has left NYC, as has the ( Read more... )

* Tasteful, understated, elegant... the Miss Universe 2010 national costumes photo gallery. Nobody except Canada emerges unscathed (and they only get away with it by flashing a lot of leg).

* It's IDF Week at Casa Porcupina, courtesy of Netflix pulling one of its bait-and-switches. I've just finished The 188th Crybaby Brigade: a Skinny Jewish Kid ( Read more... )

* After two days of 100F+ and five days of 95+, 88-and-swampy feels almost comfy. (Actually, no, no it doesn't. Because swampy is always worse than just 'hot ( Read more... )

* Happy Canada Day to our hoser friends up north. I shall celebrate down here in traditional Canadian fashion... by refreshing TSN.ca every few minutes to see what happens on the first day of NHL free agency.

* In the About Damned Time file, rumor has it that we might have our first living Medal of Honor recipient since Vietnam. The soldier, ( Read more... )

As I've griped about in the past, it's not that NYC gets hotter or more humid than anywhere else, it's that it doesn't cool off at night. Especially after a few days of sustained heat, the overnight lows on the weather forecast are mythical, fleeting moments that appear briefly at 4am, if at all ( Read more... )

It's the day before a holiday weekend and I'm stuck here at work until 1730 local time. I have put together the photo post, I have answered what little story feedback there is, I have thus far successfully refrained from bludgeoning a certain co-worker to death with her own obtuseness. This has taken me to lunch. You are on the hook for the rest ( Read more... )

aka, the weekly post of random.

* Fleet Week 2010 is upon us! The Navy and Marines roll in to town today. I shall take my usual Memorial Day stroll down Hudson River Park to get a good view of the ships and their contents. This year's schedule.

* Not unrelated: so I was directed by Tom Ricks' blog to a Marine Corps Times article on a baker's ( Read more... )