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Thursday, April 8, 2010
But Enough About Me
I love otters.
Otters are my favourite non-domestic† animal.
[SUMMARY: Still about me.]
From today's 5280 Panorama email:
Search for Fugitive Zoo Otter Enters Second Week
Kitchi, the otter who masterminded‡ a successful escape from his Cheyenne Mountain Zoo§ enclosure on March 25, is still on the loose, despite three other accomplice otters being quickly rounded up nearly two weeks ago. But officials are finally reporting progress in their extensive dragnet of Colorado Springs, reporting that they've found otter tracks in the mud beneath an overpass. And although the tracks may be several days old, zoo officials say they feel confident they're on the trail of the elusive Kitchi, writes the Gazette . Kitchi's distinctive prints were discovered in a culvert beneath Westmeadow Drive, behind the Cheyenne Meadows King Soopers, says zoo tracker Nichole Mantz: "This was our first stop [Wednesday], so it was a little surprising." Otters like Kitchi aren't native to Colorado, making Mantz sure the tracks are Kitchi's. The zoo has deployed a team of trackers who hope to snare the otter, along with a van loaded with capture gear. If you know something, call the 24-hour otter hotline¶ at 719-648-7348.
†FOOTNOTE (crossed): And you know if they domesticated otters, I'd be the first in line to have one.
‡FOOTNOTE (double-crossed): Otter mastermind is just brilliant.
§FOOTNOTE (swerved): Which, for those of you who were in the Denver area in 1980, is where Albert the Alligator was imprisoned after his escape and coincident 28-day summer romp in City Park. For those of you not in the Denver area in 1980, many ducks were eaten out of the lake at City Park.
¶FOOTNOTE (paragraphed): Anything is better and funnier if you use "otter" as an adjective: otter mastermind, otter hotline, otter squad, otter paws.
Otters are my favourite non-domestic† animal.
[SUMMARY: Still about me.]
From today's 5280 Panorama email:
Search for Fugitive Zoo Otter Enters Second Week
Kitchi, the otter who masterminded‡ a successful escape from his Cheyenne Mountain Zoo§ enclosure on March 25, is still on the loose, despite three other accomplice otters being quickly rounded up nearly two weeks ago. But officials are finally reporting progress in their extensive dragnet of Colorado Springs, reporting that they've found otter tracks in the mud beneath an overpass. And although the tracks may be several days old, zoo officials say they feel confident they're on the trail of the elusive Kitchi, writes the Gazette . Kitchi's distinctive prints were discovered in a culvert beneath Westmeadow Drive, behind the Cheyenne Meadows King Soopers, says zoo tracker Nichole Mantz: "This was our first stop [Wednesday], so it was a little surprising." Otters like Kitchi aren't native to Colorado, making Mantz sure the tracks are Kitchi's. The zoo has deployed a team of trackers who hope to snare the otter, along with a van loaded with capture gear. If you know something, call the 24-hour otter hotline¶ at 719-648-7348.
†FOOTNOTE (crossed): And you know if they domesticated otters, I'd be the first in line to have one.
‡FOOTNOTE (double-crossed): Otter mastermind is just brilliant.
§FOOTNOTE (swerved): Which, for those of you who were in the Denver area in 1980, is where Albert the Alligator was imprisoned after his escape and coincident 28-day summer romp in City Park. For those of you not in the Denver area in 1980, many ducks were eaten out of the lake at City Park.
¶FOOTNOTE (paragraphed): Anything is better and funnier if you use "otter" as an adjective: otter mastermind, otter hotline, otter squad, otter paws.
Friday, January 8, 2010
Aaaaand...
...that's as far as I got Tuesday.
Shiny† new speedy computer and psychofast N+ wireless router‡ that arrived at Chez Barfly last night§ should help this absence thing.
Meanwhile, a little news: Kidrobot, a NY toy company that went viral¶ and exploded into a designer toy company with its own line of clothing, is moving to Boulder.
I know that may not tickle you so much now,# but just look!
Sleepy Bear Titus from the kidrobot website
Man-eating skull bear with a spork!
†FOOTNOTE (crossed): Stainless steel finish. Which I partly got because it's shiny and partly because, for some stupid reason, the stainless one has an extra year of warranty for an extra $40, so it seemed the economic choice as well as the aesthetic one.
