You know, I generally like hats, but I don't think I tend to look good in most of them. Fedoras are probably my favorites. But maybe I should try turbans:
The Turbanizer is via Gerard.
The Turbanizer is via Gerard.
Saturday, May 31, 2008
Friday, May 30, 2008
Friday Cat Blogging (™ Kevin Drum)
"Food, Mommy? Food, food?"
Not bloody likely. Why don't you go look out the window, Amy?
There, that's better. But "out" is the other way...
Not bloody likely. Why don't you go look out the window, Amy?
There, that's better. But "out" is the other way...
Silly Site o' the Day
Off to the doctor this morning to retake a blood test that I probably wouldn't have had to retake had they asked me not to eat breakfast the first time I came in. I'd better not get double-charged for this; I'm not thrilled at having to pay the additional Quest bill in the first place, as I'd not had to do that with my old doctor. So I thought it appropriate to link to the Placebo Store (via Mark at BoingBoing), which I think is an absolutely genius idea, and good for Jen for coming up with it!
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Silly Site o' the Day
Blogaround coming soon, I suppose, I just need to shake this logy feeling. Allergies again, no doubt. Just read a cute post from Ian Cooper at the Comedy Central Blog updating old jokes for the internet age. Sorry about the pop-up you'll get, that was unexpected (I read the CC blog via RSS)...
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Silly Site o' the Day
Stuff to do today, but wanted to mention my latest ComicMix column is up, and got seven commenters, so I guess that's successful. Nobody actually commented on the subject at hand, which had more to do with how a nation and its citizens respond to tragedies like assassinations, but hey, there you go. So, a propos of nothing, who's your celebrity face matchup (via Gerard)? I got pretty much nothing, but then I can't think of any celebrities I really resemble...
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Silly Site o' the Day
Hey, stop laughing! By order of the National Organization for the Legislation of Fun (via Susie).
Sunday, May 25, 2008
Towel Day Blogaround
Happy Towel Day. I miss Douglas Adams. I'm going to miss Dick Martin as well; there's no question how much Laugh-In affected both my comedy and political consciousness.
• Speaking of politics, I haven't yet read the comments on my post yesterday discussing the reaction to Hillary Clinton's recent remarks referencing political touchstones that took place in June, in part because I think I'm going to use all of this as a jumping-point for my next ComicMix column. But I do want to link to other thoughtful posts on the subject by people not predisposed to hate Hillary no matter what she says, including Earl Ofari Hutchinson, Avedon Carol, Bryan, Turkana, Ann Bartow and especially Mustang Bobby and his observation that "All the over-the-top outrage does is prove that the more volcanic the reaction, the less the pundits, columnists, bloggers, and campaign officials really care about what she said. They'd much rather see if they can make their outrage the issue rather the actual incident itself." Exactly; it's like being back on Usenet, which is not how it should be in real life.
• Via Susie, I had no idea so many soldiers have tried to commit suicide, although the cover-up of that revelation doesn't surprise me. Just one more thing to mourn tomorrow.
• I found this very thoughtful piece by Athenae about risk aversion and sacrifice quite relevant to the day as well.
• Lighter fare now, thank goodness. Theresa got to see the International Space Station with the naked eye; cool. Keith reminded me of local music video channel U68, about which I'd almost completely forgotten. Athenae finds ceramic drunk chicken heads for your beer-can barbecue chicken. And Bora reveals the winner of this year's Eurovision song contest -- Russia, which YouTube video comes complete with a performance by Evgeni Plushenko that must be seen to be believed.
Back to the Mets game. They're losing, but hey, so were the Yankees and they managed to claw their way back to .500 ball...
• Speaking of politics, I haven't yet read the comments on my post yesterday discussing the reaction to Hillary Clinton's recent remarks referencing political touchstones that took place in June, in part because I think I'm going to use all of this as a jumping-point for my next ComicMix column. But I do want to link to other thoughtful posts on the subject by people not predisposed to hate Hillary no matter what she says, including Earl Ofari Hutchinson, Avedon Carol, Bryan, Turkana, Ann Bartow and especially Mustang Bobby and his observation that "All the over-the-top outrage does is prove that the more volcanic the reaction, the less the pundits, columnists, bloggers, and campaign officials really care about what she said. They'd much rather see if they can make their outrage the issue rather the actual incident itself." Exactly; it's like being back on Usenet, which is not how it should be in real life.
• Via Susie, I had no idea so many soldiers have tried to commit suicide, although the cover-up of that revelation doesn't surprise me. Just one more thing to mourn tomorrow.
• I found this very thoughtful piece by Athenae about risk aversion and sacrifice quite relevant to the day as well.
• Lighter fare now, thank goodness. Theresa got to see the International Space Station with the naked eye; cool. Keith reminded me of local music video channel U68, about which I'd almost completely forgotten. Athenae finds ceramic drunk chicken heads for your beer-can barbecue chicken. And Bora reveals the winner of this year's Eurovision song contest -- Russia, which YouTube video comes complete with a performance by Evgeni Plushenko that must be seen to be believed.
Back to the Mets game. They're losing, but hey, so were the Yankees and they managed to claw their way back to .500 ball...
Silly Sites o' the Day
I get a kick out of video mashups. The first one I remember seeing was on videotape years ago, where someone had set a bit from a Dean Martin-Jerry Lewis flick, where they were doing wacky marching schtick in the Army, to the tune of Michael Jackson's "Beat It." I wish YouTube had that one! Ah well, at least we have the conceptual gangster dance number from The Band Wagon with Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse (she's the Cyd Charissest!), set to another Jackson tune, "Smooth Criminal" (via Karin). And there's even a guest bit by Leslie Caron in the beginning!
Also, this has been on at least two blogs so far: Torchwood Series 2 Finale Upsets Even Hitler:
It's so wrong, yet so right.
Also, this has been on at least two blogs so far: Torchwood Series 2 Finale Upsets Even Hitler:
It's so wrong, yet so right.
Saturday, May 24, 2008
Silly Site o' the Day
Thanks so much, Bully (and apparently Randi as well), the work of Figli-Migli is amazing! I'm passing along the two Clerkenwell videos you saw on YouTube. The first one, Bathtime in Clerkenwell, "is based on Stephen Coates' composition under the same title. This film is about The Great Revolution of the British Cuckoos, who bravely took over London, forcing all the people to move inside the cuckoo clocks."
