I'm sitting on the couch, watching holiday weekend movies on TV--specifically Hope Floats, a middle-of-the-road Sandra Bullock chick flick from the 90s. In this movie she plays a 35-year-old former prom queen whose husband (implausibly) leaves her for her best friend. Devastated, she retreats back to her tiny, midwestern home town to move in with ( Read more... )

I have a 22-inch tube TV (with a flat screen) that fell into my hands after my grandmother died last month. Alex and I don't need another TV, so if you'd like it and can pick it up at our apartment in Middletown, it's yours ( Read more... )

There's this guy at work who mispronounces "pedantic." He says "pendantic," as if referring to something worn around the neck. He uses the word all the time, in place of "condescending," "picky," "contrary," "instructional." It's a favorite on calls with the execs when ranting self-assuredly. While sketching report groupings on the whiteboard. When ( Read more... )

Jess: "How did Doogie Howser get hotter than Malcolm Reynolds?"

If you enjoyed Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (drhorrible.com), you may also enjoy this clip of Neil Patrick Harris singing on Sesame Street, taped for an upcoming episode (says the source--for all I know it's airing already).

If you HAVEN'T seen Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, and you' ( Read more... )

The Big Read reckons that the average adult has only read 6 of the top 100 books they've printed.



1) Look at the list and bold those you have read.
2) Italicize those you intend to read.
3) Underline the books you LOVE.
4) Strike out the books you have no intention of ever reading,
5) Star the books that you began to read and did not finish.
6) Bold and ( Read more... )

This guy has been on the Mongoose forums. (Actually, he could have been on any gaming forum.)

Alex and I have heard plenty of these, in person, at the cons from people who feel genuinely, deeply betrayed.

Take a look at this preview gallery for the G. I. Joe movie and tell me the Baroness doesn't look awesome.

My mobile has gone from working poorly to barely working. If you need to reach me, please send me e-mail. I'll update when I get a new card for it. 

Driving to the mall, filled with dread, because you have to buy a special-occasion dress on a very short deadline after an extremely stressful week. Knowing this process is probably going to be pure hell and that you will have to spend way too much money to compensate for no advance notice. Also, you will probably be spending this money on a dress ( Read more... )

When I was 4 years old and new to daycare, I watched while some other kids built a wall out of giant blocks. I stared as their wall grew taller than me, and then, delirious with excitement, I ran, crashing through it, screaming "KOOL-AID!"

The kids started yelling, and the daycare lady grabbed me and put me in the corner. To this day I feel a ( Read more... )