‡FOOTNOTE (double-crossed): I have about zero idea what that means in practical terms -- mostly it's new, fast and shiny, and that's what life's all about.
§FOOTNOTE (swerved): Don't get me started on the shipping clusterfuck that happened with that... suffice to say that a truly frustrating and horrible, hungry day ended with me sitting with the fastest wireless router known to man purring contentedly on a shiny new supercompter next to Vol 1 of The Complete Calvin & Hobbes while the BCS National Championship game played. I probably cashed in a ton of kharma points for that last hour of the day.
¶FOOTNOTE (paragraphed): I'm probably not using that right. Like "hot mess," I have my version, the cool kids have theirs.
#FOOTNOTE (pounded): Hey! It's AntiM! Give it a minute and you WILL BE TICKLED.
Shiny† new speedy computer and psychofast N+ wireless router‡ that arrived at Chez Barfly last night§ should help this absence thing.
Meanwhile, a little news: Kidrobot, a NY toy company that went viral¶ and exploded into a designer toy company with its own line of clothing, is moving to Boulder.
I know that may not tickle you so much now,# but just look!
Sleepy Bear Titus from the kidrobot website
Man-eating skull bear with a spork!
†FOOTNOTE (crossed): Stainless steel finish. Which I partly got because it's shiny and partly because, for some stupid reason, the stainless one has an extra year of warranty for an extra $40, so it seemed the economic choice as well as the aesthetic one.
‡FOOTNOTE (double-crossed): I have about zero idea what that means in practical terms -- mostly it's new, fast and shiny, and that's what life's all about.
§FOOTNOTE (swerved): Don't get me started on the shipping clusterfuck that happened with that... suffice to say that a truly frustrating and horrible, hungry day ended with me sitting with the fastest wireless router known to man purring contentedly on a shiny new supercompter next to Vol 1 of The Complete Calvin & Hobbes while the BCS National Championship game played. I probably cashed in a ton of kharma points for that last hour of the day.
¶FOOTNOTE (paragraphed): I'm probably not using that right. Like "hot mess," I have my version, the cool kids have theirs.
#FOOTNOTE (pounded): Hey! It's AntiM! Give it a minute and you WILL BE TICKLED.
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
A Half-Hearted, Time-Saving Lick of the Pig
I know, but...
[SUMMARY: Defensive much?]
These days, I don't write blogs.† I barely read blogs.‡ In this economy,§ one must do everything in one's power to stay in the good graces of those willing to pay one.
Translation: Deadlines loom. Free time is short. Can't screw around.%
[SUMMARY: Excuses, excuses.]
I do have a couple of juicy tidbits I want to share, just to let you know I'm still out here somewhere and well, because they're funny or interesting.
Sarah, you're going to want to cover your eyes when we get to "interesting."
[SUMMARY: In the eye of the beholder, my friends, in the eye of the beholder.]
So on the funny front, a follow-up to the Lady Gaga fashion debacle of July 2009:
DON'T LOOK, SARAH! GO FIND A NICE CUPCAKE OR A PUPPY OR A FLUFFY CLOUD OR SOMETHING TO OCCUPY YOUR EYES!
And something I find interesting, courtesy of Kathy-now-Kathryn¶:
Meet Heteropoda davidbowie.
Yep. You read that right. David Bowie gets his own spider. Be it Martian or Glass, it seems somehow glam-appropriate... if a little scary.
[SUMMARY: All day long, my head will be shrieking, "...but where are the spiders?"]
And, since I put it together last week, I can throw this in and complete my tour of the Six Scents line... just in time for the release of Six Scents, part II#, due in October.††
*************
No. 6: Teen Spirit - Preen & Mark Buxton (Part 6 in the series)
Marin says: Bergamot.$ Definitely bergamot. Or maybe lemon of the verbena variety. It's thin and high and sour-citrusy... and as I found out later, may be the most interesting portion of the trip for me.
When the citrus starts fading, a touch of rose$ peeks through. It's very watery, both in that "barely there" sense and in that it smells like rain.$ Once the bergamot is completely gone and the sharper parts of the rose round out, it becomes a round, powdery floral, no particular rose in sight.
I think the "teen spirit" moniker is apt; this reminds me very much of something one gets at Walgreen's when one is a 16 year old girl. Love's Baby Soft. Something attributable to Brittney Spears.@ It goes distinctly soapy (must be musk$) late in the game.