The sequel is called Last Time in Clerkenwell and "shows what happened to the Royal Legion of birds from Bathtime in Clerkenwell after they took over London and came to power. The Bird Empire expands beyond the Earth boundaries and falls under unexpected circumstances."
Also available on the site: Return I Will to Old Brazil; Terminally Ambivalent Over You; and Jukebox. Great stuff.
This is incredibly cool stuff; I'd never heard of Stephen Coates before. Also, today is Bob Dylan's birthday, so have some Subterranean Homesick Blues:
Oh, and we love Momofuku, by the way. Listened to it on the way to and from the optometrist. (Far-vision has improved, near-vision needs a slight upward adjustment, and the blotchiness on my current lenses is from the anti-reflective coating flaking off, so a word of advice to you other four-eyes out there, do not get glasses with AR coating!)
The sequel is called Last Time in Clerkenwell and "shows what happened to the Royal Legion of birds from Bathtime in Clerkenwell after they took over London and came to power. The Bird Empire expands beyond the Earth boundaries and falls under unexpected circumstances."
Also available on the site: Return I Will to Old Brazil; Terminally Ambivalent Over You; and Jukebox. Great stuff.
This is incredibly cool stuff; I'd never heard of Stephen Coates before. Also, today is Bob Dylan's birthday, so have some Subterranean Homesick Blues:
Oh, and we love Momofuku, by the way. Listened to it on the way to and from the optometrist. (Far-vision has improved, near-vision needs a slight upward adjustment, and the blotchiness on my current lenses is from the anti-reflective coating flaking off, so a word of advice to you other four-eyes out there, do not get glasses with AR coating!)
Holiday Weekend Blogaround
Well, as they say, every day's a holiday weekend when you're unemployed! Today I take care of the last medically-related checkup on my list, my annual eye exam. Datsa actually gave me six hours of uninterrupted sleep (I decided to call it an evening about 1 AM, after the top half of the 13th inning in the Mets-Rockies game, as I had a feeling NY would blow it in the bottom of the inning which they did) so my eyes are focusing pretty well at the moment. Onward:
• I must start by asking, has everyone suddenly gone bonkers? Hillary Clinton was trying to make a point yesterday, the same point she made all the way back in March, about the Democratic Presidential campaign, and cited as examples two things that happened in June back in previous such campaigns. Suddenly Keith Olbermann's devoting at least two segments and a Special Comment to bashing her -- the second time this year he's chosen that bully pulpit specifically to attack the same popular Democratic centrist candidate, rather than concentrating on the actual atrocities being committed around the world by our current administration and its buddies. And way too many liberal blogs, as if chomping at the bit for something else to pile on the close-second-place contender, leapt at the chance. Geez, I didn't vote for her, but I'm feeling more and more like I should have on principle. And I hate feeling that way. Clinton and Obama are, I repeat once more to those for whom it hasn't yet sunk in, "much of a muchness" as Robin would say. Their policies are very similar, they're both centrist politicians each of whom would still be better than just about any right-wing Republican (I think an Obama/Edwards ticket would be way more practically progressive than the theoretical and symbolically historical Obama/Clinton one being bandied about) and neither of them is above inappropriate and tone-deaf verbal behavior. If more old-media pundits and liberal bloggers parsed Obama's "sweetie" and "bitter" gaffes with as much menacing enthusiasm as they show for every misstep of Clinton's, it would be a far different campaign and, who knows, Clinton might hold a slight lead instead of Obama. (Interesting factoid via Susie: Clinton has tended to win in the states where turnouts are higher.) And even so I doubt we'd be seeing the equivalent of the "take your boobs and go home" crowd. If this campaign has made anything clear, it's how far we as a country still need to go about responding to endemic and institutionalized sexism. (See Melissa McEwan, again.)
But there are a few bright spots. Mark Kleiman gets it exactly right, to my mind. So does Brad at Sadly, No!, who adds that "you just gotta be really careful when you mention assassinations of any kind. This campaign has been intensely fought by both candidates and emotions on both sides are running really high right now. Any reminder about the painful, horrible assassination of RFK during such a tense time in the political season is just bound to elicit emotional responses from people." Agreed; Clinton should have been able to make her point easily without bringing up either assassination or the memories of the '68 Democratic convention. Susie notes, "this whole trumped-up story is the Dean scream all over again -- that is, unless you worship your candidate instead of merely supporting him. But rational thought seems to go out the window when it comes to the systematic demonization of Hillary Clinton by Obama supporters." (She also notes RFK Jr.'s reaction.) Vastleft despairs of this irrational discourse. Bird asks, "What about her safety?" And Scott Lemieux adds, "The example was poorly chosen, but I think the point she was trying to make is obvious enough: primaries going to June isn't an especially big deal." (Of course, if the Silly Season hadn't started months and months earlier than any past campaigns, many people might not feel as utterly burnt-out on it, but that's a separate issue.) If you're as beyond-tired of this double standard as I am, you might consider signing the Women's Media Center petition about which Echidne writes.
• Speaking of petitions, the Littlest Gator over at the Group News Blog reports that MoveOn.org is gathering signatures for a group card for the progressive community to send to Senator Ted Kennedy.
• Congratulations, Ginmar!
• Mark Morford manages to leave the fatphobia behind again for a dynamite column about the pervasive and ubiquitous PhotoShopping that makes even movie stars look (falsely) beyond perfect.
• Speaking of magazines, are we really so infantile as a culture that we need a magazine to explain to us how to take a shower? Don't people in this country learn this kind of thing when they're, like, around 10 years old? (And even so, I don't agree with their "instructions" anyway.)
• Okay, this just sounds stupid: Tesco not letting you buy liquor if you happen to be shopping with your kids? What are parental caretakers supposed to do, leave them in hot stifling cars instead?
• Kathy at Liberty Street sets the record straight for people who misremember the Cold War, with a little help from Richard Rhodes and his book Arsenals of Folly: The Making of the Nuclear Arms Race. The older I get, the more discouraged I tend to become over people who just don't know the facts about stuff that happened in my lifetime.
• Okay, time for some lighter fare. Was Jane Espenson having a bad clothing day (or am I the only one who remembers that "bad hair day" ad with Ringo)? Living as I do with a Beatles trivia maven, I loved the cool update Espenson gives about going to his house to return the clothes.
• Robin just downloaded Momofuku last night. I can hardly wait to hear it!
• Run, Robin, run! It's the dark matter again! Maybe now all their sums will finally add up!
