Blixa!

Not only does the One Sweep not work - it fails spectacularly at picking up cat hair.

Avoid this thing at all costs.

Pig Radio. Catch it!

We saw Coldplay last night.

A thing of beauty. That's what I think....

How can anyone not love hi monkey !?

Thanks, as ever, to raven72d for introducing me to my new favourite primate!

Want to help the furry ones, the ones with fins and scales and tooth and claw? Then visit Noah's Wish

Have you been touched by the Noodly Appendage yet?

And in case anyone is wondering, I will be wearing my pirate clothes more often. Lord knows I don't want to be the cause of global warming.....

I'm not changing my domain name.....

How could anybody do this to Marc Cohn ?

The Late Unpleasantness just won't be the same anymore without that spectacular accent ....

halftone* a photoblog is fantastic beyond words. go there. be amazed.

I guess when he got to the pearly gates he informed the heavenly host "It's me! It's me! It's Ernest T.!"

At least that's what should have happened....

Kylie ! Say it's not so!

This is just so wrong that you have to love it.....

Alright...I'll play the game... Here's my result for my birfday....

Kyrie Eleison....

I think I need a six pack of Google Gulp - now with Auto-Drink™ technology!

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The GashlyCrumb Tinies - You have a terribly wicked
sense of humour and people are drawn to your
wit. Children beware of the thin, pale man
with the black umbrella!


Which Edward Gorey Book Are You?
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If loving Cat and Girl is wrong - I don't want to be right....

I just washed by dryer's lint trap a few minutes ago. All I can say is - every once in a while you get one of those forwarded emails that really is true!

Thanks to Alisa for this one!

Three Men in a Boat...to say nothing of the dog....

Thanks to Lyles for this...

Bitchitude: research: b.c./a.d. vs. c.e./b.c.e. iS aset of six thought-provoking questions. Go have a look!

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I have been lost in the pages of the journal of a writing man for some time now. Each page a wonderful surprise, each image and word a treasure.

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You must see the lovely bird and moon.

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Dr. Gene Scott may be gone, but Rev. Calli has stepped up to fill the void!

Prominent Pastor, Dr. Gene Scott, Dies in Los Angeles. Sigh. I can't tell you how many nights were spent with Gene Scott - waiting to see how many times he would play that song 'I Want to Know.' Gene got me through some long dark nights of the soul...when there was no one else out there to talk to, you could always count on Gene Scott to be on 24/7.

So long, Gonzo, you'll be missed. But maybe you'll be on the same bus as Gidget - and that can only be a good thing.

You really need to read "Ash City Stomp" by Richard Butner - but what's even cooler is that you can listen to it - which you should certainly do (I downloaded it to my ickle mp3 player). After you've done that, then you should feel compelled to rush out and buy multiple copies of his book to give to all your friends.

Go. Read. Listen. Puchase.

Zorba, "The Veiled Male" is worth a visit. I really had no idea.....

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T H E H I G H S C H O O L M E M E

thanks to SallyDallyDo for this one!

What year was it?
1977-1981

What were your favorite bands or musical artists?
Led Zeppelin, The dBs, The Police, Rush, Mike Cross, Patti Smith, Tom Robinson Band, Steeleye Span, Renaissance, Sex Pistols, Tyrannosaurus Rex (more so than T. Rex)

What was your favorite outfit?
Black velvet suit with bowler hat and aviator scarf. Obviously I had issues.

What was up with your hair?
Mostly long to longer, parted in the middle with occasional flirtation with bangs.

Who were your best friends?
For the girls, I hung out with Annel, Alison, Kara, Jinny, Jennifer, Ann, Carolyn, Lynn, Nancy, Donna, Doris, Kim, Lisa, Kathleen, Diana. As for guys there was Dickie, Jimmy H., Jeff, Laird, Greg, Jon, Rowdy, Jimmy T., David, Eddie, Rodney, Kevin, Jon H., Mike

Where did you work?
Didn’t. Wasn’t allowed to. But I practiced music incessantly and read tarot cards for the cheerleaders.

Did you fight with your parents?
I have vague recollections of disagreements – but everyone, including me, agreed that I had two of the coolest parents ever.

Whom did you have a CELEBRITY crush on?
John Paul Jones from Led Zeppelin, Sting from The Police and Jimmy McCullough from Wings.

Did you smoke cigarettes?
No – still haven’t.

Did you lug all of your books around in your backpack only because you were too nervous to find your locker?
No – but my senior high school was pretty big, and I also took classes off campus, so a backpack was absolutely necessary most of the time.

Did you have a 'clique'?
People I regularly hung out with – yes. But ‘cliquey?’ No.

Did you have "The Max" like Zach, Kelly, and Slater?
Mmmmm…..The Rose and Thistle underneath the Hawthorne Curve. Mmmmmmm.

Admit it, were you popular?
Not in any conventional sense.

Whom did you want to be just like?
Patti Smith. Except for the heroin part. And the armpits. Deifinitely not the armpits.

What did you want to be when you grew up?
I was so totally going to be in a rock band and also work for a radio station. I had done both by the time I was 19….

Well it appears that the Lost Colony may be more lost than we thought. Or was it merely misplaced...?

Many thanks to Jeef for this one!

You should drop in on Wild Bill Guarnere.com 101st Airborne Band of Brothers Easy Company. A wonderful site, run by Wild Bill's family.

I have been reading Professor Morley's Scientific Conclusions Regarding Bees as a form of therapy. Now if he would only perform some of these experiments on Mariah Carey....

thanks to Project:UnButtercup for that link!

Jeff Bridges.com is a lovely place to waste a few minutes. Thanks to moleskinerie for this one!

All I know is, they were right.

Do what thou wilt - as long as it's in the Liber Call Me Al....

Elsie Dinsmore Popkin was a wonderful artist, a loving mother, and a force of nature. I hadn't seen her in years, but I'll never forget her.

Not only do THEY refer to Jason and the Argonauts, but they are also the pop band that makes the all-time best use of the Picardy Third. HUZZAH!

John Seller: "How to make Hand-Granadoes to be Hove by Hand", 1691.: "To make Stink-Balls.
Take Gun-Powder 10 l. of black Pitch 6 l. of Tarr 20 l. Salt-Petre 8l. Sulpher Calafornia 4 l. melt these over a soft Fire together, and being well melted put 2 l. of Cole dust of the Filings of Horses Hoofs 6 l. Assa Faetida 3 l. Sagapenum 1 l. Spatula Faetida half a l. Incorporate them well together and put into this matter so prepared old Linnen or Wollen Cloath, or Hemp or Tow as much as will drink up all this matter, and of these make them up in Balls of what bigness you please, and being thrown between Decks will be a great annoyance to the Enemy. "

Truer words were never spoken...

New Carbon Leaf video!

The USS Monitor Center website has probably given me more gray hair than anything else I've worked on recently. But I'm slap happy to see that it's finally live.

Go. Play with it. Be one with the ironclad goodness......

You simply have to hear Tres Chicas.

Let me tell you about Joe.

Fair winds, Old Dolphin...