I was not yet on the trains when the collision occurred. Though I do use the affected line every day, it happened in an area beyond my normal commute. I am home and safe, watching news coverage to determine how it might affect my plans tomorrow.

Haven't posted in a while. May hasn't been great. Not terrible, mind, but not that fun ( Read more... )

OK. So my short and somewhat vague entry generated complaints. :)

We did a short skit based on Sweeney Todd, adding a sprinkling of SF Media steroetypes and FarPoint culture.

Enjoy the short, it's about 1.5 minutes. Note that this was taken with our personal camera, and is not the official video. The transcript and a gallery of pics follow.

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Last year, Jo and I went to see Sweeney Todd.  Several scenes jumped out at us as potential candidates for fun costumes at Dragon*Con.  We cajoled some friends to make the costumes for us.  They were indeed a hit at Dragon*Con.  In fact, while there a small number of Sweeney Todds walking around, there was only one other (that I saw) with a similar ( Read more... )

A stray thought this morning combined linguistics, business, computers, existentialism and humor.  After this, I expect that my brain will shut off and hide for a while:

Why don't we hear more about Oracle's logical competitors Andacle and Notacle?

Happy New Year!

I felt like leaping for a second there.

 So, for Chanukah, Jo bought a 25th Anniversary Cabbage Patch Kid for Nathan.  I don't think they're particularly different than the originals --  same pudgy features, same Xavier Roberts tattooed ass.  Probably the same "it's the 1980s and we didn't know" Chinese Lead Content(tm).

No problems so far.  Then I noticed the name: Jacob.  Okay.  It's a ( Read more... )

Sometimes my mind does seriously f'ed up stuff.

Try this:  There's an alternate universe where Bruce Banner transforms into an 8-foot tall detective who solves crimes with his "little grey cells" and some poor Belgian schmuck turns green and yells "Poirot SMASH!"

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