The title just about sums it up. They knocked on my door and offered to sing for me. When I turned them down they offered to take out the trash ( Read more... )

Iran has decided that just as some American places renamed "French Fries" "Freedom Fries," they should rename "Danish Pastries" "Roses of the Prophet Muhammad."

More info here: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060216/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iran_danish_pastries

I don't know that I want to see this production, but I love their casting choice:

Point Break Live!--a stage adaptation of the schlocky, adrenaline-fueled 1991 flick about a group of surfers who rob banks--is, fittingly, packed with stunts. But its biggest is pulled off minutes before the start of each show. Instead of casting an actor in the role ( Read more... )

We just learned that there is no magic hour after which you can't make noise. We're allowed to complain about noise at noon, midnight, and any time in between. So we did.

Happy holidays everyone!

They're still going, except now they've switched to holiday music. Apparently it's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year. Bear's going to call the cops again in 10 minutes ( Read more... )

If you turned up to a Christmas Eve party at 10AM this morning and were pleased to find that your hosts were blasting salsa music as loud as they could, there's a good chance you were hanging out with my upstairs neighbors ( Read more... )

I've heard both sides of the issues. The thing that gets to me is all these people who think that they're supposed to support the TWU because it is a union. When a political issue comes up, do you take the time to understand it so that you can make an informed decision? Or do you just pick the side that your political party's on ( Read more... )

For those of you who were unaware, eyeteeth was my roommate for years, but now she's not. Every once in a while people ask me how she's doing, and over the last week I've found that in answering that I've quoted one of her most recent entries. I've quoted it so much that I figure I might as well link to it for the people who haven't seen me re-enact it. ( Read more... )

A couple of years ago I found out about Farm Sanctuary. They have a program in which you can sponsor a rescued farm animal, similar to other programs that have you sponsor a child in a poor country. Part of me wanted to sponsor an animal, and part of me felt like wouldn't it be more sensible to sponsor a child if I'm going to do something like that ( Read more... )

He updated it, it works for larger Friends lists. Not really really large Friends lists, but larger ones than before. But the interesting thing to me is that apparently Julian is no longer as compatible as he was with himself.

Top 25 Friend Matches

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