• Until I read it at Lis' blog, I shamefully admit I hadn't given a second thought to how using US money would be difficult for the blind.
• On the heels of Annalee Newitz's magnificent essay about women and science fiction, Tamora Pierce passes along an article about how (mostly male) critics react to female fantasy writers, and Val's fed up again with seemingly endless and insular discussions of cultural sexism. I can't blame her; I wish all this sexism would finally end so we can stop talking about it all the time!
• Budgie checks out 221B Baker Street. Or is that 239 Baker?
• I'm 50; do I qualify as an Elder Blogger, Frank?
• It so makes sense to me that, if you have a bird that can mimic speech and might escape its confines, you teach it to recite your surname and address.
• Yet another "medical finding" designed to confuse: via Susie, now it seems that high-salt diets don't necessarily increase the risk of death. Be that as it may, for me at least a lower-salt regimen has helped lower my BP, so I'm sticking with it.
• Racialicious has started a brilliant campaign in response to Canadian Club's history-whitewashing ads. Also see the Project: Canadian Club entry from Resist Racism.
• Lastly, I'm sure I'm not the only one for whom any programs about Stonehenge are now forever entwined with those wonderful bits from This is Spinal Tap. NatGeo apparently knows this, as (via Matt at the Comedy Central blog) they're publicizing their upcoming Stonehenge special with a series of five short interviews Jim Piddock did with Nigel Tufnel. Hilarious and not to be missed!
That's it for now. Time to get ready for eye stuff!
• I must start by asking, has everyone suddenly gone bonkers? Hillary Clinton was trying to make a point yesterday, the same point she made all the way back in March, about the Democratic Presidential campaign, and cited as examples two things that happened in June back in previous such campaigns. Suddenly Keith Olbermann's devoting at least two segments and a Special Comment to bashing her -- the second time this year he's chosen that bully pulpit specifically to attack the same popular Democratic centrist candidate, rather than concentrating on the actual atrocities being committed around the world by our current administration and its buddies. And way too many liberal blogs, as if chomping at the bit for something else to pile on the close-second-place contender, leapt at the chance. Geez, I didn't vote for her, but I'm feeling more and more like I should have on principle. And I hate feeling that way. Clinton and Obama are, I repeat once more to those for whom it hasn't yet sunk in, "much of a muchness" as Robin would say. Their policies are very similar, they're both centrist politicians each of whom would still be better than just about any right-wing Republican (I think an Obama/Edwards ticket would be way more practically progressive than the theoretical and symbolically historical Obama/Clinton one being bandied about) and neither of them is above inappropriate and tone-deaf verbal behavior. If more old-media pundits and liberal bloggers parsed Obama's "sweetie" and "bitter" gaffes with as much menacing enthusiasm as they show for every misstep of Clinton's, it would be a far different campaign and, who knows, Clinton might hold a slight lead instead of Obama. (Interesting factoid via Susie: Clinton has tended to win in the states where turnouts are higher.) And even so I doubt we'd be seeing the equivalent of the "take your boobs and go home" crowd. If this campaign has made anything clear, it's how far we as a country still need to go about responding to endemic and institutionalized sexism. (See Melissa McEwan, again.)
But there are a few bright spots. Mark Kleiman gets it exactly right, to my mind. So does Brad at Sadly, No!, who adds that "you just gotta be really careful when you mention assassinations of any kind. This campaign has been intensely fought by both candidates and emotions on both sides are running really high right now. Any reminder about the painful, horrible assassination of RFK during such a tense time in the political season is just bound to elicit emotional responses from people." Agreed; Clinton should have been able to make her point easily without bringing up either assassination or the memories of the '68 Democratic convention. Susie notes, "this whole trumped-up story is the Dean scream all over again -- that is, unless you worship your candidate instead of merely supporting him. But rational thought seems to go out the window when it comes to the systematic demonization of Hillary Clinton by Obama supporters." (She also notes RFK Jr.'s reaction.) Vastleft despairs of this irrational discourse. Bird asks, "What about her safety?" And Scott Lemieux adds, "The example was poorly chosen, but I think the point she was trying to make is obvious enough: primaries going to June isn't an especially big deal." (Of course, if the Silly Season hadn't started months and months earlier than any past campaigns, many people might not feel as utterly burnt-out on it, but that's a separate issue.) If you're as beyond-tired of this double standard as I am, you might consider signing the Women's Media Center petition about which Echidne writes.
• Speaking of petitions, the Littlest Gator over at the Group News Blog reports that MoveOn.org is gathering signatures for a group card for the progressive community to send to Senator Ted Kennedy.
• Congratulations, Ginmar!
• Mark Morford manages to leave the fatphobia behind again for a dynamite column about the pervasive and ubiquitous PhotoShopping that makes even movie stars look (falsely) beyond perfect.
• Speaking of magazines, are we really so infantile as a culture that we need a magazine to explain to us how to take a shower? Don't people in this country learn this kind of thing when they're, like, around 10 years old? (And even so, I don't agree with their "instructions" anyway.)
• Okay, this just sounds stupid: Tesco not letting you buy liquor if you happen to be shopping with your kids? What are parental caretakers supposed to do, leave them in hot stifling cars instead?
• Kathy at Liberty Street sets the record straight for people who misremember the Cold War, with a little help from Richard Rhodes and his book Arsenals of Folly: The Making of the Nuclear Arms Race. The older I get, the more discouraged I tend to become over people who just don't know the facts about stuff that happened in my lifetime.
• Okay, time for some lighter fare. Was Jane Espenson having a bad clothing day (or am I the only one who remembers that "bad hair day" ad with Ringo)? Living as I do with a Beatles trivia maven, I loved the cool update Espenson gives about going to his house to return the clothes.
• Robin just downloaded Momofuku last night. I can hardly wait to hear it!
• Run, Robin, run! It's the dark matter again! Maybe now all their sums will finally add up!
• Until I read it at Lis' blog, I shamefully admit I hadn't given a second thought to how using US money would be difficult for the blind.
• On the heels of Annalee Newitz's magnificent essay about women and science fiction, Tamora Pierce passes along an article about how (mostly male) critics react to female fantasy writers, and Val's fed up again with seemingly endless and insular discussions of cultural sexism. I can't blame her; I wish all this sexism would finally end so we can stop talking about it all the time!
• Budgie checks out 221B Baker Street. Or is that 239 Baker?
• I'm 50; do I qualify as an Elder Blogger, Frank?
