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* Looks like no one's rushing to recognize the Tuareg as their own country, but the guys who overthrew the government during the recent coup aren't impressing the international community. A group of North African countries are considering military intervention.
* Rachel Maddow on that Republican Caterpillar thing: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/#46973033
* The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster continues to get worse. It's now at the point we have no idea how to fix it. Meanwhile, a Rick Perry donor plans to use a major aquifer as a nuclear waste dump and as he gave so much money, they have decide the aquifer magically moved. Coincidentally, he gave a huge amount of money to the officials who decided this. He claims President Obama "is the most dangerous man in America." Riiiight. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/#46981461
* I think I got allergen exposure at the Big Gay potluck. I'm also pretty sure which dish it was. Luckily, it wasn't pork, egg yolk, or fig. Hector only did a couple of hours of drama, so I got four or five hours of sleep before he woke me up. Better, but still no enough.
* Sometimes I wonder how often my web searches ping with the Federal web monitoring programs. After all, I periodically search al-Qaeda leaders and dictator names to get them spelled right. I periodically search global conflicts, disasters, political leaders, assassinations, diseases.....
* Tom Leher's "Who's Next" because even though India and Pakistan weren't on the list then, they were when I was growing up: http://youtu.be/8FgMTAj4f_o
* I have an embarrassing confession: I was charmed by Death Comes to Pemberly. I know, I know, I've hated pretty much everything the latest Austin craze has produced as far as fiction goes, from that Jane Austin as a vampire novel to Pride, Prejudice, and Zombies. I've not been all that fond of P.D James either. So take this from someone who has both loved Austin since adolescence, but who was also predisposed not to like this: this is seriously good. It's clever in that rather than try to exactly mimic or plagiarize *cough* PP&Z *cough* it gives the back story from the perspective of malicious gossips. I really does work both as a mystery and as an extension of the books. (Seriously, the brief peek at what the characters from Persuasion, my favorite Austin book, were up too made me smile.) The book manages to be simultaneously irreverent and respectful of the source material, something that sounds contradictory and impossible, but turns out not to be. I think of Austin herself taking the piss out of Gothic Novels in Northanger Abbey, or her quietly wicked sense of humor in books like Pride and Prejudice itself, and it seems to me that that straight faced sense of humor is much in evidence here. If you had asked me, I'd had have said a murder mystery sequel to P&P was a terrible idea, but in the right hands it turned out to be a brilliant idea.
* Aeslin Mice are cool. Jut saying. how can one not like a species that celebrates the Festival of "Come on, Enid, We're Getting Out of Here Before These Bastards Make Us Kill Another Innocent Creature" and the Holy Feast of "I Swear, Daddy, I'll Kiss the Next Man That Walks Through That Door." Yes, I pretty much guessed all the twists, but that didn't make ready Discount Armageddon any less fun.
* Zazzle has 40% off on t-shirts until Sunday with the code FINDSHIRT4ME at checkout. Here are some zazzle offerings some friends made:
Cute animals and monsters and things: http://www.zazzle.com/ninjahijinx/clothing?st=popularity#products
That cool trans symbol thing I'm still enamored of: http://www.zazzle.com/celtic_knotwork_transgender_symbol_tshirt-235035011006062317
I know more of you have zazzle designs. Want to toss links in the comments?
* I want this: http://www.thinkgeek.com/homeoffice/gear/e557/
* Three das, no bids: THE LADY OF LAKE RONKONKOMA 2010 (New York Comic-Con, LE): (Company says:. Balsamic, reedy water, sweetgrass, algae, loosestrife, and lady’s slipper.) To label top. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300690104582
* BPAL listed a Quincey Morris on ebay. When I checked after dinner, it was at 122.50. In one day. Not that I can be buying BPAL right now, but if it's that high it means I'll never get a bottle unless they resurrect. Sigh. It's unique and exquisite. Storyville was at 280.00. I've come to terms with it being forever out of reach long ago, but each time it sells higher it makes me sadder.
* Dalek Relaxation: http://youtu.be/tJSQFzw1pEE
* Rear Window time lapse: http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2012/04/a-mesmerizing-time-lapse-composite-of-all-the-views-in-rear-window/255385/
* I had a nightmare they remade Animal House with Seth Rogan, Jonah Hill, Michael Cera, Will Jarrell, Jack Black, and Adam Sandlar. *shudder* It's extra horrible because I could totally see Hollywood doing it because it would be redone with the exactly right combo of unimaginative remake, inappropriate nostalgia, and unfunny parody that appeals to studio execs; and now I can't get Jonah Hill's Flounder out of my head. Please, please, please let's hope this doesn't happen.
