Welcome to your daily occasional dose of random.

My sister and I were into My Little Ponies in a big way when we were kids. Barbies? Nope. Ponies all the way!

We're both children of the 80's so we were in on the ground floor. All of our ponies were G1's in the 1982-1987 range, year 1 through year 5 or 6ish. Scrolling through that web page is a ( Read more... )

Because AWESOME:

- Actress Nichelle Nichols visited the White House and this happened Vulcan salutes FTW! :)
(Via @clubjade)

- From cjtremlett: I love these quotes from each of the three recent Doctors. The tags underneath explain how each relates to that Doctor's personality and they're perfect.

- And more Doctor Who mashed together with a famous ( Read more... )

My love for The Avengers continues unabated ( Read more... )

Nothing like waking up to no hot water. Arg ( Read more... )

I'm here, I'm fine, "we're all fine...here...now. How are you?"

I've been doing a lot of reading lately, which makes me happy.

Cadfael series, books #1-11, by Ellis Peters
I started rereading the Cadfael series back in March in preparation for my trip to the UK with tawneypup. We were making a special trip to Shrewsbury Abbey, the former Benedictine ( Read more... )

- Doctor Hu's Chinese Takeaway. I'd eat there. :)

- Six fun Doctor Who crafts/merchandise. The nesting dolls are cute but my favorite is the "Don't Blink" eye exam chart. I think I need that. :) (Via @rosiewook)

- Excellent article by Ashley Eckstein about geek fans and costuming, and sports fans and costuming. She makes an excellent point; the parallel is obvious but I honestly hadn't made it before. In general I thing she's an awesome spokesperson for geek women.

- Excellent article on the politics of SW, specifically how the political landscape in ( Read more... )

The Capital City Ringers have five concerts coming up in late April/early May. We'll be playing in Lansing, Okemos, Ann Arbor, Macomb, and downtown Detroit. Check beneath the cut for details ( Read more... )

I'm currently reading two books at once, which is unusual for me. During my treadmill workouts I've been reading Northanger Abbey (via the wonder of Google Books on my droid phone). It's one of two books Austen set in Bath and the only one of her novels I hadn't read yet. Since I'm going to be in Bath soon I figured I should read it! I'm ( Read more... )

Three fun videos for your morning:

This commercial is a bit long but it's very, very funny and worth it for the payoff at the end. And I would totally watch that movie. (NSFW, language) (Via Cleolinda)

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Bobby McFerrin conducts the IPO singing the William Tell Overture. Yes, singing.

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It's HILARIOUS. I've heard the overture dozens of times and ( Read more... )