Meh.
Meh meh meh.
Six Scents says: "The idea we had with Preen, was to capture an English summer garden after the rain - light, natural, floral, fresh, but not sweet. Its sprakling top note, made of calabrain bergamot an a unique seashore accord‡‡ is wrapped with magnolia and Turkish rose. The tingling spicy scent of red pepper sustained by hazelnut leaf and rhubarb give the fragrance its natural depth.§§ Finally, a touch of violet wood for the long-lastingness and pleasurable feeling." - Mark Buxton, Perfumer
Ingredients: Hazelnut Leaf, Rhubarb, Bergamot, Seashore accord, Red Pepper, Berry Rose, Magnolia, Violet wood, Sandalwood, Musk.
Hans says: Ooooh, I like that. It smells like grapefruit rind. What do you call that? Zest. Grapefruit zest.¶¶
†FOOTNOTE (crossed): You may have noticed.
‡FOOTNOTE (double-crossed): Mostly of the "funny cats" variety.
§FOOTNOTE (swerved): Oh, how I hate it when people use that phrase...
%FOOTNOTE (percented): Much.
¶FOOTNOTE (paragraphed): Who has the most interesting Twitter list. I did eventually have to remove Courtney Love from my follow list because she's patently bugshit insane and completely misses the seminal point of Twitter, which is its brevity, by posting roughly 20,000 words a day, 140 words at a time.
#FOOTNOTE (pounded): Electric Boogaloo.
††FOOTNOTE (ddouble-ccrossed): I can hear you cringing from here, Nathan.
$FOOTNOTE (on the money!): I'm not as proud of myself as I usually am. Picking out orange and rose seems a scant talent.
@FOOTNOTE (atted): Before her particular bugshit slut phase -- back in the Disney "I'm still a virgin" pink poofy feather ponytail days.
‡‡FOOTNOTE (doubble-crossssed): I'm officially a perfume snob. I completely dismissed this whole scent as soon as I saw the cutesy marketing ploy "seashore accord." Good thing I didn't really like the scent to begin with or I'd be torn by hypocrisy and existential angst.
§§FOOTNOTE (shaking my head, waggling my finger): If I had detected any of anything in this whole sentence, I may have been able to find something other than "meh" to say about it. Everything in this sentence sounds delightful.
¶¶FOOTNOTE (heads up!): Hans only got the first whiff. I should've made him hang out for the powdery part.
[SUMMARY: Defensive much?]
These days, I don't write blogs.† I barely read blogs.‡ In this economy,§ one must do everything in one's power to stay in the good graces of those willing to pay one.
Translation: Deadlines loom. Free time is short. Can't screw around.%
[SUMMARY: Excuses, excuses.]
I do have a couple of juicy tidbits I want to share, just to let you know I'm still out here somewhere and well, because they're funny or interesting.
Sarah, you're going to want to cover your eyes when we get to "interesting."
[SUMMARY: In the eye of the beholder, my friends, in the eye of the beholder.]
So on the funny front, a follow-up to the Lady Gaga fashion debacle of July 2009:
DON'T LOOK, SARAH! GO FIND A NICE CUPCAKE OR A PUPPY OR A FLUFFY CLOUD OR SOMETHING TO OCCUPY YOUR EYES!
And something I find interesting, courtesy of Kathy-now-Kathryn¶:
Meet Heteropoda davidbowie.
Yep. You read that right. David Bowie gets his own spider. Be it Martian or Glass, it seems somehow glam-appropriate... if a little scary.
[SUMMARY: All day long, my head will be shrieking, "...but where are the spiders?"]
And, since I put it together last week, I can throw this in and complete my tour of the Six Scents line... just in time for the release of Six Scents, part II#, due in October.††
*************
No. 6: Teen Spirit - Preen & Mark Buxton (Part 6 in the series)
Marin says: Bergamot.$ Definitely bergamot. Or maybe lemon of the verbena variety. It's thin and high and sour-citrusy... and as I found out later, may be the most interesting portion of the trip for me.
When the citrus starts fading, a touch of rose$ peeks through. It's very watery, both in that "barely there" sense and in that it smells like rain.$ Once the bergamot is completely gone and the sharper parts of the rose round out, it becomes a round, powdery floral, no particular rose in sight.
