I have a constant playlist on the family iPod for those rare moments when the Zweeble falls asleep in the car and I can turn on something other than "We Will Rock You" or "A Peanut Sat on a Railroad Track" ("Gitchee Gitchee Goo" is actually on my playlist, too, just fyi). I re-vamp it every so often, trade off songs, delete others, put stuff on it ( Read more... )

So we're out of milk, and things were getting pretty dire. My itty-bitty milk junkie needed a fix, but he didn't want to go to the store. And you can't argue logic with a 2-year-old, especially when you yourself don't want to go to the store, either ( Read more... )

First I didn't know the new Falco book had come out, today I find out that the season 3 Venture Bros. is out on DVD. What next? I find out they've already started showing Lost?

Our dish company has added Cartoon Network for the west coast to our roster, so if I were a really bad mother, I could watch Venture Bros. at 8am certain weekdays. But ( Read more... )

iTunes moved from Sweeney Todd's "Epiphany" to The Decemberists' "Queen's Rebuke."

And it was awesome.

Apparently I only need about 5 hours of sleep to function. Lookit that. I can't say I like it, and I think I'll have to crash at some point, but so far I am not yet dead.

Finally, someone explains emo to me.

... you decide which is which!

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(also, the Zweeble dug it)

The other day I was, again, playing my iPod playlist. No, I haven't edited it yet, why do you ask?

So "The Scotsman," from the Dr. Demento greatest hits album, came on. And when it was done, from the back seat I heard, "Ring ding did-ell. Again ( Read more... )

We were out of milk, which around here is like being out of heroin, so today the Zweeble and I went to Target to get milk, a waterproof watch** (I need something cheap and waterproof for the beach and water park, because I plan to spend a lot of this summer at both places with the boy), and--assuming he was good--a toy for the kiddo ( Read more... )

So in an ongoing effort to watch less TV (this is an ongoing effort and only middlingly successful), this morning I turned on the radio in the kitchen, which is tuned to the local BOB station.**

OMD's "If You Leave" (you know, the big song from Pretty In Pink) came on, and I gradually felt myself morphing into being about 14 years old again ( Read more... )

Exactly one week ago today, I got my very first speeding ticket. My mail today: Traffic School flyer, another traffic school flyer, postcard from a lawyer, yet another traffic school flyer, letter from a lawyer (postmarked Ft. Lauderdale--that's the other coast, fer cryin' out loud), even yet another traffic school flyer, flyer from a law firm ( Read more... )