• It so makes sense to me that, if you have a bird that can mimic speech and might escape its confines, you teach it to recite your surname and address.
• Yet another "medical finding" designed to confuse: via Susie, now it seems that high-salt diets don't necessarily increase the risk of death. Be that as it may, for me at least a lower-salt regimen has helped lower my BP, so I'm sticking with it.
• Racialicious has started a brilliant campaign in response to Canadian Club's history-whitewashing ads. Also see the Project: Canadian Club entry from Resist Racism.
• Lastly, I'm sure I'm not the only one for whom any programs about Stonehenge are now forever entwined with those wonderful bits from This is Spinal Tap. NatGeo apparently knows this, as (via Matt at the Comedy Central blog) they're publicizing their upcoming Stonehenge special with a series of five short interviews Jim Piddock did with Nigel Tufnel. Hilarious and not to be missed!
That's it for now. Time to get ready for eye stuff!
Friday, May 23, 2008
Friday Cat Blogging (™ Kevin Drum)
Hey hey, it's Five-Twenty-Three, the Goddess' holy day! So, smile for the camera, Datsa!
You too, Amy!
You too, Guinness/Boddington Black & Tan!
Hey wait, how did that get there?
You too, Amy!
You too, Guinness/Boddington Black & Tan!
Hey wait, how did that get there?
Silly Site o' the Day
Wow, cool, the Telectroscope linking London with New York opened yesterday! Okay no, it doesn't actually exist, but wouldn't it be cool? Via BoingBoing, and there's also a Daily Mail piece on it (via Robin). I don't usually like performance art, but I do when it makes me giggle.
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Robin's Latest Interview
Jen Contino has posted a new interview with Robin. I loved the intro, Jen, but he hasn't really been working in comics for "a few" decades, just two or so.
Silly Site o' the Day
Enjoy this video from the good folks at InfoMania, whose "Target: Women" section takes a look at yogurt:
Via fillyjonk at Shapely Prose.
Via fillyjonk at Shapely Prose.
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Silly Site o' the Day
Well, my new ComicMix column is up, and it's a Pen-Elayne For Your Thoughts review, the first one I've done in a long while. Ironically, I finally do a straight-on column about comics, in which a number of commenters have previousy expressed an interest, and I have zero comments on it. Maybe they're all busy playing with this kaleidoscope painter (via Ann)...
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Silly Site o' the Day
Via Dustin at the Comedy Central blog, here's a 31-page B3ta.com challenge to "extend" album art. I gave up after about eight pages, but I think the first four are among the funniest stuff I've seen in awhile.
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Silly Site o' the Day
My public has spoken! No more whinging about minor aches and pains, pavement-pounding and the like. From now on, Pen-Elayne is about triumph, not tragedy! That said, I think it's pitiful that I only got five out of 20 correct in Slashfood's Odd and Unusual Utensils Quiz. How did you do?
Saturday, May 17, 2008
Silly Site o' the Day
Rather a useful site today, actually. Bambi passed along this download/upload speed test:
It's from a site called Speed Matters, which is trying to educate the public about the digital divide that exists in most of this country, and for that matter between the US and a number of other countries in the world (which, again, frankly mock us). Just one more thing which would never have happened under a President Gore. My speed seems to be pretty good considering how frequently we're still experiencing Cablevision outages...
It's from a site called Speed Matters, which is trying to educate the public about the digital divide that exists in most of this country, and for that matter between the US and a number of other countries in the world (which, again, frankly mock us). Just one more thing which would never have happened under a President Gore. My speed seems to be pretty good considering how frequently we're still experiencing Cablevision outages...
Friday, May 16, 2008
Friday Cat Blogging (™ Kevin Drum)
Fun in the living room! Amy decides to play peek-a-boo on the chair...
...whilst Datsa has a nice stretch out on the carpet.
How does he do that? The world may never know...
...whilst Datsa has a nice stretch out on the carpet.
How does he do that? The world may never know...
Silly Site o' the Day
Despite the aforementioned arm pain (see below), when I took this speed-typing test that Rook mentioned, I got 91 words per minute, and that was on my laptop keyboard with which I inevitably have problems (I'm especially vulnerable to missing the "a" key there). Not too bad for a bad arm and wonky keyboard; it's only 4 wpm less than I've mentioned in my resume.
I Should Be Writing Blogaround
I've been so good about the job search lately, I'm usually done with my applications by 9 AM even on weeks (like this one) when phone calls happen not to come. But this stupid shoulder-area pain nonsense has really prevented me from either writing or blogging much, and even from sitting at my desk long enough to catch up. I can't help it, I'm a nine-fingered typist, and I just can't deal with my left hand invariably falling asleep after a half hour or so of sitting here. Well, at last I've managed to get caught up with my reading, so it's time to close some bookmarks!
• Belated congratulations to those whose milestones I've missed because of this stupid left hand problem: Melissa McEwan's birthday, Tom and Dori's anniversary, Liam Sharp's birthday (via Chris Weston), John and Bella's wedding day, Leigh Dragoon's birthday (via Theresa Tschetter's blog), Rook's blogiversary and Bora's birthday. Whew, I think that's everyone for the moment.
• I love the ovation that Ellen DeGeneris got upon announcing that she's getting married now that CA overturned the unconstitutional ban on two consenting adults wanting to legally express their love for one another:
John August has also announced he's getting married.
• Lots of folks are praising Marie Cocco's Washington Post column talking about the sexism she won't miss after the Democratic Presidential primary race ends, assuming Obama becomes the nominee. Like Barry and Ann, I'm not comfortable with the tactic of praising someone by knocking down someone else (or, as they call it, the Oppression Olympics). Zuzu notes that "You can't miss misogyny if it won't go away, and it won't go away just because Hillary Clinton drops out. It's always been there, it's always been acceptable. And it's crucial that we acknowledge that, if we have any hope of making it actually go away." [Too true, given horror stories like this one Kate relates about a fellow so-called stand-up comedian giving himself license to sexually assault an audience member onstage.] Zuzu's really been a great point-person for channeling my outrage on sexist double-standards lately. She's taken on one of my Top Six bloggers, Wil Wheaton, who ought to know better (Barry has more). She's called George McGovern on his bad form. And she's as sick as I am of all these early endorsements of foregone conclusion/presumptive candidates by people who can't wait three friggin' weeks. On related notes, I've dropped AmericaBlog from my blogroll now that John Aravosis has gone beyond the pale (good commentary from Melissa and Lance, and undoubtedly John will still expect everyone to support his worthy anti-homophobia campaigns but doesn't feel the inclination to support any anti-sexism ones). Robin and I both applauded this wonderful parody by Wolfrum. It's so, so worth reading this Eric Boehlert piece on how unprecedented it is for the press to pressure a leading presidential candidate to quit before the end of the primary season. Even Clinton's opponent has been engaging in sexist behavior (great post by Jesse); anyone who justly criticized Geoff Davis for his "boy" remark ought to be castigating Obama over "sweetie." And Melissa's up to part 92.
