Month: February 2007
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Ooh, dishy librarian-related scandal! This year’s Newbery Medal-winning book contains the word “scrotum,” and the uptight soccer moms of the word are freaking out and requesting that it be banned. The author has written a response. So, gadgetgirl, when can we expect to see The Higher Power of Lucky on the shelves at the vaunted…
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The Galactic Times. It’s like The Onion, except set in the Star Wars universe! In other words: I love it. I especially like the ongoing investigation into the death of the bounty hunter Greedo (with the surprise revelation about the security cameras – HA!).
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Meme Time!My Mom sent me this silly little e-mail survey, so I’m just going to post my answers here. I’m not going to bother “tagging” anybody else to do it; you can have a go if you’re bored. 🙂 1. What time is it?3:14pm2. What’s your full name?Kristine Michelle Howard3. What are you most afraid…
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What’s happening to the bees? That’s really weird. It reminds me of something a Bond villain would do, destroy the world’s bees to threaten the food supply. (Unless, of course, we pay him ONE MEEEELLION DOLLARS!) But seriously, that sucks about the bees.
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How to Look Like a Jerk-Ass American in a Foreign Country: Pay for a $13 cross stitch chart with a hundred dollar bill. Sigh dramatically as the assistant tries to scrape together $87 in change for you. Never say please or thank you for anything. Demand that the shop assistant ring you a taxi. When…
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Ladies and gentlemen, I’m proud to announce that the Tapestry Craft website now offers Wish Lists! I’ve been working on this for, like, a week now, and it just went live today. Here’s my list, if you want to see how it works. Let me know if you spot any errors!
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Lesbian koalas. Well, it is Mardi Gras…
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The Great British Venn Diagram. Surprisingly useful to us geographically-challenged Yanks. Plus I’ve just always liked Venn diagrams.
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Oscar Night: Two upsets so far! That’s spread the field a fair bit… More than four hours later: Congratulations to Kent Bailey! Kent got an amazing 11 out of 12 correct, only missing the clean sweep on Best Foreign Film. (What an upset, huh?) He was also only one person off the Dead Person total,…
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Don’t forget: You’ve got less than 24 hours to put in your predictions for my 2007 Oscar Contest (if you haven’t already)! As usual, the scores will be updated as near-to-live as possible on this page. (They’re not showing it live here, so I’ll be hitting refresh on the internet all day.) I’ll also need…