"Bacon Salt is a zero calorie, vegetarian, kosher certified seasoning salt that makes everything taste like real bacon."

I am speechless. I can't decide whether this is the best thing ever or an abomination. My head, it spins.

Ah, Gallery Night. It always fills me with a combination of inspiration and envy. Mostly inspiration. The envy is heavily tempered by the fact that I realize that the only reason I'm not a "working artist" is my own damn inertia. Definitely more inspiration than envy. It's hard not to be inspired by so much cool work ( Read more... )

Hee!

It occurred to me that if I am going to go to the Willy St. session on Sunday and bring my whistle with me this time, it might be a good idea to, you know, actually practice some of my tunes. Sadly, it seems that "Off to California" is still the only one I can do without looking at the music (though I'm getting there with "Tobin's Favorite ( Read more... )

The first of May is one of my favorite days of the year, even if nothing happens. It's flowers day, dancing day, falling in love day, getting crazy because spring is really here day. Trees are in flower and everything is an outrageous hue of yellowy-green. Soon there will be lilacs. Even more importantly, soon there will be Lilies of the Valley. ( ( Read more... )

Dating Support Group for Madison-area Geeks

(I'll copy the ad text since CL links disappear in time.)

Are you a geek? Do you stay up all night playing World of Warcraft? Do you watch hours of anime? Do you custom-build computers from parts (even spare parts?) Are you all about the role-playing games ( Read more... )

From the Dress a Day blog:

So, that thing? That thing you've been scared to try, because you think there's NO POSSIBLE WAY you could do it? That everyone would point and laugh when you fell? Today looks like an EXCELLENT day to give it a shot. Take it from me. (Everyone's looking the other way, anyway.) Go for it!

The whole thing is quite

In honor of the day, a little Jonathan Coulton for you. (Probably NSFW.) Now, go dance around a maypole or something.

For years I have been trying to get my sister into LARPing, and for years she has been resisting it. Considering that when we were kids she was right there with my dressing up and running off to rescue princes from evil wizards and the like and that she is quite a good actress, I always thought it would be right up her alley. Unfortunately, her ( Read more... )

Having heard about it today, I really, really want to go down to Chicago and see Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere performed as "a circus underground. Chicago isn't that far away after all. (I say that having just come from there this morning, on my way back from the Boston: Between the Cracks LARP.) The Flickr set makes it look bloody amazing ( Read more... )