• Naturally, racism is also endemic in the '08 silly season, as evidenced by Huckabee's impromptu Obama "joke" to the NRA and the "Obama in '08" t-shirts featuring Curious George. Never mind that an online poll asks its readers if this is racist or okay and "okay" is winning, they never even asked the third question about trademark violation! Pam reports that trademark owners Houghton Mifflin Harcourt are not happy. And for everyone who feels like pointing out the many, many times our current pResident has been portrayed as a monkey -- historic context is everything. Oh, and Melissa's up to part 44 here. On a much more humorous note, David Rees has something to say about Reverend Wright, so everybody pay attention to him!
• Sweet Jesus, but it bothers me a lot how many liberal bloggers are praising Chris Matthews because of this:
Yes, Matthews displays an actual knowledge of history, at least enough to point out the difference between negotiation and appeasement (and I think it's great how many people are probably googling "Neville Chamberlain" now and finding out for themselves what really happened 70 years ago), but come on, folks. This is basic journalism and basic common sense. It saddens me that political punditry has fallen so far in this country that we're effusively praising someone for doing his job (kind of like we do with Sportscaster Olbermann a lot) when he really ought to be doing more than just the bare minimum, and certainly not backtracking every other day.
• Every now and then Arianna Huffington has a dynamite post on her own blog, like this one about the "bipartisanship" scam.
• No, we haven't seen Iron Man, although we'll probably get it when it comes out on DVD in a few months. Bully has a great review of it, but is pretty sure he saw the wrong film. Will Shetterly recommends the movie but hates its moral tone; and Patrick at Hathor loves what Paltrow has done with Pepper Potts. Amanda also takes a look at Pepper, who doesn't look anything like Stephen Fry. Oh, and I have no special desire to see Speed Racer either, but I enjoyed Lisa Katayama's nostalgic look at the original cartoon.
• Speaking of La Paltrow, she gets off the best line here, in response to something Mark Bittman says:
He's such a Bittman! You know what I found really disheartening, though? The way Gwyneth and Claudia Bassols act almost apologetic for liking food, where that's never ever an issue for Mario and Bittman. Nonetheless, I'm way looking forward to this show (video via Robyn at Serious Eats).
• While we're on the subject of food, Slashfood reports on the original Iron Chef returning to US TV, on the Fine Living Network -- yet another channel we don't get on Bronx Cablevision, surely the only cable system in the country that still doesn't include BBC America -- and on the buyout of Wrigley by the American branch of the Mars family.
• While Dykes To Watch Out For goes on hiatus (*snif*), Alison Bechdel swears she has other plans in the works for her DTWOF blog.
• What Digby Says about Republicans biding their time, about "minitruths," and about the silly season.
• It's so sadly true, many white people are total grammar pedants, present company included. I hang my head.
• Leigh Ann gives a thumbs-up to Richard Dawkins' book in, as ever, an amusing read.
• Lis Riba is convinced that Frank Miller has long since passed the point of self-parody.
• Melissa Silverstein has at Manohla Dargis' article on "post-female American cinema" and takes a good look at Sex & The City backlash.
• Cliff Meth wonders about some people's need to have ostentatious ceremony to mark what's supposed to be a culturally significant rite of passage. If you've got the money, why not use it to better other people's lives? Being Cliff, he puts it where his mouth is, and has helped broker a deal whereby Marvel Comics will do right by artist Gene Colan, currently suffering from liver failure. Speaking of the charitable impulse, Marie's in a quandary over how to help Burma (I still can't bring myself to call it Myanmar). And even though Donna has met her immediate goal, if you have some extra disposable income you might considering sending a little something her way.
• Bryan is correct, I have a bunch of those Lennon-Marx Abkhazian stamps left over from when I used to use them as fundraisers for my Firesign newsletter. And while we're on the subject, What Liz Said. Um, I mean, me too. My husband gives me full permission to trade up, provided he gets some good bootlegs out of it. Liz may live closer to the Hamptons, but hey, I've named my blog and my fictitious corporation Pen-Elayne, so that has to count for something. (Seriously, I'll settle for an executive assistant position at MPL if there's one available...)
• Except I don't think I could be a vegetarian, and people like PETA are a major reason why. See Vanessa's post here. Honestly people, You're Not Helping.
• A trio of good fat-positive posts helped me a lot: Lesley has an interesting conversational moment; Eve gets on her bike and rides; and Kate reminds us how it works and why we fight. Note to CNN: Catcalls are ALWAYS objectifying, and therefore NEVER complimentary.
• Ending with some bits and bobs: Mama Shakes speaks! Maru reminds us she's the original rude pundit. Jason finds amusement in Cthulhu's pickup truck. Kevin passes along a link to a new Milk & Cheese strip. (I love Milk & Cheese so much that 20+ years ago I whined at Evan until he did me a M&C cover for an issue of INSIDE JOKE.) David at BoingBoing informs us that we gals have our troubles (at least according to brain scans) when we have our orgasms. Anyone for science fiction/fantasy literature bingo? (Oh, and that mommy-had-plastic-surgery book is from a small-print vanity press, reminds TNH, so calm the eff down about it.) Enough people liked Roy's initial expose of right-wing bloggers that it's become a series in the Voice. And this post from Hilzoy made me cry, and smile, and cry all over again.
Alas, that took most of my afternoon and evening to complete, so I'm afraid my fiction writing will have to wait until I've rested my arm again.
• Belated congratulations to those whose milestones I've missed because of this stupid left hand problem: Melissa McEwan's birthday, Tom and Dori's anniversary, Liam Sharp's birthday (via Chris Weston), John and Bella's wedding day, Leigh Dragoon's birthday (via Theresa Tschetter's blog), Rook's blogiversary and Bora's birthday. Whew, I think that's everyone for the moment.
