Due to circumstances entirely voluntary, I was busy the night of the Amazing Race finale, and haven't seen the finish and don't know who won. How the hell did this happen? Well, I planned an event a lot farther in advance than usual, and it conflicted with the finale. It's still on Tivo, but the same circs keep me from watching the show. So I won't be blathering about it until long after it aired, and then the next season (featuring more former Survivors, meh) will begin soon. I'm using David's machine, so it's entirely possible this post will be…
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Whilst wandering around in a daze I happened across a hippie shop selling “Nag Champa,” an incense used in incantatin’ by snuggs apparently. I ordered that book that Gus has written but it won’t arrive until around April 7 or so. This entry will mystify my sisters, but them’s the breaks.
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It’s an extremely cool little book: In Other Words, by Christopher J. Moore. David bought it for me because he thought I would like it, being addicted to words and also to nicely bound books like this one. It’s a book of nearly-untranslatable but wonderful worlds from languages all over the world, and one of my very favorites is on the front cover: duende [dwen-day][adjective] This wonderful word captures an entire world of passino, energy, and artistic excellence and describes a climactic show of spirit in a performance or work of art. Duende originally meant “imp” or “goblin” and came…
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Which Firefly character are you? – Quizilla Hah! David took this quiz, and guess who he turned out to be? You are Captain Malcolm Reynolds, aka. Mal orCaptain Tightpants. You saw most of your mendie in a war you lost and now you seek solitudewith a small crew that you are fiercely devotedto. You have no problems being naked. Which Firefly character are you? brought to you by Quizilla This is so my husband David! And of course, I had to go in and re-cast myself, because the first time, I came out as Book. You are Zoe. While most…
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This week’s show opens on a black screen, where plain white text informs you that the episode you are about to see was filmed in Sri Lanka before the December 26 tsunami. And there’s not much to say about that except that making the world a little smaller and more familiar is always a good thing, even when it’s a sad thing. That blackscreen announcement was nicely done, and added a much needed grace note to the proceedings. Yes, it’s another recap by Miss Alli – and this week, don’t miss the Amazing Monkey Edit! Sadly, it’s bye-bye Bolo and…
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BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Countdown to shuttle return flight And it’s about time. High time we got back into the space business and dealt with the challenges rather than just analyzing and memorializing them. We’ve been relying on the Russians to keep the International Space Station supplied, crewed, and (more or less) repaired and it’s time we got back in the game. There’s an air of real purpose, a desire to convince visitors like me that technical problems have been overcome, that the can-do spirit that caught the public imagination back in the Sixties to the moon is alive…
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ginmar has posted a few more pictures noting the last convoy her unit had to take, some details of her last couple of days at her old post in Iraq, and photos of things seen along the way on her unit’s last trip through Baghdad. She’s noted on her LJ that the party when she gets home will be epic in scope. Some of the images are striking; she’s got quite an eye for the telling detail. I especially liked this one, with the rosary caught in mid-swing. I sharpened the lettering slightly to make it clearer. Do not get…
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You know things are going pear-shaped when there’s all kinds of stuff, nonsense, and news happening in my life, and I’m too damn busy to bother mentioning it here. I read this last week but didn’t mention it before: ginmar’s unit is slowly making its way homeward. She mentioned that they’d reached Kuwait on some unspecified date, and on another unspecified date they’ll head Stateside. This is a very good thing. Kevin Sites has added new posts and pictures documenting the tsunami and its aftermath, this time from Indonesia. In the meantime, what have I got to say for myself?…
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Yes, David and I attended the DSL Reports event at Dave and Busters and lived to tell the tale. Here the “Welcome DSL Reports” screen is clearly visible from the monitor in front of the restrooms, which made an odd kind of sense at the time. I won some coupons at some game, but then left my prizes behind. Actually, the noise and chaos and smoke (the whole place allows smoking) finally got to me in the end. And why, why, why no pinball machines at a game arcade? That’s just crazy. Most of the games are these stupid quasi-gambling…
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Pirates of PensacolaThe first modern, major, general pirate book in a long time comes out April Fool’s Day. I have to get this pre-ordered later – we’re on our way out now. Pirates of Pensacola is also available to pre-order on Amazon. Anyone who’s anyone knows that it was actually written by Gus Openshaw, ex-revenge seeking former whale-killer journaler. Currently, Gus is caught up in an entirely land-locked adventure, trying to get his writing stooge, Keith, rescued from some bad guys who kidnapped him, and also the only disk that contains Gus’ completed book. He kind of needs it back…