The absolute best summation of the Matthew Johns controversy I’ve read all week: “It’s the gayest thing ever.” And she means it in the literal sense. HA!

Please, oh please don’t let them tax the Kriek even more! It’s my favorite import.

The photographs from the Mother’s Day Classic are now up! How hardcore am I? And check me out blowing past a couple guys pushing strollers.

I’ve grabbed the others from the site as well.  

We were twenty minutes early for the movie last night, so while we were killing time Snookums told me to watch this YouTube video. It’s a BBC commercial with a choir that sings Blink 182’s “What’s My Age Again”. Oh, and there’s a little person who sings a solo.

Star Trek
Well, I certainly enjoyed Star Trek more than Ebert did! I loved all the references and fan service. I think Karl Urban was my favorite; Bones just cracked me up whenever he was onscreen. I also rather enjoyed the never-commented-on fact that female crew members in the 23rd century dress like 1960’s go-go dancers. I have to say though, I really wanted Sylar-as-Spock to be sexier. The love story was played almost too subtly for my liking. (Or maybe I’ve just read too much fanfic…)

Please help out Kel!
My good college buddy Kelly McMahon is trying to win a contest to throw out the first pitch at a Cubs game. Seriously, Kel is the biggest Cubs fan I know and this is a lifelong dream. All you need to do is sign up to an email newsletter and put her as the referrer. (You can use an old crappy address if you want to.) Just go here and be sure to put kelly_mcmahon@yahoo.com as the referrer. Thanks!

Any Sydney knitters free on Friday morning? The Guild got contacted by a producer looking for 3-4 people to be knitting in the background for a segment on a new TV show. Contact me if you want the details.

I dreamt last night that my teeth were falling out. The feeling is still with me, so I looked it up this morning. There are numerous interpretations… none of them good.

Carrot-Cake Cookies
I forgot to mention that I did, in fact, make Martha’s Carrot-Cake Cookies on Sunday. They’re really good, but they’re not very carrot-cakey. More like an oatmeal cookie with a bit of carrot in it. Actually, with the cream cheese filling they really remind me of Little Debbie Oatmeal Pies! That’s probably your closest analog.

Nice. Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out is coming to the Wii, thus fulfilling the promise of the Power Glove twenty years ago. My brother got the Power Glove for Christmas and tried (mostly unsuccessfully) to get it to work with Punch-Out. The technology back then required you to always return your punching hand to the same position, which was pretty much beyond the grasp of three uncoordinated kids. The Wii MotionPlus should finally allow him to live out his Mike Tyson-ass-kicking dream.