But with a Ludacris soundtrack, if that helps any. Behold. NSFW, unless your workplace is into profanity-laced lyrics and cat-on-dog violence.

Joey, I particularly thought of you and your Sharper Image Roomba tales.

I was in Target today and they were playing Christmas carols on the sound system. Maybe it was having just seen Zombieland the night before, but all I could think of was how I had never wanted a semi-automatic rifle so much in my entire life. Not for any people; just for the goddamned speakers.

So. David Carradine just died.

I've always had a very conflicted relationship with Carradine. When I was younger, we watched Kung Fu (reruns--I'm not that old) all the time. We used to quote it to each other, call each other Grasshopper. We also watched Quincy (because of Sam) and Star Trek (because we were dorks, but also because of Sulu), but ( Read more... )

Oh, Emily Flake! "This is BALTIMORE. You want a vacation, you just go out and ROB yourself one."

Sometimes I do miss crime humor out here.

It's occurred to me lately that Hallmark could probably stand to make a lot of scratch by coming out with a line of sympathy cards for people who've been laid off.

Baby artichokes fried in duck fat?

GENIUS, baby. Pure, mad GENIUS.

Hey, I don't know if you've heard much about the brushfires in Victoria, Australia, but a woman from there now living here in Portland posted about it and it sounds... awful. It is the worst brushfire in the country's history. The fire swept through so quickly that many people did not have time to evacuate, and entire towns have been destroyed. At ( Read more... )

Ahem:

http://www.browniepointsblog.com/2006/04/09/how-to-make-sweet-sushi/

I am in awe. Now do you understand why I moved out here? This is crazy I can believe in.

1. I just watched the last episode of The Wire.

2. I kind of feel like sticking my head in a bucket.

So as part of my new hippie commie Portland identity, I switched to biofuel for my heat. They told me that after a few weeks, I should call someone to clean the filter on my furnace, as biofuel has an initial gunky stage as it runs through the works.

Fine. There's a sticker with the name and number of a service company on the front of the furnace, ( Read more... )