"Astaire made headlines again at age 78 when hospitalized after breaking his left wrist while riding his grandson's skateboard, and was awarded life membership of the National Skateboard Society. At the time he remarked: "Gene Kelly warned me not to be a damned fool, but I'd seen the things those kids got up to on television doing all sorts of ( Read more... )

Stroop St.

That's what the Mystical and Oracular Ball of Enlightenment says.

Thanks, Neil.

I'm glad that's cleared up.

This morning while adding security strips to the new periodicals for PMA, I came across an article in Science News that was all about this mathematician lady who crochets models of hyperbolic planes. Now, I can't say I know much about those, but boy do they look nifty, and I think I'm going to learn how to make them, so I bet I'll know a lot more ( Read more... )

Today was gorgeous. I woke up with the sun on my face for the first time in a really long time. I spent the day working on sewing projects (skirts are more complicated than they look) and going to the library, both FAC (return stuff, more Carnivale) and Faulk, where I got nifty books--two Mrs. Pollifax, two cookbooks (Country Baking and Vegetables ( Read more... )

"They had fangs, they were biting people, they had this look in their eyes--totally cold. Animal. I think they were Young Republicans."

I watched the Buffy the Vampire Slayer movie last night. The original one, from 1992. And what can I say? Hi-larious! Having seen all of the tv series, this movie "read" like a spoof.
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So it's still freezing rain, and once again the entire University is closed. So much for the two classes I was supposed to be having today. I'm in full vacation mode now, which means that I sleep ten hours ( Read more... )

I have a "snow" day tomorrow ( Read more... )

More awesome phrases!

"manifestations of acute intelligence and enlightenment"

Hey, can I be one too?

As in "The manifestations of acute intelligence and enlightenment have always been percieved as a bit eccentric--right?"
from It's Easy Being Green: A Handbook for Earth-Friendly Living by Crissy Trask. Yes, I was reading an excerpt on Amazon, ( Read more... )

On the twelfth day of Christmas, ( Read more... )