This has gone around before, but I don't think I participated. This time I lifted it from lunarbitch .

* Grab the nearest book.
* Open the book to page 56.
* Find the fifth sentence.
* Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions.
* Don't dig for your favorite book, the cool book, or the intellectual one: pick the CLOSEST.

"There is ( Read more... )

Poll Game
OK, so this post is probably geared a bit toward tawneypup but I'm looking for really input.  I'm looking for a new game that's fun and interesting but isn't something that would nessesarily be commonly found.  I went into a speciality toystore the onther day and they had a lot of neat games that I've never heard of before and I few I have (and ( Read more... )

Wow I've eaten a lot of strange stuff over the years...

1. Venison
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros - yuck
4. Steak tartare - something about raw meat just isn't appealing
5. Crocodile
6. Black pudding
7. Cheese fondue
8. Carp - freshly caught
9. Borscht - don't know what this is
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Calamari
12. Pho - don't know what this is
13. PB&J ( Read more... )

I have 4 drunk men playing poker in my dining room... 

So we've got a tick problem.  I took one off of me yeasterday (just crawling/not biting) and took on off the dog today (biting).  Tick removal sucks, and it's a lot harder to take one off the dog than myself.  Off myself, I just crape a rasor blade over my skin and it comes off, no cutting or hurting.  I can't do that to the dog.  He wiggles too ( Read more... )

I didn't see you great big bumble bee
Sitting right there down on my belly
I didn't see you great big bumble bee

OUCH! you stung me!

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 If anyone is interested, we have a bunch of random computer equipment that 's free to a good home.  If you needs something specific, I can look and see if I have it.  It's all older, and as far as I know, most of it works.  I know there's at least one complete computer although it heavily infected (if you like the challenge it's yours).  Just ( Read more... )

 mmmmm....stovetop s'more.  soooooo bad yet soooooo good.

the 2008 ranking of US high schools.  It's a composite list of the top 5% (1300) from all over the US.  Michigan contains 31schools on the list one of which is in the top 15.  Both East Lansing(1029) and Okamos (984) high school ranked.  Alas, my alma mater  failed to rank in this year as it had in years past but the 2 other HS from the district ( Read more... )