"The April 1 tradition in France includes poisson d'avril (literally "April's fish"), attempting to attach a paper fish to the victim's back without being noticed."

So here's some photoshopped pictures of Avril with a fish:

Me:

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Trelane: I did make up the earwig jokes, if that's what you mean
Trelane: My earwig wife said to me, "Take me to someplace I've never been before." I said "How about a brightly lit open area with little to no moisture!"
Trelane: *rimshot*
Trelane: On my earwig honeymoon, I was thrilled to find out my wife is amazing at fondling my antennae. My ( Read more... )

So despite knowing about the two Nine Inch Nails concerts in Boston well in advance and knowing the exact time both the pre-sale fan club tickets and the regular public tickets went on sale, I decided to blow off both and not bother getting any tickets right away ( Read more... )

Gentlemen, I present to you the creepiest picture ever. I saw this on SA and it was too bizarre not to share with others. It's some picture of unknown origin based on Super Mario Brothers that poses all sorts of questions ( Read more... )

Enterprise cancelled.

What the heck do they expect people to do on Friday nights now?

I think my favorite part of X-mas this year was ham.

I also watched the two X-mas episodes of Futurama back to back this afternoon, that was pretty rad also.

My niece is freaking adorable.

I got a $50 gift card to Newbury Comics, of all places. So if anyone has any suggestions on CDs I need to get, help me out.

"We're talking millions of bees," said Don Grogan, owner of Sedona Honey Co. in Las Vegas, who was helping with the cleanup. "And tomorrow they'll all be dead. ... It breaks my heart."

I turned on my new Sirius radio a few minutes ago and Alice's Restaurant by Arlo Guthrie was just starting on one of the classic rock stations. I listen to this song exactly once every year on Thanksgiving and it's by far my favorite tradition of the holiday.

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone.

After biting on a deal I found on the coupons forum, I finally got myself a satellite radio receiver. I'd been tempted to get one for a while, but after weaseling my way into getting $150 of equipment free by committing to a year of service, I decided to go through with it.


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Ol' Dirty Bastard dead at 35.

I feel a little sick to my stomach.