"I know how to win wars." -John McCain

Isn't his wartime experience from one of the few wars the U.S. fought and DIDN'T win?

We've spent most of the last two days hosting our newest friends, etcet and aishlynn - and it's been tremendous fun. In fact, it's felt a little like a Stephen Wright concert - not particularly structured, yet I can remember laughing an awful lot, but I couldn't really point to anything in particular. Well, okay, I still remember jokes about the Pink Palm ( Read more... )

( George betrayed and murdered my fandom )

(Stolen from Klytus, Scaleslea, and others...)

Do you read me?

If you read me on a regular/semi regular basis, leave me a comment and let me know.

Then post this in your diary and find out who reads you.

Anyone reading here probably already knows that Selkie will not be at the MD Renaissance Festival this season with the Pyrates Royale ( Read more... )

Well, I dunno, maybe it won't work for you, but it seems like an obvious thing to me ( Read more... )

One of my favorite things about living in VA is that it's cheap to get persomalized license plates - the result being you see a lot of them around. I've seen at least four plates relating to Harry Potter - LUMOS, HAGRID, and abbreviated versions of Griffindor and Slytherin. On the way to work, I routinely spot a fairly spendy sports car whose ( Read more... )

Hey, folks... the company I'm working for is looking for the following positions ( Read more... )

I like this idea. I know the value of a warm fuzzy as well as anyone.

As seen on selkiesiren's LJ, and hijacked from klytus (Thanks, both of you, for this, and other things...):

Reply to this post, and I'll tell you one reason why I like/love/adore you. Then put this in your own journal, and spread the love.

So I took this test to see my Quick and Dirty IQ. I generally like taking IQ tests, because I believe myself to be of above-average intelligence, and the tests generally affirm that, which gives me reason to feel superior to people who watch Nascar and vote Republican.

My results from this one:

Your IQ Is 125
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