• I love the ovation that Ellen DeGeneris got upon announcing that she's getting married now that CA overturned the unconstitutional ban on two consenting adults wanting to legally express their love for one another:
John August has also announced he's getting married.
• Lots of folks are praising Marie Cocco's Washington Post column talking about the sexism she won't miss after the Democratic Presidential primary race ends, assuming Obama becomes the nominee. Like Barry and Ann, I'm not comfortable with the tactic of praising someone by knocking down someone else (or, as they call it, the Oppression Olympics). Zuzu notes that "You can't miss misogyny if it won't go away, and it won't go away just because Hillary Clinton drops out. It's always been there, it's always been acceptable. And it's crucial that we acknowledge that, if we have any hope of making it actually go away." [Too true, given horror stories like this one Kate relates about a fellow so-called stand-up comedian giving himself license to sexually assault an audience member onstage.] Zuzu's really been a great point-person for channeling my outrage on sexist double-standards lately. She's taken on one of my Top Six bloggers, Wil Wheaton, who ought to know better (Barry has more). She's called George McGovern on his bad form. And she's as sick as I am of all these early endorsements of foregone conclusion/presumptive candidates by people who can't wait three friggin' weeks. On related notes, I've dropped AmericaBlog from my blogroll now that John Aravosis has gone beyond the pale (good commentary from Melissa and Lance, and undoubtedly John will still expect everyone to support his worthy anti-homophobia campaigns but doesn't feel the inclination to support any anti-sexism ones). Robin and I both applauded this wonderful parody by Wolfrum. It's so, so worth reading this Eric Boehlert piece on how unprecedented it is for the press to pressure a leading presidential candidate to quit before the end of the primary season. Even Clinton's opponent has been engaging in sexist behavior (great post by Jesse); anyone who justly criticized Geoff Davis for his "boy" remark ought to be castigating Obama over "sweetie." And Melissa's up to part 92.
• Naturally, racism is also endemic in the '08 silly season, as evidenced by Huckabee's impromptu Obama "joke" to the NRA and the "Obama in '08" t-shirts featuring Curious George. Never mind that an online poll asks its readers if this is racist or okay and "okay" is winning, they never even asked the third question about trademark violation! Pam reports that trademark owners Houghton Mifflin Harcourt are not happy. And for everyone who feels like pointing out the many, many times our current pResident has been portrayed as a monkey -- historic context is everything. Oh, and Melissa's up to part 44 here. On a much more humorous note, David Rees has something to say about Reverend Wright, so everybody pay attention to him!
• Sweet Jesus, but it bothers me a lot how many liberal bloggers are praising Chris Matthews because of this:
Yes, Matthews displays an actual knowledge of history, at least enough to point out the difference between negotiation and appeasement (and I think it's great how many people are probably googling "Neville Chamberlain" now and finding out for themselves what really happened 70 years ago), but come on, folks. This is basic journalism and basic common sense. It saddens me that political punditry has fallen so far in this country that we're effusively praising someone for doing his job (kind of like we do with Sportscaster Olbermann a lot) when he really ought to be doing more than just the bare minimum, and certainly not backtracking every other day.
• Every now and then Arianna Huffington has a dynamite post on her own blog, like this one about the "bipartisanship" scam.
• No, we haven't seen Iron Man, although we'll probably get it when it comes out on DVD in a few months. Bully has a great review of it, but is pretty sure he saw the wrong film. Will Shetterly recommends the movie but hates its moral tone; and Patrick at Hathor loves what Paltrow has done with Pepper Potts. Amanda also takes a look at Pepper, who doesn't look anything like Stephen Fry. Oh, and I have no special desire to see Speed Racer either, but I enjoyed Lisa Katayama's nostalgic look at the original cartoon.
• Speaking of La Paltrow, she gets off the best line here, in response to something Mark Bittman says:
He's such a Bittman! You know what I found really disheartening, though? The way Gwyneth and Claudia Bassols act almost apologetic for liking food, where that's never ever an issue for Mario and Bittman. Nonetheless, I'm way looking forward to this show (video via Robyn at Serious Eats).
• While we're on the subject of food, Slashfood reports on the original Iron Chef returning to US TV, on the Fine Living Network -- yet another channel we don't get on Bronx Cablevision, surely the only cable system in the country that still doesn't include BBC America -- and on the buyout of Wrigley by the American branch of the Mars family.
• While Dykes To Watch Out For goes on hiatus (*snif*), Alison Bechdel swears she has other plans in the works for her DTWOF blog.
• What Digby Says about Republicans biding their time, about "minitruths," and about the silly season.
• It's so sadly true, many white people are total grammar pedants, present company included. I hang my head.
• Leigh Ann gives a thumbs-up to Richard Dawkins' book in, as ever, an amusing read.
• Lis Riba is convinced that Frank Miller has long since passed the point of self-parody.
• Melissa Silverstein has at Manohla Dargis' article on "post-female American cinema" and takes a good look at Sex & The City backlash.
• Cliff Meth wonders about some people's need to have ostentatious ceremony to mark what's supposed to be a culturally significant rite of passage. If you've got the money, why not use it to better other people's lives? Being Cliff, he puts it where his mouth is, and has helped broker a deal whereby Marvel Comics will do right by artist Gene Colan, currently suffering from liver failure. Speaking of the charitable impulse, Marie's in a quandary over how to help Burma (I still can't bring myself to call it Myanmar). And even though Donna has met her immediate goal, if you have some extra disposable income you might considering sending a little something her way.
• Bryan is correct, I have a bunch of those Lennon-Marx Abkhazian stamps left over from when I used to use them as fundraisers for my Firesign newsletter. And while we're on the subject, What Liz Said. Um, I mean, me too. My husband gives me full permission to trade up, provided he gets some good bootlegs out of it. Liz may live closer to the Hamptons, but hey, I've named my blog and my fictitious corporation Pen-Elayne, so that has to count for something. (Seriously, I'll settle for an executive assistant position at MPL if there's one available...)
• Except I don't think I could be a vegetarian, and people like PETA are a major reason why. See Vanessa's post here. Honestly people, You're Not Helping.
• A trio of good fat-positive posts helped me a lot: Lesley has an interesting conversational moment; Eve gets on her bike and rides; and Kate reminds us how it works and why we fight. Note to CNN: Catcalls are ALWAYS objectifying, and therefore NEVER complimentary.
