Posted in movies & tv, miscellaneous on Nov 24th, 2009 No Comments »
Don’t waste your time reading the book or watching the movies. Check out the spoofs on YouTube instead, like these ones:
Twilight trailer (Make sure you stay ’til the end.), Twilight with Puppets, and Twilight the Musical (”I know what you are.” “Say it. Say it out loud.” “Republican.”)
And that my friends, is the last thing […]
Posted in miscellaneous on Nov 17th, 2009 4 Comments »
“Went to Commie Dinner last night for the first time in months. It was nice - it felt like coming home, like I was being grounded again in my roots. Jem and Jo led us in a group reflection. We had to answer: Who are you?, Where do you come from? What is your story? […]
Posted in quirky bizarre, miscellaneous on Sep 22nd, 2009 2 Comments »
For a time, when I was working in Library Land and used to compile indexes of websites in the days before del.icio.us and the like, I received a variety of emails with links to interesting websites. For a time, I would save the ones that particularly appealed, intending to add them to this blog. For […]
Posted in family & friends, miscellaneous on Aug 15th, 2009 5 Comments »
Tonight the Frenchs, friend Jo, Julian and I enjoyed dinner at the local RSL. Since I became a member last December, I think I’ve only been once. Why? Well, because I’m a bit of a snob. There. I’ve said it. However, after tonight I have reassessed my club snobbery, and made a list of what […]
Posted in miscellaneous on Jul 17th, 2009 3 Comments »
Watched Garden State tonight. A minor character works as a jousting knight at Medieval Times. Memories.
Posted in miscellaneous on Jan 7th, 2009 No Comments »
Police foil wedding plans of boy, 6, and his sweetheart, 7
“It is a dream that has been shared by lovers across the centuries - eloping to exotic lands. But few would have been as bold and spontaneous as six-year-old Mika and his seven-year-old sweetheart, Anna-Lena, who, after mulling over their options in secret, packed their […]
Posted in miscellaneous on Dec 27th, 2008 No Comments »
Argentinians eat more meat than any other nation in the world.
Americans consume about 100 acres of pizza per day.
It is estimated that a plastic container will not decompose for as long as 50,000 years.
The only part of the human anatomy that has no blood supply is the cornea.
Penguins have an organ above their eyes that […]