Rudolph (You Don't Have To Put On The Red Light)

So wrong!

Fwd: Steampunk Cakes!

From: J R

http://cakewrecks.blogspot.com/2010/11/sunday-sweets-steams-it-up.html

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"One word sums up probably the responsibility of any vice president, and that one word is 'to be prepared."
- Former Vice-President Dan Quayle

Tuesday 2010.11.30

Tuesday morning I got to sleep in again.  Jero teleworked, so she joined me on her lunch break to cuddle up and snuggle.  She complained about Obama's pay freeze for federal employees, but then backtracked and said she really can't complain while snuggling in bed on a workday.  I went to get us food and then hung out with her during most of her workday, until I had to leave to go to my own job. 

 

It was another quiet night at work, and afterward I went home to meet Stsm.  She was in the shower, so I did my creeper impression until she got out and got dressed so we could eat.  I had Yats Mira had left for us and Stsm had ice-cream.  My new laptop had arrived in the mail, so Stsm encouraged me to check it out while she blogged and took pictures of her stuffed bunny.  B)

 

I thought we might roleplay, but by the time we were done futzing around on our laptops it had gotten late.  Stsm wanted to stay up since she was over-caffienated, but it was already 3 AM, too late to start something when she had a 12-hour shift in the morning, so ultimately we went to sleep.  We snuggled all night, and then Stsm left me tucked into bed while she went to work.  Sad!  Boo work!  It's too bad we couldn't cuddle up all day against the cold.  B)

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·         "We have a firm commitment to NATO. We are part of NATO. We have a firm commitment to Europe. We are part of Europe."
- Former Vice-President Dan Quayle

Sunday 2010.11.28

Sunday morning Jero and I got up early to drive her parents to the airport.  We dropped them off and then headed home to snuggle and sleep a while longer.  At two I headed home to meet up with Stsm.  We went to the Children's Museum to see a Lilly Theatre production of Dorothy Returns!, which was based on Ozma of Oz.  After the play we saw a short show at the planetarium and then wandered around the museum until it closed.  We went out for bulgoki and sushi for dinner, and then back to her place to roleplay, appropriately enough, Oz the Great and Terrible.  We made her character, and then she "napped" while I read up on the rules.  Unfortunately, by the time I was ready to play she was deeply asleep, so we shelved roleplay plans for the night and just cuddled up to sleep.  It was a very nice way to wrap up my four-day holiday weekend.  B)

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·         "We have a firm commitment to NATO. We are part of NATO. We have a firm commitment to Europe. We are part of Europe."
- Former Vice-President Dan Quayle

Where My Shows At

hee!  B)

 

http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2010/10/6/

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·         "We have a firm commitment to NATO. We are part of NATO. We have a firm commitment to Europe. We are part of Europe."
- Former Vice-President Dan Quayle

Be a Roller Girl for Halloween

*snerk*

'I'm not saying that I wouldn't pay good money to see a team roll out
in this boutfit but "Sexy Skater Girl" isn't the first thing that's
coming to mind maybe "Disney Hooker".'

Pic/Link here: http://www.queenoftherink.com/be-a-rollergirl-for-halloween/

White America Has Lost Its Mind

From Village Voice -

 

http://www.villagevoice.com/2010-09-29/news/white-america-has-lost-its-mind/

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 "More and more of our imports come from overseas." 
- President George W. Bush

Tom Selleck as Indiana Jones: Movie Poster

What could have been...

 

http://geeksofdoom.com/2010/10/17/mustache-on-or-off-tom-selleck-replaces-harrison-ford-on-indiana-jones-poster/2010-10-17-tom_selleck_indy/

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 "More and more of our imports come from overseas." 
- President George W. Bush

Lead-Laden Toys Found at Wal-Mart, Sales Continue

But... the lead toys are so much tastier!

 

http://health.change.org/blog/view/lead-laden_toys_found_at_wal-mart_sales_continue

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"Bats are my favorite mammals by a wide margin, and yes, I'm aware that humans are mammals."
- Tycho, Penny Arcade

The US electrical grid is too crappy to be vulnerable to terrorist attack, say physicists

More sad than reassuring...

 

"The US government worries that terrorists could take down the country's electrical grid just by hitting a small node in the system. But a new study reveals the grid is too unreliable for that kind of attack."

http://io9.com/5662593/the-us-electrical-grid-is-too-crappy-to-be-vulnerable-to-terrorist-attack-say-physicists

Proper

Neat 110-word story: http://www.ommatidia.org/2010/10/11/proper/

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"And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, they have their reward." (Matthew 6:5, Bible)

 

Holiday Spirit

Happy White Subjugation of Native Peoples Day!

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"And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, they have their reward." (Matthew 6:5, Bible)

 

Nivagi 2010.10.08

Last night I had a pleasant, if busy night, with Nivagi.  Work was
horrible, so I was happy to escape and have about an hour alone at
home before I had to venture back out.  I talked to Jero, Ke, and Mira
on the phone (they're already in Chicago), and then ran around my
apartment packing for the weekend.  Around 8 o'clock I packed up and
headed to Castleton to meet Nivagi at a costume shop after she got out
of class.

