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This is where we'll put up items we've forgot to mention on our show, extended rants, pictures, etc. If you'd like to subscribe to this page, click on the XML logo on the left. Enjoy!
As a professed animal lover, I hate to hate on anything, but the gd squirrels are back in my bedroom wall. I'd prefer not to awaken in the middle of the night, having re-read Harry Potter waaaay to close to bedtime and dreaming about Dementors clawing off the flesh on my arms, when a rat with a prettier tail is attempting to burrow into my room. Creepy! And yes Lynn, I got out the Swiffer. Didn't help.
I am wearing a new cute funky retro flower power pattern top and slinkly black sweater today. I am also wearing new jeans and heels, but I really doubt anyone will notice as I have been walking around all with my fly down. I don't know how I keep missing it; suddenly my pants are much more comfortable. And breezy. A couple of times I caught people averting their eyes when you would typically give the silent: "Hi there, yes, yes, how are YOU?!?" smile. In retrospect I think they were polite enough not to check out my holy American Eagle fairy glitter underpants but not bold enough to tell me so.
If you've ever had the great pleasure of meeting my friend Patti (one of the finest cookies in the aisle) you might be aware that her boyfriend Rob (pictured on a visit home) has been serving in Iraq. We are expecting that sometime before October 13 Rob, who is making his way through Kuwait back to MI for a time, will be back in North Platte for the return home ceremonies.
I am going to drive up and be part of the welcome gang. I am putting together a Welcome Home kit. I had a bath-tub brainstorm and thought how wonderful it would be if we could throw in lots of Welcome Home cards. I have so many cool, fun, creative friends who could draw a funny picture or use the attached for inspiration, write a note, and maybe just include your first name and city. I will print them all off / burn messages / include this in my kit. if you want to contribute something physical I can shoot you mailing info. I know it's short notice but I thought I would love to fill up his basket with lots of love!
Here's Michael Emerson from LOST being interviewed on Vh1's Best Week Ever. If you're not watching this stuff on cable or via the vidcast feed, then you are seriously missing out.
I decided to do some research on these Chupa Chups which after breaking through a long and foggy memory block realized I used to eat these in high school. The Chupa Chups company touts that sucking helps you in the following ways:
1. Obviously will lose at least 20 pounds
2. Will memorize The Immaculate Collection in case of Thai prison incarceration
3. Adopt a fish (frogs need not apply)
4. Take the bus to work
5. Learn how to use buses
6. Get back to riding at least 50 miles / week
7. Learn how to make gravy that doesn't frighten even Marines when inspecting the soup pot. It's going to need siving!
8. Post at least once a week on my blog
9. Begin planning European vacation
10. Stop kicking strays for fun
11. Go to the Podcast Expo 2007
12. Beat Ferg in danceoff after he's lost the Car Bomb off to Lynn
13. Return emails when sent to me
14. Stop sharking people when I don't get my way
15. Climb a mountain, and then sing "Climb Every Mountain" when have reached the summit
16. Learn how to do this "dusting" thing
17. Bust a cap
18. Reach 365 days with no self-inflicted knife wounds
19. Read at least 12 books that aren't my special picture pages
20. Take the GRE
As heard in Borderline #71, here is the recipe for my grandma's famous sugar cookies. Enjoy!
Remember, if you try and pass this recipe off as your own, I will hunt you down. Hunt... you... down!
RECIPE: Sugar Cookies
SOURCE: Grandma Wilson
CATEGORIES: Desserts
PREHEAT: 375 degrees F
INGREDIENTS:
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp water
1 cup butter
3 cups flour
1 tsp soda
1/2 tsp salt
METHOD:
1st Bowl: sugar, eggs, water - beat together
2nd Bowl: butter, flour, soda, salt
Mix flour, soda and salt, add liquid ingredients and cut in butter like pie dough, then chill. Roll out and cut into shapes, then bake on greased cookie sheets at 375 degrees Fahrenheit for about 8 minutes or golden brown.
The weekend before last I whooped it up in San Francisco, in particular with my friend Scott, new awesome friend Katie and her friend Tobias. We ended up at The Cat Club there and I danced with this tranny in the cage for a while. Brandon later to me that she had, what he calls, "an alphalpha headlock." Just think it over.
Me: Dad, my lips are so dry and cracked they're killing me.
Big Dan: "Apply bacon grease and stay away from dogs." = gold
What the hell is going on here? Did someone drive into a canal? Were they so morose about the fact that the nearest Puma Store is 100 miles away that they decided to end it all?
I've said it before, and I'll say it again: Punctuation is what separates us from the monkeys. Clearly, monkeys created this ad: Monkeys that work for Puma.
Original Link: copyranter
In the same vein as Mel Gibson's anti-Semitic DUI blowup, Michael Richards, aka Seinfeld's "Kramer" has chosen to join the bigot ranks. The performer, I'm sure now just days away from "rehab," was on-stage in LA when he turned friendly heckling into a racist shout match. Don't watch if you're easily upset by the N word. It's horrifying.
UPDATE: I just read that Richards was the original audience member tossed with water in the Andy Kaufman act. I don't know if this is a Man on the Moon stunt but it seems grossly unnecessary. Thoughts?
In answer to the previous question, yes, I did want to watch The Fifth Element. And Christiana from Hey, Want to Watch a Movie? was nice enough to give me a chance to do just that this weekend. I had a great time and stayed up until the wee morning hours providing commentary on one of my favorite films. Check out the podcast and let me know how I did.