For those of you on my friends list unfamiliar with this pair, they are truly wonderful people and have sown kindness and gentleness with everyone they encounter and deserve to reap the same.

From Sykii:

Some of you may know Soren deSelby and his partner, Velma. Soren had a hemorrhagic stroke in early October, and is convalescing. We are all ( Read more... )

I've reached a new level in my travels. I have encountered my first squat toilet. I wandered down to the Irish pub I'd looked up on the intergoogle with one of my colleagues and found myself in need of relief. My colleague warned me before I went, but we both hoped there might be a western crapper somewhere in the place. No dice. I looked at ( Read more... )

Heavens to Betsy, this made me smile!

I think this is probably one of the most horrifying and brilliant things I've ever seen: Bacon Chocolate.

The first time I saw Thoth was on America's Got Talent. I remember watching this peculiar man in vaguely native American seeming garb dancing and singing and playing a violin and thinking to myself, "Good god! He's off his rocker!" And not giving him too much more thought later ( Read more... )

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Can anyone tell me where to find a very modestly priced Middle Eastern market? Somehow, I've lived here this long without really knowing where the Middle Eastern neighborhoods are. I'm willing to traipse my ass out to any borough, or even NJ if it's not too far from trains. I have lots of time on my hands and would love to get a hold of some ( Read more... )

1) I am absolutely beside myself that Rose's is closing on Sunday and I can't make it there to visit one last time.

2) Jeff made us batter-fried broccoli and PBR for dinner. I love this man.

First, I'd like to make you all super jealous that I went to see the US premiere of Not-the-Messiah and you didn't.

Second, is it totally messed up that I just laughed out loud for a good half a minute at a scene in Judging Amy? I'm embarrassed to admit I'm totally in love with this show. I'm also embarrassed to admit that I have a TV for the ( Read more... )

(Stolen from ryanbrenizer.)

This is really a striking editorial from about 7 years ago written by Courtney Love on Copyrights, the RIAA, and artistry as a concept and lifestyle. The writing is, not surprisingly, somewhat wandering and occasionally a little hard to follow, but I think it's really worth the time and effort to read. It touches on a lot of ideas ( Read more... )