I don't have anything against The Gap, but I'm not sure I approve of them selling rock band T-shirts, especially for Pink Floyd and The Who. Sort of like when Mercedes-Benz used the Janice Joplin song in a TV commercial to sell cars.

Plot summary for Wanted: Pheochromocytoma leads to superpowers, betrayal.

Boo. The sequel to The Name of the Wind is delayed. Right now I'm reading the Earthsea cycle and that's been very enjoyable. Next on the list is Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. But right now - bed.

When I heard that an American cargo ship was hijacked by Somali pirates and subsequently retaken, I had a big "America - Fuck Yeah!" moment.

Although I hear the captain may still be held hostage.

Maybe this is a stupid question or I misunderstand something fundamental ( Read more... )

One of our priorities with the house has been to tighten it up for winter. My parents have some very nice homemade drop-down window quilts, so we are working towards that. So far, all we have is the insulation material hung over the window, with hinged window casing holding the sides firmly to the window frame ( Read more... )

I have a bad case of Obamania. I hope it doesn't progress to McCaincreatitis. Then, the only option would be imPalin myself.

I have a recipe to share. I've had a few kinds of chocolate with hot pepper, and I wondered I could make cookies with hot pepper. I didn't find any satisfying recipes online, so I took one for chocolate chocolate chip cookies and added spices on my own. I think they are the best cookies I've ever made. There's some zip at the end, so reduce the ( Read more... )

This makes me so mad I can barely think straight.

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/24/palin-fruit-flies/

The ignorance. Just . . . . ugh. I quit.

Fun fact for the day. I was wondering about the mechanism of toxicity for melamine, the compound causing all the ruckus in the Chinese milk scandal. It turns out that melamine on its own is essentially nontoxic. However, if it is in the bloodstream along with another compound called cyanuric acid, these two chemicals react and form a highly ( Read more... )