Did anyone else just see Yo-Yo Ma force Stephen Colbert into a delayed reaction character break with a baton joke? That was brilliant. :)

My quote of the day, which I thought fitting in light of the current political climate and the (migraine-inducing) debates:

"Welcome, Prince," said Aslan. "Do you feel yourself sufficient to take up the Kingship of Narnia ( Read more... )

dear presidential candidates and all other career politicians ( Read more... )

so, what do you think you would yell if you saw this coming down the street?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080811/od_afp/switzerlandoffbeatart

so...at 9:00 tomorrow morning i will be working out in a body-shaping/circuit training class with yoga and free weights. and i have to go, because caro and i signed up together.

this should be good for me.

i renewed my bally's membership. i have a new card on the way (hopefully with my new name...how is it that changing my name on my gym membership was more complicated than changing my bank account, credit cards and drivers license combined?). the membership will not expire for two full years. i'm tracking my fruit/vegetable servings ( Read more... )

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071218/ap_en_ot/film_the_hobbit

i'm not sure how i feel about this decision. who would direct it other than pj?

guys, the future of star trek is now!now i must say, i love books. the look of them, the feel of them, the smell of them. i like to own my books and stack them on shelves upon shelves so i can always go back and reread them whenever i want. i also have this feeling of wanting to share my favorite books with my kids someday and it will be nice to ( Read more... )

i have a night off! time for a real date night, whee!

so i was in schmitt today buying method books for some new students, a couple solo books, and a bunch of christmas books since it's about that time. as i was crouched down trying to get at some books that they mysteriously placed in an unreachable corner, someone tried to reach over me, bumped into me, and said "excuse me, can i get in here?" i ( Read more... )