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Musical Meme of Death(1)
Ever feel like you're being pursued by Pachelbel's Canon in D (PCiD)? You know, on the commercials for rehab places. And for nursing homes. And lawyers. And ... and ... and... yeah. One of my favorite fanfic authors,
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John M. Ford, 1957-2006
John M. Ford ("not the Elizabethan one"), author of several literary works of speculative fiction and poetry, has shuffled off the ever-fragile mortal coil. There's a collection of links over at Making Light.
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Football silliness
My colleagues and I were momentarily startled and alarmed as jets streaked LOW over campus a moment ago, causing quite a roar even indoors. Then we started giggling: UT plays Air Force tomorrow. Those show-off flyers have a certain panache. -
Keillor's review of Levy's travelogue
Garrison Keillor is a clever and funny book reviewer. Why didn't I know that before? -
Varmints (alias: Save the bunnies! And the deer!)
Flowers!
In addition to the zinnias, impatiens, and celosia in the greenhouse, I planted some petunias and impatiens outside to spruce up the yard. Last month a rabbit ate half of my outdoor impatiens. I only wandered up to the window in time to see it tug up two of them, but inductive reasoning makes the rest of the tale pretty clear. I ( Read more... ) -
Chaucerian pickup lines
Just found these. There's more on the website (http://houseoffame.blogspot.com/2006/05/to-kalamazoo-wyth-love.html), which I found via Making Light ( Read more... ) -
Southeast sectionals
I was almost flattened at epee, but I learned a few things, and it was fun. Also, the bruises are excitingly polychromatic ( Read more... ) -
Oh, the embarrassment!
I need help remembering the source of a quote. Bartlett's can't help, and neither can Google or Wikipedia. Perhaps my Google-fu is weak. Let's say you've misspelt something and must admit it. I might type: "Oh, the embarrassment. I blush so fiercely that the papers on my desk ignite and all of Tennessee burns. This blots out the sun for a decade. ( Read more... )