• Ending with some bits and bobs: Mama Shakes speaks! Maru reminds us she's the original rude pundit. Jason finds amusement in Cthulhu's pickup truck. Kevin passes along a link to a new Milk & Cheese strip. (I love Milk & Cheese so much that 20+ years ago I whined at Evan until he did me a M&C cover for an issue of INSIDE JOKE.) David at BoingBoing informs us that we gals have our troubles (at least according to brain scans) when we have our orgasms. Anyone for science fiction/fantasy literature bingo? (Oh, and that mommy-had-plastic-surgery book is from a small-print vanity press, reminds TNH, so calm the eff down about it.) Enough people liked Roy's initial expose of right-wing bloggers that it's become a series in the Voice. And this post from Hilzoy made me cry, and smile, and cry all over again.
Alas, that took most of my afternoon and evening to complete, so I'm afraid my fiction writing will have to wait until I've rested my arm again.
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Back on Form
If one can get Keith Olbermann to stop the Hillary-bashing for just one moment (which you unfortunately still can't; even last night he decided to paint Terry McAuliffe as a Worst Person for observing that this sort of crap is unprecedented in a presidential campaign), one has a good chance of seeing the Olbermann of old emerge once again. Case in point:
Very powerful, and very needed. I wish we had someone to tell certain media pundits to "shut the hell up" with their sexism.
Very powerful, and very needed. I wish we had someone to tell certain media pundits to "shut the hell up" with their sexism.
Silly Site o' the Day
Upon discovering that LinkedIn has a job search mechanism (and subsequently finding a job or two for which I applied), I decided yesterday to create a new Firefox folder called Social Networks so I can keep track of, let's see where I've signed up so far... well, Buzznet of course, back when I couldn't yet upload to Flickr or YouTube as I do now; P.O.W.E.R. in Comics, ComicSpace and MySpace; Facebook (probably the one that intrigues me the most, although I don't play the "apps" games there) and LinkedIn; Digg, Ning, StumbleUpon and Twitter. Have I missed anything? Speaking of which, Budgie found this really cool application for anyone with Twitter called the TweetWheel. Here's a screen capture:
If you go to the actual page you can run your cursor over all of the Twitter friends I follow to see how many friends they have in common with me, but I just think it looks pretty.
If you go to the actual page you can run your cursor over all of the Twitter friends I follow to see how many friends they have in common with me, but I just think it looks pretty.
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Mom's Day 2008
Well, despite my best efforts I won't be doing that bloground I'd hoped to get to today. (Although I can still point out you have a couple hours left to nominate for this year's Lulu Awards.) But hey, at least I made a roux and a bechamel sauce for the first time in my life (way too much milk, though; I'm halving it the next time) so that's something. And I've finally uploaded the photos from this past weekend. I couldn't snap any of my cousin-once-removed Jacob's bar mitzvah, of course, as synagogues don't allow photo-taking on Shabbos, so I wanted to mention that portions of his bar mitzvah gifts will be helping support summer camp opportunities for kids from the Sderot area of Israel, as well as to Pet Rescue in Larchmont.
But Sunday at Mom's, well, that's different. The main goal I'd set for myself was to get Mom all fixed up with Chuzzle so she didn't have to play it online. This was more of a challenge than we'd anticipated, even allowing for her slow dial-up connection. After the seemingly interminable download, we discovered her PC didn't have the ActiveX control needed, and searching for that pretty much froze the poor machine.
Fortunately we'd brought our laptop, and Mom had a USB thumb drive, so we could download the app from our Mac and put it right onto her ol' reliable -- voila!
Here's me and my mom. Naturally I look schlumpiest when sitting on a couch. Ah well. Any family resemblance?
Mom reads my copy of Hereville. She pronounced it "quirky," which I'm pretty sure is a compliment.
Best of all, I made the 100-mile journey there and back with no adverse effects!
But Sunday at Mom's, well, that's different. The main goal I'd set for myself was to get Mom all fixed up with Chuzzle so she didn't have to play it online. This was more of a challenge than we'd anticipated, even allowing for her slow dial-up connection. After the seemingly interminable download, we discovered her PC didn't have the ActiveX control needed, and searching for that pretty much froze the poor machine.
Fortunately we'd brought our laptop, and Mom had a USB thumb drive, so we could download the app from our Mac and put it right onto her ol' reliable -- voila!
Here's me and my mom. Naturally I look schlumpiest when sitting on a couch. Ah well. Any family resemblance?
Mom reads my copy of Hereville. She pronounced it "quirky," which I'm pretty sure is a compliment.
Best of all, I made the 100-mile journey there and back with no adverse effects!
Silly Site o' the Day
It's been a good catch-up day so far. Did all my job searching before 9 AM, touched base with doctors about routine checkups, and am trying to get through blog reading without too much arm-tingling. It's abated somewhat, which leads me to believe it's finally starting to heal, so I'll see how much keyboard time I can deal with before I have to get horizontal again. My latest ComicMix column is up; not a lot of comments so far but it's kind of an odd subject on which to comment. Hey, did y'all see this really cool NY Times slide show about food carving? Some really magnificent stuff. I'm in awe; it's all I can do to cook with the stuff!
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Silly Site o' the Day
I have a few nice pictures from Mother's Day that I need to upload; maybe tomorrow my hand will stop tingling so much and I can get on with that. What a lovely day to be in Manhattan! And I got a delicious unagi bento at Masa in the Grand Central Station food court. Surprisingly good value for money! This afternoon I munched on some herbage, as my AeroGarden was in dire need of pruning somehow. Time to get cooking again! Speaking of which, how well did you do in this Spice ID quiz from Slashfood? I think I got almost all of them.
Monday, May 12, 2008
Silly Site o' the Day
Still trying to limit my keyboard time to job searching, and am mostly leaning back when I read and such as that doesn't set my left hand to tingling. Shoulder feels fine but the neck still feels pinched, which I think is what's affecting the hand. Nothing insurmountable, just annoying as usual. Comes with the territory of getting on in life, I suppose. But I'll take it, considering the alternative! My teeth now have a clean bill of health as the remaining cavities were filled today; next up, the eye exam! I'm striving to be 100% healthy when I get that new job. And I've been keeping up my skills as well; how did you do on the Rather Difficult Font Game (via Teresa)?
