So it turns out that I make commercials for Ikea of Norway.

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Pretty crazy, no?

I went to a Christmas pageant today with my family.
There was a part where the narration went, "And the angel said to Mary, 'The Holy Spirit will come upon you.'" and I thought, "Well, that's not the way to get her pregnant ( Read more... )

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Conversation on the shuttle going from where I work to where I eat lunch:

(Woman is talking to driverWoman: I know this couple, he is a Lutheran and she is a Methodist. They couldn't really decide and now they don't go to church and their kids aren't raised as anything. I mean, I can understand not going to church on Sundays, but never going and ( Read more... )

Sarah just posted this:
"Hope is not about proving anything. It's about choosing to believe this one thing, that love is bigger than any grim, bleak shit anyone can throw at us."
--Anne Lamott

( My thoughts on this and related matters )

Holy shit, everybody. The 1900s are goddamn catchy. Here's an mp3 of their best song, When I Say Go, and you can listen to both their albums here.

One thing I'm really bad at is taking advice. I think it's because of two things, although I could be wrong, but I'll never know, because people can't really convince me of things about myself, as will be explained shortly ( Read more... )

I'm reading Forty Signs of Rain, and he makes reference to the prisoner's dilemma. He talks about the various strategies involving cooperation and defection, and goes on to talk about being in traffic.
He says this: "Every SUV is a defection." I couldn't agree more.

So I read this article in the Daily Mail recently: My instant boob job from 36A to 36DD - and the effect it had on men (and women). Basically, she puts on prosthetic breasts and all of a sudden gets a lot more attention ( Read more... )

Two things here, and I've managed to link them both to the title lyric/song.

( Scaramouche, Scaramouche )