Neither of us is having a true bachelor/ette party. But we should do something Saturday, because it's your last chance to hang, buy us drinks, and make out with us while we're still technically single. (The last night that isn't a school night, anyway. Out of town people: we still might have a chance to party with you before the wedding if you won' ( Read more... )

We saw Muse in Fairfax, VA. Terrible acoustics, but other than that it was a damn good show. The band was really tight, and the lighting & video were possibly the coolest I've ever seen at a rock show.

Since when do bridges ever fall down? Can anyone think of any other example ever (I mean, without sabotage involved)? I've only heard of, like, jungle rope bridges, or model bridges made out of toothpicks and glue collapsing ( Read more... )

Last night I went to see the new Hairspray film. I didn't know much about it, but I know that the original is a pop culture cult classic and I wanted to find out what the deal is ( Read more... )

I've been reading The God Delusion, by Richard Dawkins. It's scathing and opinionated, but thought provoking and well supported ( Read more... )

The other day I was at my old Minneapolis apartment because we were visiting whitefox77 and he showed me his airsoft guns. (Airsoft guns look real, but they shoot plastic BBs.) And I hate real guns, but the airsoft guns were really cool. They look and feel real, but they hold a lot more shots than real guns, they have very little recoil, and they are far ( Read more... )

At the Spyhouse at this very moment, in fact.

I'm reading this book on psychology. The author made reference to a theory that there are really only six basic jokes. I've tried to find information on the internet about that but I haven't come up with anything. Is anyone familiar with that concept who can enlighten me ( Read more... )

Yeah, that's how lazy I'm being this afternoon.

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We went to Philadelphia this weekend. Well, we spent most of the time outside Philly, but anyway . . . We went swimming, we almost went horseback riding, and we went to a Phillies baseball game. Not normally my thing, but I surprised myself by actually following the game and I wasn't bored at all. It was an outdoor stadium, which I've never been in ( Read more... )