A couple of days ago Teh Kiddo and I were discussing - again- why English spelling and vocabulary are so stupid. Teh Kiddo is a very logical child who likes to know exactly what is expected of him. As a result he is frustrated by the plethora of apparently random special cases in spelling and phonics, and homophones drive him absolutely batshit ( Read more... )

I would so try this. Red savina peppers, hmm? Never heard of them - I wonder where they fall on the hotness scale? (Waitaminit, this is the damn internet. Hang on...)

Red savina. Bred from habaneros to be up to twice as hot - over half a million scovilles. Jesus, is that even safe ( Read more... )

Let's see...the economy is in the crapper, jobs are going away left and right, we're tangled up in a bottomless pit of a war bleeding money with no end in sight while the real bad guys sit back laughing and working double-shifts to handle all the new recruits we've created and our veterans languish in underfunded hospitals, and the criminals ( Read more... )

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For several of my loved ones who are doing the back-to-school thing, here's a recommendation on an LJ thrift community for a company that rents college textbooks. It's kind of a Netflix type thing. One person said she spent $66 for the semester rental on almost $400 worth of textbooks, which is considerably more cash in your pocket than you'd get ( Read more... )

"May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you're wonderful, and don't forget to make some art -- write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can. And I hope, somewhere in the next year, you surprise yourself."

-Neil Gaiman-

A 1962 Sears Xmas Catalog, in something vaguely resembling its entirety. I want some of these toys, lead paint and all, dammit. Don't forget to convert to 1962 dollars in your head as you read!

So...tired. House still...messy. End in...sight. Must...clean...house so it...doesn't look like...shit in the xmas...pictures....*collapses, dies ( Read more... )

Here's a great gift idea for the parent who understands the finer things in life, the parent who realizes that how much you spend proves how much you love your child, the parent who - quite possibly - recently received a sharp blow to the head. Posh Tots strikes again with this Mother Goose armoire that I actually thought was kind of cute until I ( Read more... )

Damn internets. I'm supposed to be asleep. *grumble, grumble* Last-minute shopping (which actually wasn't too bad crowdwise, although all the toy aisles looked like they'd been stripped by locusts) and present-wrapping and cleaning and dealing with Teh Kiddo, who was having issues, has left me pretty much in a state of brain shutdown. I'll be ( Read more... )