* Rachel Maddow on that Republican Caterpillar thing: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/#46973033
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
* The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster continues to get worse. It's now at the point we have no idea how to fix it. Meanwhile, a Rick Perry donor plans to use a major aquifer as a nuclear waste dump and as he gave so much money, they have decide the aquifer magically moved. Coincidentally, he gave a huge amount of money to the officials who decided this. He claims President Obama "is the most dangerous man in America." Riiiight. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/#46981461
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
* I think I got allergen exposure at the Big Gay potluck. I'm also pretty sure which dish it was. Luckily, it wasn't pork, egg yolk, or fig. Hector only did a couple of hours of drama, so I got four or five hours of sleep before he woke me up. Better, but still no enough.
* Sometimes I wonder how often my web searches ping with the Federal web monitoring programs. After all, I periodically search al-Qaeda leaders and dictator names to get them spelled right. I periodically search global conflicts, disasters, political leaders, assassinations, diseases.....
* Tom Leher's "Who's Next" because even though India and Pakistan weren't on the list then, they were when I was growing up: http://youtu.be/8FgMTAj4f_o
* I have an embarrassing confession: I was charmed by Death Comes to Pemberly. I know, I know, I've hated pretty much everything the latest Austin craze has produced as far as fiction goes, from that Jane Austin as a vampire novel to Pride, Prejudice, and Zombies. I've not been all that fond of P.D James either. So take this from someone who has both loved Austin since adolescence, but who was also predisposed not to like this: this is seriously good. It's clever in that rather than try to exactly mimic or plagiarize *cough* PP&Z *cough* it gives the back story from the perspective of malicious gossips. I really does work both as a mystery and as an extension of the books. (Seriously, the brief peek at what the characters from Persuasion, my favorite Austin book, were up too made me smile.) The book manages to be simultaneously irreverent and respectful of the source material, something that sounds contradictory and impossible, but turns out not to be. I think of Austin herself taking the piss out of Gothic Novels in Northanger Abbey, or her quietly wicked sense of humor in books like Pride and Prejudice itself, and it seems to me that that straight faced sense of humor is much in evidence here. If you had asked me, I'd had have said a murder mystery sequel to P&P was a terrible idea, but in the right hands it turned out to be a brilliant idea.
* Aeslin Mice are cool. Jut saying. how can one not like a species that celebrates the Festival of "Come on, Enid, We're Getting Out of Here Before These Bastards Make Us Kill Another Innocent Creature" and the Holy Feast of "I Swear, Daddy, I'll Kiss the Next Man That Walks Through That Door." Yes, I pretty much guessed all the twists, but that didn't make ready Discount Armageddon any less fun.
* Zazzle has 40% off on t-shirts until Sunday with the code FINDSHIRT4ME at checkout. Here are some zazzle offerings some friends made:
Cute animals and monsters and things: http://www.zazzle.com/ninjahijinx/clothing?st=popularity#products
That cool trans symbol thing I'm still enamored of: http://www.zazzle.com/celtic_knotwork_transgender_symbol_tshirt-235035011006062317
I know more of you have zazzle designs. Want to toss links in the comments?
* I want this: http://www.thinkgeek.com/homeoffice/gear/e557/
* Three das, no bids: THE LADY OF LAKE RONKONKOMA 2010 (New York Comic-Con, LE): (Company says:. Balsamic, reedy water, sweetgrass, algae, loosestrife, and lady’s slipper.) To label top. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300690104582
* BPAL listed a Quincey Morris on ebay. When I checked after dinner, it was at 122.50. In one day. Not that I can be buying BPAL right now, but if it's that high it means I'll never get a bottle unless they resurrect. Sigh. It's unique and exquisite. Storyville was at 280.00. I've come to terms with it being forever out of reach long ago, but each time it sells higher it makes me sadder.
* Dalek Relaxation: http://youtu.be/tJSQFzw1pEE
* Rear Window time lapse: http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2012/04/a-mesmerizing-time-lapse-composite-of-all-the-views-in-rear-window/255385/
* I had a nightmare they remade Animal House with Seth Rogan, Jonah Hill, Michael Cera, Will Jarrell, Jack Black, and Adam Sandlar. *shudder* It's extra horrible because I could totally see Hollywood doing it because it would be redone with the exactly right combo of unimaginative remake, inappropriate nostalgia, and unfunny parody that appeals to studio execs; and now I can't get Jonah Hill's Flounder out of my head. Please, please, please let's hope this doesn't happen.
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