First of all, I found the pinball machines - they do have them in Sims 2. Secondly, it is possible to create even more facial, coloring and clothing variety using the Sims 2 Body Shop. I haven't played with it yet, but I will try it tonight ( Read more... )

Quasar, the fuzzy gray cat perfection, has been busy distributing objects to strange places, one of his favorite activities. He left three unmatched socks and a pair of Malachi's underpants in his cat food dish, a toy mouse in my shoe, and a fuzzy ball cat toy in his kitty litter. The last was partially buried along with his products, so he lost ( Read more... )

Between me and Malachi, our new Sims 2 game didn’t get much chance to rest over the weekend. The new Sims creation tool is absolutely amazing. I like the randomly created Sim that begins every Sim creation experience. Sometimes this Sim is so perfect that it needs little or no modification. The software for creating faces is superb, remarkably ( Read more... )

The base of our street is closed off for some sort of mysterious roadwork, and they have detoured us to the next road down. But last night the detour was closed, too, due to flooding. This morning we saw a car up to its windows in water in the ditch at the roadside. Ivan's remains also made our little creek overflow its banks to flow over the yard ( Read more... )

I was actually hard at work for once, entering course reserves into the system, when Workflows ceased to flow. I can't tell whether it has stopped entirely or whether its viscosity has just suddenly increased to the point where I can't tell whether any flow is taking place in my lifetime. It says "Command in Progress" but no progress is evident. So ( Read more... )

I am really sorry to hear that Mo Collins is leaving/has left Mad TV. Does anyone know why? What about Michael McDonald? He wasn't on the show for the last two weeks, either. It's hard to imagine the show without them ( Read more... )

This is the week that we are collecting statistics on how many reference questions we get asked at our library. Naturally, it is the slowest week we have seen since the semester started. I think it is even slower than the week of Spring Break. It was well into late morning before I got asked anything, and then the question was "Where's the bathroom ( Read more... )

Yesterday I found a marriage record in which the groom's name was Squirrel Period. Squirrels don't even have periods. Very few species are so cursed. And although there are many theories, no one has yet figured out why human women have periods.

I have discovered that there is disagreement as to the definition, functions, and origin of popular culture. Here is what I think, and in this, I am speaking of United States popular culture ( Read more... )

Shubab's son says, "Never show your penis to a cat."

His explanation: The cat will think that the organ is a small animal and will behave accordingly, with deleterious results.

According to the Son of Shubab, this advice is based on untested theory.