Thank goodness for James Lileks. Laughed near to the point of tears reading the commentary. This is the year I was born, incidentally. Strange times.

Robins are beautiful birds, quite fascinating to watch, but dumber than hell. There is another nest being built on top of our back window, barely a week after we had the last one removed. "Hmmm, how about this spot? It already has the remains of a nest, recently destroyed by some kind of large predator. It's perfect!" And that's assuming ( ( Read more... )

Today's word of the day is "feculent". Can you say "feculent," kids? I knew you could!

Toddler at lunchtime, to the cat (who was begging for table scraps):

"Meow yourself, Tigger! This is my food and you can not have any because it is mines and you can eat some cat food instead in your cat bowl over there."

That's my son, tellin' it like it is.

Oh! What a hideous sound...why oh why do I find these so hilarious? And by "hilarious," of course I mean "disturbing and wrong ( Read more... )

Need a sanity break, so it's brain dump time on LJ ( Read more... )

I totally want to order one of these ( Read more... )

Eno / Byrne reunite! Much rejoicing ensues:

http://www.thedailyswarm.com/swarm/david-byrne-and-brian-eno-reuniting-album-shows/

Anyone going have extra tickets? Ticketmaster is balking! I hear there are still tickets at the box office, so worst case I'll just take my chances with that, but I'd rather not trek all the way into town just to be turned away.

Apparently some kind of kid's show (or a segment thereof) in Japan, sort of a cross between Rube Goldberg and George Rhodes. Awesome on multiple levels. Bonus: I found this searching for something completely unrelated.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lfy3LreTj1A