Month: July 2005

  • Open Source Beer

    The Snook’s gonna love this: open-source beer.

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  • I heart Gleebooks.

    I heart Gleebooks.How cute are they? The bookstore just sent out our final instructions for this Saturday: Dear travellers on the Gleewarts Express, It is only three sleeps to go. We have some last minute instructions and reminders. Please – please – set two alarms! If you are late, we cannot wait. We advise you…

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  • Freaky statistics

    I’ve read a lot of arguments for and against abortion, but never have I read that there is a statistical link between Roe vs. Wade and a twenty-year drop in crime rates. Pretty mind-blowing, if you ask me…

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  • London Stands

    I absolutely love these T-shirt designs that are being sold to support the British Red Cross. What a great idea. I’m also contemplating donating some money to buy a pint for the folks in emergency services.

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  • The BBC is taking a poll of who everything thinks the “half-blood prince” will be. I’m still guessing Hagrid at this point. (Whoever wrote the poll is stupid though. Tonks is a girl!)

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  • What makes dogpeople and catpeople? I weigh in over at AskMetaFilter…

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  • Score one for the matriarchy! We just got a wedding invitation addressed to “Rodd and Kris Howard.” Hee! (Thanks, Steve.)

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  • Happy birthday, Sis!

    Happy birthday to my sister Amy, who turns 25 today! It’s all downhill from here, Sis… 🙂

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  • HP Crossword

    Cool! The New York Times ran a Harry Potter crossword today! The Snook and I are working on it right now… (Link courtesy of Manda.)

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  • Making HP Coins

    Playing with toxic stuff is FUN!On Friday Amy and I got together to make some galleons, sickles, and knuts for our Harry Potter train trip next weekend. We’d originally had plans to do them in Fimo clay, but the guy I spoke to at Barnes Casting Supplies in Newtown thought they might be too brittle.…

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