I am so stoked to get away this weekend. We've been too busy "doing" for far too long. Now, we can just relax and "be" for a while. I'm also looking forward to getting out to Sandy Hook again. (I even uploaded an appropriate mp3 for everyone). After years of earning points at Marriott hotels, it's pretty awesome to cash some in and have ( Read more... )

I'd like to thank Jonathan Coulton for pointing out Alanis Morissette's cover of The Black Eyed Peas' "My Humps." I've embeded the video below for everyone's optimal enjoyment. Usually, I find out about something like this through Amy, so I'm surprised that either (1) I heard about it first, or (2) she saw this weeks ago and never got around to ( Read more... )

Is anyone familiar with Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD)? It's been happening lately in the US & Europe. CCD is when a beehive is suddenly left empty by all adult workers, leaving the queen, immature bees, and eggs. The worker bees that fly off simply never return to the nest. The amount of bees disappearing has been increasing in many areas, ( Read more... )

I'm excited to report that things have been fairly busy, but manageable.  I got 5 huge forsythia plant in the ground.  And believe me, that's no small feat in our yard of rock, clay, and unidentifiable silly-putty type substances.  I had my first meeting with the specialist, and I'm very excited about how my prospects look right now.  So woo!  Also ( Read more... )

I have recently started reading a book we picked up at the bargain table at Borders a little bit ago. So far, it's been quite interesting reading. It's written by someone born into the Christian tradition that converted to Buddhism, and, generally speaking, the book examines the concept of the Devil throughout religious traditions (Ahriman of ( Read more... )

Let me say to begin with that I am properly psyched to go see Spamalot in Philly this weekend. We picked up the soundtrack a while back (when we were on vacation with Amy's parents in Hawaii - woo). I had mixed feeling about how something as magical as "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" would fare when turned into a stage production, but listening ( Read more... )

First off, taxes are finally on their way. I prefer to be done by now, but stuff came up (besides life stuff, I couldn't find last year's return and needed some data from it to finish this year's return...and of course Maryland requires data from your federal return rather than your W-2s like a reasonable state). Anyhow, we're not getting close ( Read more... )

Okay, so (understandably) I've had a song stuck in my head all day: "Love Causes Cancer" by Stuart Davis. I thought I might share with everyone else while it loops in my own head. You can listen to it online right here. I'll put lyrics below the cut...

( Ahoy, Lyrics Below )

Has anyone else seen the photos from the archaeological dig in northern Italy? I finally got to see some of the pictures on Yahoo News, and I thought I'd share. The story is that they found two human skeletons dating back to the Neolithic Period (3000-4000 BCE). As rare as it is to find two skeletons together, these two are relatively young and ( Read more... )

Okay, I just wanted to share this.

A local radio station is doing a pay-for-play format today, where they will play any song that they can legally play based on contributions which are collected for charity. Now, I know there's nothing new about this, but I wanted to share their published cost structure which I found wonderfully amusing:

• Rock ( Read more... )