Month: May 2004

  • Catch!

    Check out this totally hypnotic Flash experiment involving silhouettes of people playing Catch. As you move your mouse, the red ball gets tossed from side to side. Very cool.

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  • Wow. When I first looked at this picture of Harry, Ron, and Hermione at the New York Harry Potter premiere, I honestly thought that was Reese Witherspoon standing in the middle. Upon further reflection, Emma looks pretty but I don’t like her hair that way. Daniel looks handsome. But Rupert… Please, cut your hair and…

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  • Are you a bad ass?

    Are you a Bad Ass? Unfortunately, I am not. I scored a measley 19 points, which makes me a certified wimp (with a “ranking” of “tard”). That’s probably a fair assessment.

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  • Impossible Objects

    Impossible Objects. Neat! I’m guessing that the Rubik’s Cubes were disassembled and inserted one bit at a time, then reassembled inside the bottle. I have no clue how they did the baseball though.

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  • Kill Bill Vol. II

    “You know, I’ve always liked that word…”gargantuan”… so rarely have an opportunity to use it in a sentence.” We finally saw Kill Bill Vol. II tonight. It was excellent. I have a newfound respect for Darryl Hannah as an actress.

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  • “Dust, old ladies, hippies, and tat.” That’s the summation of my Cat Protection Society Op Shop experience exactly as I SMSed it to the Snook this afternoon. I spent three hours “learning the ropes,” most of which involved me minding the till while Robin and Barbara (my two elderly co-volunteers) kept disappearing into the back…

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  • Digital clock.

    A very cool digital clock… of sorts.

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  • Sarah Jessica Parker’s Guide to Keeping a Man. Let me guess… Is the first step: “Marry a homosexual?”

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  • The whole Famine experience has inspired me to be more charitable on a regular basis. That’s why I’ve arranged to volunteer at the Cat Protection Society Op Shop! I’m starting this Saturday morning. The op shop is the Society’s main source of funds for the cattery and it’s staffed entirely by volunteers. We had such…

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  • Feline Medical Curiosities. Oh, the poor kitties! The ones with no eyes freak me out.

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