I think the "teen spirit" moniker is apt; this reminds me very much of something one gets at Walgreen's when one is a 16 year old girl. Love's Baby Soft. Something attributable to Brittney Spears.@ It goes distinctly soapy (must be musk$) late in the game.
Meh.
Meh meh meh.
Six Scents says: "The idea we had with Preen, was to capture an English summer garden after the rain - light, natural, floral, fresh, but not sweet. Its sprakling top note, made of calabrain bergamot an a unique seashore accord‡‡ is wrapped with magnolia and Turkish rose. The tingling spicy scent of red pepper sustained by hazelnut leaf and rhubarb give the fragrance its natural depth.§§ Finally, a touch of violet wood for the long-lastingness and pleasurable feeling." - Mark Buxton, Perfumer
Ingredients: Hazelnut Leaf, Rhubarb, Bergamot, Seashore accord, Red Pepper, Berry Rose, Magnolia, Violet wood, Sandalwood, Musk.
Hans says: Ooooh, I like that. It smells like grapefruit rind. What do you call that? Zest. Grapefruit zest.¶¶
†FOOTNOTE (crossed): You may have noticed.
‡FOOTNOTE (double-crossed): Mostly of the "funny cats" variety.
§FOOTNOTE (swerved): Oh, how I hate it when people use that phrase...
%FOOTNOTE (percented): Much.
¶FOOTNOTE (paragraphed): Who has the most interesting Twitter list. I did eventually have to remove Courtney Love from my follow list because she's patently bugshit insane and completely misses the seminal point of Twitter, which is its brevity, by posting roughly 20,000 words a day, 140 words at a time.
#FOOTNOTE (pounded): Electric Boogaloo.
††FOOTNOTE (ddouble-ccrossed): I can hear you cringing from here, Nathan.
$FOOTNOTE (on the money!): I'm not as proud of myself as I usually am. Picking out orange and rose seems a scant talent.
@FOOTNOTE (atted): Before her particular bugshit slut phase -- back in the Disney "I'm still a virgin" pink poofy feather ponytail days.
‡‡FOOTNOTE (doubble-crossssed): I'm officially a perfume snob. I completely dismissed this whole scent as soon as I saw the cutesy marketing ploy "seashore accord." Good thing I didn't really like the scent to begin with or I'd be torn by hypocrisy and existential angst.
§§FOOTNOTE (shaking my head, waggling my finger): If I had detected any of anything in this whole sentence, I may have been able to find something other than "meh" to say about it. Everything in this sentence sounds delightful.
¶¶FOOTNOTE (heads up!): Hans only got the first whiff. I should've made him hang out for the powdery part.
Friday, August 28, 2009
Signs of the Times
Appropriate and sad... The Official Warning Sign of 2009.
And a section in my local bookstore.
I'm so glad I ditched Barnes & Noble... the do NOT have a Being Fabulous section at Barnes & Noble, but they frequently have a full section of stupid sparkly vampires.
And a section in my local bookstore.
I'm so glad I ditched Barnes & Noble... the do NOT have a Being Fabulous section at Barnes & Noble, but they frequently have a full section of stupid sparkly vampires.
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Lake 2009
If you're a weather dork or you live in Denverish, you know that last night brought a storm of legendary proportion.
I drove through a nasty bit of that storm last night and I'm tired. I think I may have been struck by lightning, my head's so fuzzy.†
So I'm not going to be clever, not going to do a lot of footnotes.‡
Let's just let The Lake speak (mostly) for itself, shall we?
The ranger station says these fish are in Lake McConaughy
The ranger station also wants you to know how heavy record fish are, so they provide conveniently weighted examples for your educational entertainment.
Matt purchased this sombrero at the dollar store especially for the trip. He told his 13-year-old daughter he would be wearing the sombrero and nothing else at some point during their vacation. This led to many frantic hatnappings. Also? The hat bled pink all over Matt's nice Bronco shirt. His daughter things it served him right.
Inflatable Items was a big theme this year.
Matt, deflating at the end of the day, looked like Godzilla over a floatie Tokyo. That's what Shannon said, in any case, and it drove the rest of us to sing Blue Oyster Cult's "Godzilla" all afternoon.
The kids, of course had a marvelous time. With much threatening and cajoling, they were grouped for a nice group picture.
And a goofy group picture.
