This is about the pursuit of a clue which ended up getting me absolutely nowhere, but which turned out to be fascinating all the same ( Read more... )

when it's been imitating a car alarm -- for half an hour -- at 5 a.m.

So, the other night El Husband finished watching Season 3 of Game of Thrones (only 3 because we don't have a TV, only now because he started out #250 or so on the waiting list at the library). I didn't watch it with him, which is unusual because with few exceptions (Tolkien and Fritz Leiber) he doesn't care for fantasy, while I love it ( Read more... )

Since everyone of a certain age has a memory, this is mine ( Read more... )

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2013/06/10/business/ford-plant-demolition-begins-today-in-st-paulRead more... )

Found at 7veilsphaedra, and I clearly need to visit the net more often. This was fun ( Read more... )

The other day, the local newspaper had an article about a proposal to remove the woodchuck from protected species status in Wisconsin, and one official was quoted as saying that they had never heard of anyone eating woodchuck. This reminded me of the recent chapter of Saiyuki Reload Blast in which the boys are wandering in the mountains and ( Read more... )

This is
(a) not just another cat video (we're talking true gravitas here)
(b) proof that a lot of stuff is funnier in French:

Henri's ennui

Or at least, the weirdest I've ever seen: His Kind of Woman!, exclamation point included. A Howard Hughes production, which may help to explain it. With Robert Mitchum as a down-on-his-luck gambler, Jane Russell as a gold-digging chanteuse, Raymond Burr as a mafia kingpin, and...Vincent Price as a ham actor? oh yeah ( Read more... )

This made me laugh so hard that I can't resist passing it on. (But be warned that I probably have a warped sense of humor. O the Froot Loops!) You'll probably have to click on the image to enlarge it enough to read it.http://thechive.files.wordpress.com/