• Entertainment - Movies

    Minions! Assemble!

    DAMMIT, I seem to be fresh out of minions. This did not stop us from seeing “Despicable Me” in 3D or D3 or whatever. #fb Steve Carell: Strange Accents And Subtle Departures : NPR We’re halfway through the summer, and Toy Story 3 and Shrek Forever After have already come and gone. This weekend marks the release of the latest animated kid flick, Despicable Me. It’s about a fellow named Gru — who’s trying very hard to be the world’s biggest bad guy. TV and movie star Steve Carell (The 40-Year-Old Virgin, NBC’s The Office) provided the voiceover for the…

  • Hot Off The Presses

    Linkdump: June 18th – July 5th

    The Guardian’s News Feed plugin for WordPress | Open Platform | guardian.co.uk Very cool: The Guardian is at least trying to "get" new media Latin American Herald Tribune – Fasting Chicago Pastor Camps Out in Park to Protest Deportations Chicago museum hosts summer-long Calder exhibit – USATODAY.com Abstract Art with Gradient Difference | Gtuts.com – Quality Gimp tutorials steampunk « Templar Creations

  • Episcopal - Music

    This Land Is Your Land

    Sang it in church, backing up Father Paul, who played his Pete Seeger-edition banjo. When I started to belt out the rousing alternate harmony line in the chorus, my choir buddies didn’t know what hit ’em because it wasn’t printed in the bulletin. Heh, old folk music fan here, yo. C&L’s Late Night Music Club With Woody Guthrie | Late Nite Music Club Woody Guthrie- This Land Is Your Land We only sang the first three verses, and omitted the rabble-rousing last two. I was ready to go with the lyrics on my iPhone in case Father Paul kept on…

  • Twitter

    Weekly Tweets 2010-07-04

    "It only takes one maggot to upset your world" http://is.gd/dbgOg #maggotsonaplane #maggotair # New airline marketing campaign: "Maggot Air, The Only Way To Flies" #maggotair # "We love teh flies, and it smells" #maggotair # To summon your fly attendant, raise your hand and scream "Help me, help me!" #maggotair # Powered by Twitter Tools

  • Uncategorical Weirdness

    Girly Toes!

    The result of a very fun girly excursion with my sister-in-law Gloria. I hardly dare type now, I feel so girly. Via: Flickr Title: Girly Toes! By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 3 Jul ’10, 8.20pm CDT PST

  • Twitter

    Weekly Tweets 2010-06-27

    Placenta Helper AGAIN?!? http://www.salon.com/life/feat…..index.html #cf # RT @NASA "Hurricane Darby spinning away from the southern Mexico coast. Image from NASA's Terra satellite. http://go.usa.gov/3Jf" # Weird to see "Derby" spelled "Darby." Do I spend too much time talking to British people? # RT @WBEZ "What Do Duckworth, Hynes, Jackson, Jarrett and Schakowsky Have in Common? http://bit.ly/9fHrb0" But we got Burris. #thanksblago # Via AKMuckraker MUST WATCH #bp #fb http://www.themudflats.net/201…..emy-lines/ # Tiger, tiger, tiger! http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-464893 # RT @petersagal "About to go on air on KNOW 91.1 Twin Cities." Henchman! DO IT! #wootstockredux # RT @jawboneradio ""Cruise and Diaz bring the sizzle like…

  • Home Improvement

    Stormy Weather

    Wednesday’s storm was enough for a co-worker to text all of us saying “OMG Mother Nature is angry!!” after she got home and the storm hit near Midway. Thousands without power after storm hits area :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Metro & Tri-State Severe storms passed through the Chicago area Wednesday evening and several funnel clouds were spotted in a storm that knocked out power to at least 220,000 Commonwealth Edison customers. The National Weather Service is investigating reports of a tornado having touched down in Downers Grove about 5:30 p.m., although they had not yet confirmed it, according to National…