Braden and Chris, plotting the demise of their sisters.
Mary, my little datesake
It takes a floating village...
Or a floating train...
Braden discovers the projectile capabilities of a water noodle.
Curtis rides the shark, which is not at ALL like jumping the shark.
Erin
Curtis and his harem
A bad day to be a frog
Saturday was windy. The lake was choppy.
The boats danced
As did the porta-potty
And the people. The people danced. I so wish you could've seen it.
Shanny rescued Mary
And we went for the traditional farewell dinner. Peanuts on the floor, country music on the TV and over the speakers...
On the way home? Never seen the Colorado plains so green. Plus... cows!
†FOOTNOTE (crossed): Literally AND figuratively.
‡FOOTNOTE (double-crossed): Just that last one. And this one.
I drove through a nasty bit of that storm last night and I'm tired. I think I may have been struck by lightning, my head's so fuzzy.†
So I'm not going to be clever, not going to do a lot of footnotes.‡
Let's just let The Lake speak (mostly) for itself, shall we?
The ranger station says these fish are in Lake McConaughy
The ranger station also wants you to know how heavy record fish are, so they provide conveniently weighted examples for your educational entertainment.
Matt purchased this sombrero at the dollar store especially for the trip. He told his 13-year-old daughter he would be wearing the sombrero and nothing else at some point during their vacation. This led to many frantic hatnappings. Also? The hat bled pink all over Matt's nice Bronco shirt. His daughter things it served him right.
Inflatable Items was a big theme this year.
Matt, deflating at the end of the day, looked like Godzilla over a floatie Tokyo. That's what Shannon said, in any case, and it drove the rest of us to sing Blue Oyster Cult's "Godzilla" all afternoon.
The kids, of course had a marvelous time. With much threatening and cajoling, they were grouped for a nice group picture.
And a goofy group picture.
Braden and Chris, plotting the demise of their sisters.
Mary, my little datesake
It takes a floating village...
Or a floating train...
Braden discovers the projectile capabilities of a water noodle.
Curtis rides the shark, which is not at ALL like jumping the shark.
Erin
Curtis and his harem
A bad day to be a frog
Saturday was windy. The lake was choppy.
The boats danced
As did the porta-potty
And the people. The people danced. I so wish you could've seen it.
Shanny rescued Mary
And we went for the traditional farewell dinner. Peanuts on the floor, country music on the TV and over the speakers...
On the way home? Never seen the Colorado plains so green. Plus... cows!
†FOOTNOTE (crossed): Literally AND figuratively.
‡FOOTNOTE (double-crossed): Just that last one. And this one.
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Who Knew?
Did any of y'all know Karen Allen was a capital-K-Knitter?
{Karen Allen Fiber Arts via The Daily Heller}
{Karen Allen Fiber Arts via The Daily Heller}
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Your Gypsy Rover
Tomorrow begins Lake 2009.
I'll be hitting the road with my trusty iPod and the Cutest Little Car in the Whole Wide World to keep me company.
I was gratified to see that my little car is in the top five Most Fun to Drive† While Still Being Fuel-Efficient‡ list from Car and Driver.§
*************
Guilt-Free Fun
by Jared Holstein
2009 Mini Cooper S
26 mpg city/34 mpg highway¶
It’s a real shame the Mini Cooper ownership experience has been ruined by the population of tattooed art-school dropouts who wear skinny jeans and ironic eyeglasses and have claimed it as their own. Lured into dealerships by espresso, wi-fi, and conformity, they leave in numbers driving a fine machine that in turbocharged S form# is just about the most ace combination of fun and fuel efficient that trust funds can buy.
Fear not, enthusiast: Roll down your windows to prove that your upper lip bears no thin mustache and you aren’t listening to electro, and pour yourself into the nearest set of mountains. A fantastic chassis, a six-speed transmission, and 192 pound-feet of torque will help you dispatch stacked hairpins with confidence; it’s this car’s poise that helped it best such machines as the Mazda Miata and Volkswagen GTI on our Lightning Lap. You can also be confident you won’t need to stop for gas on the way home, that you’ll be able to fit in a parking spot once you get there, and that cops will be too busy busting hipster-helmed Minis for coke possession to notice your imprudent velocity.
*************
More later, but for now, join me in basking in the reflected glory.
†FOOTNOTE (crossed): Duh.