I got there just before it closed, and looked around, although I
didn't find anything perfect for either my Graverobber from Repo! or
my Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter costumes.  Nivagi bought a wig and
some accessories for her Goth baby doll costume, and then we went to
Perkins for a late dinner.  We talked about her plans for the weekend
– she plans to move out of Ke's today, and then go to a party.  I'll
be in Chicago.

Nivagi and I stopped by my apartment to pick up her phone and Mira's
hair straighter, and then we went to Ke's house to sleep.  I was
planning to help Nivagi pack, but it was already late and I had to get
up for work in the morning.  Instead I read her a bedtime story –
Thumbelina, a story of interspecies rape and sexual bondage (hey, I'm
not completely making that up – every creature Thumbelina meets wants
to force her to be his wife!).  At last we curled up and went to
sleep.  B)

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"It's time to prove to your friends that you're worth a damn.
Sometimes that means dying, sometimes it means killing a whole lot of
people." - SIN CITY

Conversation at work

(referring to the zombies pictured on my BHRG calendar)

Coworker: "I like your calendar.  Those gentlemen are very scary!"

Me: "They're not gentlemen.  They're roller girls."

Coworker: "They're roller girls?  That's even scarier!"

Me: Hee!

Yay Party Foul, Tijuana Momma, and Narnageddon!

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"It's time to prove to your friends that you're worth a damn.
Sometimes that means dying, sometimes it means killing a whole lot of
people."
- SIN CITY

Polygamy, Polyamory, Sister Wives and You

From bigger-love.com -

'By Lucius Scribbens on October 4th, 2010

Some of you may be saying to yourself: "Self, why has Lucius Scribbens
developed such an interest in polygamy and the plight of the Brown's
(the family featured in the TLC reality series Sister Wives) in Lehi,
Utah?"

Well it's like this. Kody Brown and his wives Meri, Janelle and
Christine (and soon to include Robyn) represent more than polygamy.
They are a very functional, long-term plural quad with 15+ years
together and 13 kids, and any consensual plural relationship that
constitutes commitment (such as they exhibit) could be prosecuted
under current bigamy laws across the United States.

Just because you are legally married to one person and have a
handfasting to another, doesn't make you safe from being convicted of
a third degree felony for bigamy. You are under U.S. laws, a
polygamist… Like it or not. The only thing saving your ass at this
very moment is that you aren't Mormon therefore you aren't garnering
the attention of the representatives of the State.

The U.S. Model Penal Code (MPC) states that you don't have to be
married to more than one person, you only have to say that you are to
be guilty of bigamy. Hell, in eleven states just coinhabiting with
someone other than a family member is illegal and can earn you a fine
and possibly jail time.'

More here: http://www.bigger-love.com/2010/10/polygamy-polyamory-sister-wives-and-you/

Adjectives

I love XKCD: http://xkcd.com/798/

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"Do you know what it's like to fall in the mud and get kicked... in the head... with an iron boot? Of course you don't, no one does. It never happens. Sorry, Ted, that's a dumb question... skip that."
-- Rex Kramer, Airplane

This is a news website article about a scientific paper

hee!  The Title of the Song -- er, Vapid Science News Article:

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/the-lay-scientist/2010/sep/24/1

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"She doesn't quite chop his head off. She makes a Pez dispenser out of him."
-- SIN CITY

Halloween bout

For our co-ed Halloween bout, the theme is going to be Barbie vs. G.I. Joe.  I told them I'd be on either team, and so since most of the female skaters are reportedly asking to be on the G.I. Joe team, I might wind up on Team Barbie.  So, I've been thinking of possible derby names for that bout.  Any opinions or suggestions?  (My number will remain 2020.)

 

Ideas so far:

 

BOB

Eye-Roll Ken

Mod-Hair Ken

Plastic Boyfriend

Polyvinyl

 

Watcha think?  B)

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"This is America. I don't want a tomato picked by a Mexican. I want it picked by an American. Then sliced by a Guatemalan, and served by a Venezuelan in a spa where a Chilean gives me a Brazilian."
-- Stephen Colbert

The Walking Dead

This looks so cool... I love the graphic novels, and it looks like the
series will capture what's great about them.

http://www.amctv.com/originals/The-Walking-Dead/video?bcpid=86227333001&bclid=88963904001&bctid=593569611001
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"So I was sitting in my cubicle today, and I realized, ever since I
started working, every single day of my life has been worse than the
day before it. So that means that every single day that you see me,
that's on the worst day of my life."
-- Peter Gibbons, Office Space

question of the day: What would a new Bill & Ted movie look like?

Link from MaryAnn @ http://www.flickfilosopher.com --

 

MaryAnn writes:

"Keanu Reeves tells MTV News that he'd love to do another Bill & Ted movie. There's nothing definite happening, just desire on the part of Reeves and -- he says -- Alex Winter. Check out what Reeves has to say about such a project... if for nothing else, you must see his impersonation of Werner Herzog explaining what he'd see in the boys:"

 

http://www.mtv.com/videos/movies/573900/keanu-reeves-down-for-bill-and-ted-reunion-if-story-is-right.jhtml

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"So I was sitting in my cubicle today, and I realized, ever since I started working, every single day of my life has been worse than the day before it. So that means that every single day that you see me, that's on the worst day of my life."
-- Peter Gibbons, Office Space