I have been trying to figure out how to post about this without slaying my mother with mortification. She would no doubt beg me not to, but I think it is hillarious and sorta cries out for sharing. That said, I’m about to offer you Too Much Information. To make this somewhat more palatable, I […]
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While looking for helmets for the Odyssey today, I found one called Imperial Italic Centurion. I think it has a nice serif.
Isn’t that a font? Read More »
((Spotted at Genevieve Valentine’s)) You know you’ve read scenes exactly like this which were written in earnest. Cut the repetition and don’t say the obvious. Unless you are Emma Thompson and Stephen Fry, in which case you are fintastically fintastic.
Repetative Dialogue Read More »
So how many bike riding, pigeon feeding dogs do you think they have to deal with every year?
A sign on the way to the shop Read More »
Last night, Rob told me that the milk carton had sprung a leak and that he’d had to transfer the milk into other containers. So this morning, I got up and poured a milk out of a cocktail shaker. Mmm… milktini’s anyone?
Cocktails in the morning. Read More »
Is there a better way to start off the New Year than listening to Dr. Seuss’s Green Eggs and Ham, Chaucer’d? I don’t think so.
Y’know, the thing that people overlook in the zombie epidemics are the swarms of kids that will be coming out of schools. So, this is important information to know. 17
How many five-year olds could you take in a fight. Read More »
We now have twenty new volunteers to help out with SFWA. Huzzah! A hearty thank you to: Beth Bernobich, Leah Bobbet, Scott Danielson, David de Beer, Aliette de Bodard, Guy Anthony De Marco, Rachel Dryden, Nancy Fulda, Dave Goldman, Chris Hansen, Jed Hartman, Jim Johnson, Neal Levin, Jeremy Lewis, Joseph McDermott, Cat Rambo, Scott Roberts,
Fun with volunteers Read More »
I have four projects due all of which use the same program. So. You can imagine the utter joy I felt yesterday when one of the projects decided to freeze. When I tried to restart the program, it was corrupted. Curses. And yet, no problem, because I have the disks so I just reinstalled it
Who needs procrastination when you have computers? Read More »
The Rag (show) has an editorial opinion by a turkey who objects to Turducken as “culinary S&M.” Go watch.
The Turkey objects to Turducken Read More »
I collect etiquette books, so if you ever need to know what kind of gloves to wear to an afternoon wedding in 1851 or the proper way to say goodbye to a guest in 1907, come to me. One of the prizes in my collection is The Jolly Book of Funcraft by Patten Beard in
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My husband and his friend stand in the kitchen talking about wine. I’m typing and I hear his friend says, “It’s a little dumb on the nose.” This makes me laugh. It’s not quite as good as the time someone sniffed a glass, looked intently across the room and said, “I smell stress.” I wondered
Wine geeks in action Read More »
There’s an op-ed piece in the New York Times entitled, Zuckerman Juiced which makes me chuckle.
Zuckerman Juiced – New York Times Read More »