‡FOOTNOTE (double-crossed): They don't know the half of it. See ¶, below.
§FOOTNOTE (swerved): As reported by Comcast.
¶FOOTNOTE (paragraphed): Mine actually gets 44 mpg on the highway, possibly because...
#FOOTNOTE (pounded): ...mine is not turbocharged, but supercharged. In practical terms, this means the new Mini S can take hills faster, but mine will blow it off a light. And, apparently, I get an extra 130 miles per tank when I take a road trip.
I'll be hitting the road with my trusty iPod and the Cutest Little Car in the Whole Wide World to keep me company.
I was gratified to see that my little car is in the top five Most Fun to Drive† While Still Being Fuel-Efficient‡ list from Car and Driver.§
*************
Guilt-Free Fun
by Jared Holstein
2009 Mini Cooper S
26 mpg city/34 mpg highway¶It’s a real shame the Mini Cooper ownership experience has been ruined by the population of tattooed art-school dropouts who wear skinny jeans and ironic eyeglasses and have claimed it as their own. Lured into dealerships by espresso, wi-fi, and conformity, they leave in numbers driving a fine machine that in turbocharged S form# is just about the most ace combination of fun and fuel efficient that trust funds can buy.
Fear not, enthusiast: Roll down your windows to prove that your upper lip bears no thin mustache and you aren’t listening to electro, and pour yourself into the nearest set of mountains. A fantastic chassis, a six-speed transmission, and 192 pound-feet of torque will help you dispatch stacked hairpins with confidence; it’s this car’s poise that helped it best such machines as the Mazda Miata and Volkswagen GTI on our Lightning Lap. You can also be confident you won’t need to stop for gas on the way home, that you’ll be able to fit in a parking spot once you get there, and that cops will be too busy busting hipster-helmed Minis for coke possession to notice your imprudent velocity.
*************
More later, but for now, join me in basking in the reflected glory.
†FOOTNOTE (crossed): Duh.
‡FOOTNOTE (double-crossed): They don't know the half of it. See ¶, below.
§FOOTNOTE (swerved): As reported by Comcast.
¶FOOTNOTE (paragraphed): Mine actually gets 44 mpg on the highway, possibly because...
#FOOTNOTE (pounded): ...mine is not turbocharged, but supercharged. In practical terms, this means the new Mini S can take hills faster, but mine will blow it off a light. And, apparently, I get an extra 130 miles per tank when I take a road trip.
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Animal Lefts
Oh, PETA, you silly set of idle hands.
Yesterday, when every news headline and video outlet on the Innernet† was doing play-by-play, replay, colour commentary and recap on President Obama's battle with a pesky fly...
...I said, "I'm surprised we haven't heard from PETA yet."
I was *joking*.
Because I think I'm funny.
Y'know... hyperbole?
[SUMMARY: This is the definition of comic irony.]
Now, in tracking down a news account of PETA's involvement, I ran across another PETA cause that will undoubtedly be buried behind the shiny, media-friendly fly story‡: Pike Place fish flingers are doing a fish-tossing demonstration for some veterinary association gathering.
Important to note:
We all know how PETA feels about fishing.
Apparently fish flinging is just as bad. Live or dead, fish are our friends.
[SUMMARY: It's all very fishy.§]
The Muppets are in SUCH trouble.¶
†FOOTNOTE (crossed): Hint: there are LOTS of them.
‡FOOTNOTE (double-crossed): Moscagate!
§FOOTNOTE (swerved): See? This is the comedic genius that quipped that PETA would have something to say about fly-swatting. PETA is in SUCH trouble.
¶FOOTNOTE (paragraphed): And don't get me started on you, Leslie Uggams!
Yesterday, when every news headline and video outlet on the Innernet† was doing play-by-play, replay, colour commentary and recap on President Obama's battle with a pesky fly...
...I said, "I'm surprised we haven't heard from PETA yet."
I was *joking*.
Because I think I'm funny.
Y'know... hyperbole?
[SUMMARY: This is the definition of comic irony.]
Now, in tracking down a news account of PETA's involvement, I ran across another PETA cause that will undoubtedly be buried behind the shiny, media-friendly fly story‡: Pike Place fish flingers are doing a fish-tossing demonstration for some veterinary association gathering.
Important to note:
- The fish are dead.
- The fish will be eaten when it's over.
