On our flight to Maui, we watched the premiere of “Chuck,” which doesn’t actually start until September 24. I suppose this is a marketing ploy to get “buzz” going, and I’m actually okay with getting suckered and blogging about it. Why? Because “Chuck” is funny and smart and has a great cast that really clicks, and because we laughed… we laughed a LOT, in that way that can only rendered by “OMG LOL.” Chuck is played by Zachary Levi. The end of the episode had a “zing!” comic turn that made us make the “BWAAAAAA!!” noise. It’s almost, almost, worth…
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YouTube – Turtle off of Kama’ole II Here’s the video David shot earlier today of our new turtle friend, who lives about 250 yards in front of our condo. It was pretty choppy as there was wind kicking up, so we didn’t stay out long for our first snorkel outing of the trip. [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/dDpdbb9gDoQ" width="400" height="326" wmode="transparent" /] We had a nice breakfast of Kona coffee, toast, and passionfruit jam, after getting up at some ungodly pre-dawn hour because of the time difference – as per usual, David was up before me and made the coffee. Soon the cameras…
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Yeah, yeah, hate us because we’re in Maui, AGAIN. This time our karma must not have been good, as we had a series of mishaps as soon as we landed at Kahului. The door to the plane was stuck or the jetway wouldn’t extend, so we were stuck for about half an hour in the aisle. Then the car rental went really smooth, except that Avis gave us a bigger SUV than we’d hoped for, although their Preferred Express service is AWEsome. I couldn’t reach anyone at the condo who could tell us what our unit number was – I…
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Oh hai! iz last hi-landur « I CAN HAS CHEEZBURGER? It had to happen: the LOLcat community takes a swipe at Highlander fandom. And I have to do my bit. Methos: “O noes! I has kil Silus! I liken Silus!” Silas: “kthxbai. KWIKNINX0RZ!!1!” By the way, what the heck is up with the “next Highlander movie” going direct to SciFi this Saturday? Why even bother? Even we former l33t fenwomen, who went to all the cons and bought all the Highlander Store junk, are scratching our heads. [tags]LOLcat, Icanhascheezburger, Highlander[/tags]
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Via ***Dave :: A Manly Man Doing Manly Things with Other Manly Men! I can’t resist this list, because I’m not a girly girl, and some of this stuff is really good to know: Les points to a Popular Mechanics article on 25 Skills Every Man Should Know. How many of them do I know? Let’s see. 1. Patch a radiator hose — Is duct tape, the handyman’s friend, involved? Then probably yes. 2. Protect your computer — Yes, though David handles this nowadays 3. Rescue a boater who has capsized –My knowledge is based on Gaudy Night: “Trim your…
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I really didn’t care for Emanuel’s tactics during the 2006 race – the progressive blogs were complaining about this very stuff back then, and it irked the hell out of me. I was watching Tammy Duckworth‘s primary race at the time, and fuming about how she was getting lackluster support from the DCCC, probably because of her position against the war (and how striking she was in military uniform and prosthetic legs in campaign photos while campaigning on the issue). She’s doing good work for veterans now, but she could have been so much more effective in Congress. I hope…
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David reported a problem from the nether regions of the house, a frightening space where anarchy and chaos reign. The agitator on the washer wasn’t agitating, much as an aging Yippie slows down, plants wine grapes and mellows out. So we went looking online for help, and found several intriguing but daunting methods for fixing the washer. Even with the helpful step-by-step photos I found, it seemed a little beyond our maximum allowable levels of patience and frustration. So then we wondered if it was worth running around trying to find the agitator/cam dog repair kit our diagnostics indicated, and…
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Via: Flickr Title: Joy of waiting By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 11 Sep ’07, 2.13pm CDT PST
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More news on the “Episcopalian/Anglican schism” front: a local church held its final service as an Episcopalian congregation Sunday, and after the service they walked their cross, altar, and vestments down the street to a new facility, to reopen as an Anglican parish under the authority of the Church of Uganda. It was splashed all over the Sun-Times, and the images included lots of children waving banners, and young men bearing an altar cross with a very large crown of thorns. The thing is, this particular church has apparently been split before, as there are TWO churches named “Resurrection” in…
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The hell with humans – what about our beloved little cat Riley? He’s chipped, though the studies seem to have been just on mice and not on cats or dogs. Is he at risk? I’ve just fired off a query to Avid, the manufacturer for clarification or comment. Their email address was not easy to find, but turned out to be on their online ordering page. It’s info@avidmicrochip.com Also, near the bottom of the news article is a long section detailing former HHS secretary Tommy Thompson’s business relationship with the VeriChip corporation, and wondering whether he had anything to do…