I heard about this link from thescrappycat.  A Finnish band called The Leningrad Cowboys, in concert with the Red Army Choir singing, of all things,SWEET HOME ALABAMA.  In Soviet Russia, Alabama comes home to YOU!

Yeah, REALLY bad Yakov Smirnoff joke, but the only one that came to mind.

No, I Am Not Making This UpI think The Devil Went Down To Georgia ( Read more... )

It's coming near time to start planting my garden.  I've got books on the subject from my_lady_gothic and from my Dad.  I've got a wooden frame built in the backyard, with the grass dug out, ready to add topsoil.  Just have to decide what to plant ( Read more... )

Your Heart is Red and Orange


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I spent some time on the phone with my_lady_gothic last night, reassuring her that I was safe after the tornadoes that hit Georgia yesterday.  It came out that they don't get tornadoes in her area, and she'd never had tornado drills in school.  She's also far enough inland and north to be safe from hurricanes.  They have icy roads and blizzards, but apparently ( Read more... )

I spent Saturday at Momocon, a free anime convention on the Georgia Tech campus.  I had a great time, but their response to the weather left much to be desired.  You'd expect a college campus to have better plans in place for events like this ( Read more... )

Today is March 14.

3.14

This is the most-used approximation for the ratio of a circle's circumference and diameter, the number Pi (π).

Hence, today is Pi Day, one of the geekier holidays out there.

I think I'll make myself a pizza for dinner. :)

Today is also Albert Einstein's birthday.

Found a funny site with random, computer-generated Kung-fu moves

It keeps generating new bits of weirdness like "Super Accupuncture Spear!" and "Fire of the Cricket Somersault". 

And I mean that literally

There's actually a product out there, a dog that plugs into a USB port and makes humping motions.

I saw this advertised on LJ, and laughed out loud.

But WHY would someone buy this? 

I've been running my vaporizer pretty much every night to fight off the general stuffiness that plagues me this time of year.  I stopped the last few nights because it started making horrible noises and waking me up in the morning early.  Checked it today, and the heating element is badly corroded.  Looks like I'll have to replace it.  I've been ( Read more... )