- These are trained, professional fish flingers.
- This is all done under veterinary supervision.
We all know how PETA feels about fishing.
Apparently fish flinging is just as bad. Live or dead, fish are our friends.
[SUMMARY: It's all very fishy.§]
The Muppets are in SUCH trouble.¶
†FOOTNOTE (crossed): Hint: there are LOTS of them.
‡FOOTNOTE (double-crossed): Moscagate!
§FOOTNOTE (swerved): See? This is the comedic genius that quipped that PETA would have something to say about fly-swatting. PETA is in SUCH trouble.
¶FOOTNOTE (paragraphed): And don't get me started on you, Leslie Uggams!
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Silver Lining
"Denver is the No. 1 city in the nation for a housing and jobs rebound, according to real estate expert Barbara Corcoran, who spoke with the Today Show's Natalie Morales earlier this week."
{from 5280}
Yay, us!
{from 5280}
Yay, us!
Friday, May 8, 2009
Breaking Update!
So I was at the Tattered Cover website† to see if they had that new drinking and knitting book‡ Kim pointed me to and I noticed that Cutest Little Car in the Whole Wide World is still prominently§ featured in the tiny slideshow in their banner.
Let's hope the fame doesn't go to my head.¶
†FOOTNOTE (crossed): A B&N boycott is easier when you are minutes from one of the best independent booksellers in the country.
‡FOOTNOTE (double-crossed): Pints & Purls
§FOOTNOTE (swerved): I may be the only one who thinks of it as prominent.
¶FOOTNOTE (paragraphed): Where it would wander in the desert for forty years.
Let's hope the fame doesn't go to my head.¶
†FOOTNOTE (crossed): A B&N boycott is easier when you are minutes from one of the best independent booksellers in the country.
‡FOOTNOTE (double-crossed): Pints & Purls
§FOOTNOTE (swerved): I may be the only one who thinks of it as prominent.
¶FOOTNOTE (paragraphed): Where it would wander in the desert for forty years.
Friday, April 17, 2009
It's Just a Jump to the Left
Unlike toast, throwing texts won't damage the movie screen, but would MST3K be nearly as fun without Crow and Tom Servo?
p.s. -- I think this is a great way to end a Friday.
ETA (8/29/2010): In visiting this post much later, I find when I click "play," I get a message that says the video has been removed by the user... whatever the hell that means. It's still on YouTube and you can see it here if you're so inclined.
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Plus?
I wouldn't have to come up with so many ways to say "and" if today wasn't such a cornucopia of wonderments.
Remember the Red River Hogs at the San Diego Zoo?
Now, for you blogspotting pleasure, the lickablest of lickable piglets:
{New Red River piglets at the Calgary Zoo via ZooBorns}
You really should click over to ZooBorns -- they have more pictures and video and these little guys look like pig-shaped chimpunks, which is totally worth a click of your time.
Remember the Red River Hogs at the San Diego Zoo?
Now, for you blogspotting pleasure, the lickablest of lickable piglets:
{New Red River piglets at the Calgary Zoo via ZooBorns}
You really should click over to ZooBorns -- they have more pictures and video and these little guys look like pig-shaped chimpunks, which is totally worth a click of your time.
Moreover?
I won!
I got the lovely, shiny purple stuff even though I admitted to Robin that I'd probably use it to knit a spider.
I guess that makes this Good Thursday.
Thanks, Robin!
I got the lovely, shiny purple stuff even though I admitted to Robin that I'd probably use it to knit a spider.
I guess that makes this Good Thursday.
Thanks, Robin!
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Stupid Sparkly Update
I guess I should watch my back.†
The hairpulling is getting serious.
†FOOTNOTE (crossed): Side note: Black type on a dark grey background is a VERY BAD IDEA.
The hairpulling is getting serious.
†FOOTNOTE (crossed): Side note: Black type on a dark grey background is a VERY BAD IDEA.
