The Kennedy brain tumor seems to be the big news in Massachusetts for the last 24 hours. It is indeed tragic, as any human life poised on the edge of extinction is sad. Realistically, he probably only has six months, and that is a queer and uncomfortable prospect to contemplate ( Read more... )

Random thought of the day:

"Everyone lies" was a major theme and tagline in Babylon 5 long before it was House's motto.

In case anyone was wondering (and I know no one was): the Bruins are in the playoffs, their first game is tonight, and the game is not being televised here. Hockey gets so little love in this country. Except in Buffalo. And Detroit. And maybe Dallas. But definitely not in Boston.

One of my great pet peeves in life are "intermediate" level people. The two places I've really noticed this are bridge and dancing, but I'm pretty sure it's universally true ( Read more... )

Ok, I've decided I want Obama to win the nomination if for no other reason than this: if he gets the nomination we will be smack in the middle of the seventh season of the West Wing. Straight-talking Republican candidate who appeals to those in the center and didn't seem like he could get his party's nomination, dark-skinned minority Democratic ( Read more... )

Back from a rockin' vacation (quite literally, on several levels). More on that anon, perhaps, but at the moment I am most moved on the subject of the Miami airport, and Miami in general ( Read more... )

That's a really cute idea. I've always hated how a maximum of three teams ever gets to see runaround, when some of them are really cool. I'm busy unfortunately, but I'm curious to know how many take up this offer.

So first of all, let me say that I know how much work goes into writing a Hunt, and how much more work must have gone into writing *this* Hunt. There were a lot of great puzzles and puzzle ideas, and I absolutely adore some of the metas ( Read more... )

What a deeply satisfying hockey night, Bruins and Sabres both. Though the Bruins did a little better at the aiming for the empty net at the end. :)

This is approximately the funniest thing ever. And also very sad if it succeeds. Wonder if I should tell my mother to get Rocks the 80s sooner rather than later...