Month: March 2004
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Eyesore of the Month. I like architecture. This is a great look at some really bad buildings with hilarious commentary.
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What do you call a group of cats? A clowder. That’s so weird.
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For the Snook: Squirrel Fishing. There was a squirrel fishing bit on that Japanese betting show Banzai a few years back that Snookums still reminisces about. I’ve never seen him laugh so hard.
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When I was 15, I read The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley. I absolutely loved it. It was a fantasy with a princess and a dragon and magicians and secrets and I wished more than anything that I had written it. So I spent, like, a week plotting my own fantasy and inventing…
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Would you like some Turkish Delight?Kevin discovered a rumor that Nicole Kidman might be playing the White Witch in Disney’s upcoming adaptation of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. I actually think she’d be really good for that part. She’s got that whole beautiful-yet-terrible, pale-yet-flashy elfin ice queen thing going on anyway. I wonder…
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I can’t resist. She’s just so cute! She’s been sitting on my lap tonight learning about the Internet. We’re bonding. The gutter-minded among you will be amused to note that the Snook, upon receiving these pictures from me, proceeded to forward them to his work buddies with the subject line: “Pictures of my…
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My sister has caught the knitting bug and is ready to try her first sweater. She wants to do Cheesylove (the sleeveless version) from Knitty but she’s a little apprehensive. So we’re going to do it as a knitalong! We’re both going to knit it at the same time so we can help each other…
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“When Two Tribes Go to War: A History of Video Game Controversy”. Very interesting article about the games that have been giving Tipper Gore and Joseph Lieberman nightmares for decades. Be sure and check out the bit about “Custer’s Revenge”, a famous Atari game that involved a naked cowboy assaulting Native American women for points.…
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New poll! My sister is wondering about the “ideal pet” breakdown of web-goddess readers. Please register your choice down there on the right.
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“I’d Leave the Country But My Wife Won’t Let Me.” Another excellent and impassioned essay in support of same-sex marriages.