Monday, April 6, 2009
True Dat
From: Marin
To: Brother
Sent: Monday, April 6, 2009 9:45:48 AM
Subject: Immortal Revolutionary Songs
Mile-High Headlines for Monday, April 6
by Michael de Yoanna
NORAD Calls B.S. on North Korean Missile Launch
North Korean officials insist that they've launched a satellite into orbit around the Earth via a powerful, multi-stage rocket and that it is broadcasting "immortal revolutionary songs" praising communist leaders. Not so fast, says the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) in Colorado Springs, which reports that the rocket and its payload actually plopped into the Pacific Ocean (via the New York Daily News). The launch of the rocket, identified by U.S. officials as a Taepodong-2, is troubling because it also represents a step forward in the impoverished country's possible efforts to construct a nuclear missile that could strike the United States, writes The New York Times. Diplomats are debating how to address North Korea's action, according to The Washington Post. Such launches don't appear to be good for the planet's protective ozone layer either, according to a researcher with the University of Colorado (via The Los Angeles Times).
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One of the many problems with communism? It's very hard to take it seriously when communist countries keep finding new ways to make caricatures of themselves.
"In glorious honour of our brave communist leaders, we have launched a satellite playing 'Hail to Kim Jong-Il,' 'Wayfaring Eternal President' and 'Shine On, You Supreme People's Assembly.' so all may know of the joy and power of North Korea. Don't look at that nuclear warhead! That's not a nuclear warhead! That's an XM Radio of communism!"
Oh, the satire could be endless.
From: Brother
To: Marin
Sent: Monday, April 6, 2009 10:12:14 AM
Subject: Re: Immortal Revolutionary Songs
How funny is North Korea, though?
I mean, this is clearly the scariest country on Earth, being run by a man with a -21 golf handicap. But it's scary for being communist - the ridiculous impunity with which they can deploy their natural resources and human capital is alarming. It would actually be less scary if they were lying, because to devote the sort of resources that they would have needed for such a project to broadcast "immortal revolutionary songs" approaches real Jonestown-level idiocy. Wouldn't it have been a fuckload more effective to offer the immortal revolutionary songs as free downloads on iTunes?
I hate to quibble, but does this thing really represent "a step forward"? Hell, [Tallest Hairiest Nephew] could build a rocket that could get a few songs from Korea to the Pacific Ocean. That technology, um, isn't new. To anyone.
To: Brother
Sent: Monday, April 6, 2009 9:45:48 AM
Subject: Immortal Revolutionary Songs
Mile-High Headlines for Monday, April 6
by Michael de Yoanna
NORAD Calls B.S. on North Korean Missile Launch
North Korean officials insist that they've launched a satellite into orbit around the Earth via a powerful, multi-stage rocket and that it is broadcasting "immortal revolutionary songs" praising communist leaders. Not so fast, says the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) in Colorado Springs, which reports that the rocket and its payload actually plopped into the Pacific Ocean (via the New York Daily News). The launch of the rocket, identified by U.S. officials as a Taepodong-2, is troubling because it also represents a step forward in the impoverished country's possible efforts to construct a nuclear missile that could strike the United States, writes The New York Times. Diplomats are debating how to address North Korea's action, according to The Washington Post. Such launches don't appear to be good for the planet's protective ozone layer either, according to a researcher with the University of Colorado (via The Los Angeles Times).
*************
One of the many problems with communism? It's very hard to take it seriously when communist countries keep finding new ways to make caricatures of themselves.
"In glorious honour of our brave communist leaders, we have launched a satellite playing 'Hail to Kim Jong-Il,' 'Wayfaring Eternal President' and 'Shine On, You Supreme People's Assembly.' so all may know of the joy and power of North Korea. Don't look at that nuclear warhead! That's not a nuclear warhead! That's an XM Radio of communism!"
Oh, the satire could be endless.
From: Brother
To: Marin
Sent: Monday, April 6, 2009 10:12:14 AM
Subject: Re: Immortal Revolutionary Songs
How funny is North Korea, though?
I mean, this is clearly the scariest country on Earth, being run by a man with a -21 golf handicap. But it's scary for being communist - the ridiculous impunity with which they can deploy their natural resources and human capital is alarming. It would actually be less scary if they were lying, because to devote the sort of resources that they would have needed for such a project to broadcast "immortal revolutionary songs" approaches real Jonestown-level idiocy. Wouldn't it have been a fuckload more effective to offer the immortal revolutionary songs as free downloads on iTunes?
I hate to quibble, but does this thing really represent "a step forward"? Hell, [Tallest Hairiest Nephew] could build a rocket that could get a few songs from Korea to the Pacific Ocean. That technology, um, isn't new. To anyone.
Friday, April 3, 2009
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