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Silly Site o' the Day
Typing from Mom's today, where we gave her the Mother's Day present of her very own version of Chuzzle which she can play offline. Her system was so antiquated she needed a version of ActiveX that's like three versions less than the current one, which we couldn't even download from Microsoft's website which froze her dial-up and we had to reboot and in the meantime Robin got the ActiveX installer in about five seconds on the laptop, stuck Mom's USB thumb drive in there, copied the installer onto her computer, and voila! I love that there's always a workaround, even for somewhat older machines... Anyway, speaking of cool computer stuff, Jason Bergman found this very cool video:
As Jason says, it's superior to the actual corporate-produced video...
As Jason says, it's superior to the actual corporate-produced video...
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Silly Site o' the Day
Heading out shortly to a family bar-mitzvah, and then to Mom's for Mother's Day weekend. We're taking the laptop but, in case we can't get a wifi connection there, I may as well give you a Silly Site now. What if the real world worked like Facebook?:
Via Siva at Sivacracy.
Via Siva at Sivacracy.
Friday, May 09, 2008
Friday Cat Blogging (™ Kevin Drum)
Let's see if rotating this photo worked:
Datsa has fallen in love again with the closet in the computer room.
Datsa has fallen in love again with the closet in the computer room.
Silly Site o' the Day
As it's Friday (see above), how about checking out the Cat Diaries? Very charming stuff, via Meg at Cute Overload who needs the hits like I need several holes in my cranium.
Thursday, May 08, 2008
Silly Site o' the Day
Stupid left arm still affected. It may be a neck pinch, I'm just not sure. I'll probably ring the doctor again tomorrow and ask if she has any other advice, I don't really know if the anti-inflammatory med's working. Can't sit at my computer for more than an hour without a lot of pain. Driving this weekend will be loads of fun, but I'm spending Mother's Day with my Mom and I wouldn't have it any other way. Via Mike at Left is Right, here are some very wrong cards you can send your mom for Mother's Day.
Wednesday, May 07, 2008
Silly Site o' the Day
My newest ComicMix column is up (as it's a "meta" post it already has five comments), and in honor of my long-time friend and ComicMix commenter Vinnie Bartilucci, I present the International Norbert Conspiracy -- animated!
The animation, by Rusty of Rusty's Rocking Jamboree (which is, near as I can tell, a modern Minnesotan version of Uncle Floyd only maybe not), is based on a Rick Geary drawing. As I recall, Vin's almost done with his third Norbert volume and about to start on a fourth in time for MoCCA...
The animation, by Rusty of Rusty's Rocking Jamboree (which is, near as I can tell, a modern Minnesotan version of Uncle Floyd only maybe not), is based on a Rick Geary drawing. As I recall, Vin's almost done with his third Norbert volume and about to start on a fourth in time for MoCCA...
Tuesday, May 06, 2008
Silly Site o' the Day
Absolutely horrid night, very little sleep, but couldn't take a night-time acetaminophen nor an allergy pill because I had an early morning interview. Home for barely an hour before going to the dentist to get a cavity filled, then I crashed heavily this afternoon waiting for the novocaine to wear off. Still can't type easily without feeling it in the shoulder, but I think it's getting incrementally better. Hey, today's International No Diet Day; here are some fun slogans you can use from the INDD headquarters...
Monday, May 05, 2008
Silly Site o' the Day
So I hear it's Cinco de Mayo, which we celebrated by eating conveyor-belt sushi and not buying beer during our food shopping. Erm. Anyway, when I think of Mexican I think of huevos, and since we sush-ed today how about an egg site from Japan? Via Robyn Lee at Serious Eats, it's I Love Egg!
As Meg Frost of Cute Overload is fond of saying, nobody does cute better than the Japanese...
As Meg Frost of Cute Overload is fond of saying, nobody does cute better than the Japanese...
Sunday, May 04, 2008
Silly Site o' the Day
Bah, shoulder still bad. Switching to the hip pack until my next interview. I think the anti-inflammatory's working, but if so it's taking its time. Here you go, via Gerard again, play with Big Huge Labs' Flickr toys...
Saturday, May 03, 2008
Silly Site o' the Day
Happy Free Comic Book Day! Once again, Robin has not been asked to be involved in any creator signings, not even at the two local shops (not that they know we're here and not that we harbor any such expectations), and between that and my shoulder pain (the real reason I'm cranky and bitching) we're not going to be participating in this year's FCBD. Which saddens me because I've liked the FCBD stuff in the past, and have tried to make a habit out of introducing at least one new person to comics every year, which is kind of the point of the day. If we have the energy we'll be visiting the dry cleaners and the local fruit & veg place, neither of which will feature comics. And then we'll come home where I'll read the rest of the comics in my DC comp box from last month (I can't read the second issue of Tangent: Superman's Reign on which Rob worked because we haven't yet gotten the comp box with the first issue) and pet cats. You've all seen the Engineer's Guide to Cats, haven't you?
It's been lots of places but I first saw it via Amanda. If only Seal Press had used cute cat pictures to illustrate her new book instead of dated and racist Werner Roth art pinched from old Lorna the Jungle Girl comics...
It's been lots of places but I first saw it via Amanda. If only Seal Press had used cute cat pictures to illustrate her new book instead of dated and racist Werner Roth art pinched from old Lorna the Jungle Girl comics...
Friday, May 02, 2008
Friday Cat Blogging (™ Kevin Drum)
So earlier this week I treated myself to a new $3 watchband and the cats to a couple of new $3 catnip bags. Datsa seemed to appreciate adding to his hoard:
Meanwhile, my shoulder problems have necessitated using one pillow instead of my usual two, which pleases Amy:
So far it doesn't feel as though the anti-inflammatory's working yet; at this point I'd settle for the numbness leaving my left hand.
Meanwhile, my shoulder problems have necessitated using one pillow instead of my usual two, which pleases Amy:
So far it doesn't feel as though the anti-inflammatory's working yet; at this point I'd settle for the numbness leaving my left hand.
Silly Site o' the Day
There's a reason I subscribe to David McCandless' blog. So I can spread the word when he updates, as he just has with three new additions to his SchmApple section. I think my favorite of the three is DreamOn Pro.
Thursday, May 01, 2008
Silly Site o' the Day
White Rabbits! May started off nicely, as I got my yearly checkup and dental cleaning out of the way; even got an anti-inflammatory for the muscle pull in back of my shoulder, which still hurts like a mofo. Especially when I'm sitting at my desktop, which is why I haven't been doing a lot of blogging. I did want to pass along this very cool animation video from Ann Bartow, though:
I'm such a sucker for origami!
I'm such a sucker for origami!
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