Alaskan man Constructing 18-foot-tall Mecha.
Machine may prove helpful by shooting nine-inch nails from the shoulders and 20-foot flames from forearms.

He's 23, still lives with his parents, and has this to say: "I'm 110 percent positive this will work," the soft-spoken apprentice ironworker said during a recent break from the all-consuming ( Read more... )

Does anyone out there in LJ land have Mrs. Graham's phone #? I needs to chat with her... Email me if'n you know it, please!

Some interesting web pages discussing whether or not Washington DC was actually built on a swamp or not. The conclusion? Well, no, not technically. It'd be more accurate to say a "tidal marsh." But hell, close enough for government work. Nyuk.

Article from the CityPaper
Other random info.

Because... Well, it's better than work. :-)

( None of this should surprise anyone... )

So yesterday was much fun. Got a decent night's sleep (yay!), then headed out to the boonies for fun and frolic with aryaluna and onomojaku. After WAY too much effort, we finally found me a new sewing machine, which they generously helped fund in return for making them cool clothes. Amazingly, I've actually not set it up yet, but tonight, definitely. Then work ( Read more... )

So my round in the SXSW Singer Songwriter competition is coming up at the Austin Grill Silver Spring on Tuesday, January 25th. I need to decide what the hell I'm gonna play. Here's where you guys can help me out.

Poll What Should I Play?

Links to the lyrics/mp3s:
Almost the Ocean
Anna's Laws
Beyond the Ninth Wave
Fire and Ice
Glimpsing Monday
The Highway Song
Jester
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I would like to point out that I was calling it the Great LJ Outage of 2005 long before these ninnies. ;-)

The Great LiveJournal
Outage of 2005

During the outage I was reminded that interpersonal reltions are drastically overrated.

What did you do?

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And how's this for a creepy-ass horoscope ( Read more... )

Announcer voice-over of video of a couple of snowflakes in front of a street light: The DC area's first taste of winter weather! What can we expect? We'll have the latest winter storm information for you tonight at 10 ( Read more... )

... how much better the world looks when one has a belly full of oatmeal (boring but healthy and easy on my migraine-queased stomach) and a purring kitty.

I love Something Positive.