I actually went out last night. Me? Yeah. My friend B got stood up for his half of a double-date and was looking for a good stand-in. Being as this was a _dancing_ event, he had a few requirements: 1. Pretty. 2. Dancer. Now, B knows 3 good dancers. The first one he knows stood him up for the dancing double date. The second dancer he knows is ( Read more... )

Just so I have it for the future, Allrecipes.com converts recipes from US Standard measures to Metric really quick and easy. I rely on their site a lot for converting recipes.

As a sidenote, baking by weight is MUCH easier than baking by volume - lady_fox taught me that. For the rest of y'all, baking by weight is a serious endeavor in the abuse of the ( Read more... )

No matter what the color scheme, velvet/velour pants worn with turned-cuff fleece-lined boots make you look like Santa Claus.

So this is how the Japanese find " the most beautiful woman in Italy." They picked a random babe on the street and asked her to introduce the most beautiful woman she knows to the camera crew. Then the most beautiful woman introduces the crew to the most beautiful woman SHE knows... and on and on and on ( Read more... )

I know posting that "it's March 4." may seem really obvious, but the thing that isn't obvious is that Spring is supposed to be creeping up on us. It's nowhere to be found. For the first time in 4 years, I'm NOT riding my bike today. I also didn't ride my bike yesterday. Yesterday there was fresh snow on the roads. Today there's supposed to be ( Read more... )

Ooh. I got to respond in the bus system survey today. They have people riding the bus asking, "do you wanna take a survey?" Captive audience much?

I feel like the typical student-riding from downtown to home in the middle of the afternoon. I did leave a comment that I cycle commute March thru December and I only ride the bus in the winter.

Moronitis. An inflammation of one's moron.
Mornonosis. An infection of one's moron.

For the NPR series on famous American Characters, Elizabeth Blair did a wonderful interview with Cookie Monster. I'd listened to it on the radio a few days back, but seeing the video is far more funny!

http://www.npr.org/blogs/incharacter/2008/02/cookie_monster_comes_to_npr.html?ps=bb7

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I discovered today that Hello Kitty's birthday is Nov 1. Hello Kitty is a Scorpio ( Read more... )