My parents (my mom and my mom's partner/wife-if-Californians-weren't-such-DIPSHITS Murphy) and Murph's mom came up. I got an epic Mom Lecture from Murph about the manner in which I broke my arm (sigh ( Read more... )

So here it is: the BEST COOKBOOK EVER

... as long as you have a convenient source of semen.

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Steph was asking about the must-read books of fantasy and science fiction, and I was pondering the meaning of "must-read". The list I gave her was based on the idea that "must-read" means books that are mostly firmly entrenched in the common nerd subconcious; i.e. things you are most likely to hear quoted or referenced at your average D&D game, fan ( Read more... )

Spontaneous happy street party in seattle says YES WE CAN WHEEEEEEEEEEE!

Last night I acquired my very first officially broken bone: a very tiny fracture to the ulna right near the wrist. The ER put a STUPIDLY HUGE splint on my arm, gave me some codeine (after I refused percocet) and told me the bone guys would call me in a week. So ... my list of Things To Do in my month off is looking rather more ... complicated, all ( Read more... )

So what all are you going to be doing on Election Day?

I'm planning on hanging around the Stranger's Election party at the showbox and getting as drunk as possible...

Things I am seeing in the next few weeks that you might want to also see because they are awesome and because I will be there seeing them too:

1. HUMP! The Strangers amateur porn-O-rama, October 24th, 8pm

2. Mountain Goats and Kaki King, who wrote this song, which is my very favorite. October 20th, 8ish (I think).

3. Chris Kimball, the dude with ( Read more... )

HERE WE GO!

1.Augh, 30 seconds in and we get "Main Street." LET IT GO, GUYS.

2.YES YOU ARE A SOCCER MOM. We know that already. It's still not enough qualification to run a country, yo.

3. "How long have I been at this? Five weeks?" NO SHIT LADY

ALL YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED