In The Rear View Mirror

Another icon of my disco days has passed on:



Boogie on, Mr. O'Day.  Boogie on!

Busman's Holiday

A friend and I are headed to Nashville for Memorial Day weekend.  Do you have any tips for great places to sight-see, eat, drink and hear great music (other than the obvious Ryman, Grand Ole Opry and Bluebird)?

TGI... E???

I had not a clue that Ender's Game was being made into a movie.  (I just had a nerd-gasm of earth-shattering proportion...)

Book Your Ticket

I just started reading Cryptonomicon, and as a result I have a terrible ear worm:

I haven't thought about that little ditty since childhood, but one of the main characters in this book is named Bobby Shaftoe -- hence the tune in my head that just won't go away...

Lover's Lane

Too sweetly funny not to share:

The Great Wheel Turns

The leader of a body-snatching ring responsible for stealing the bones of veteran broadcaster Alistair Cooke is dying of bone cancer, his lawyer has been revealed.  

Michael Mastromarino, who made millions of dollars by illicitly harvesting skin and bones from corpses, was given his last rites two weeks ago in a New York state prison.  

Bone cancer has spread through the 49-year-old former dentist's entire body. 

Karma -- It's a beautiful thing.

Quick Stops

With a review as snarky as this:

"Reading the book is like peering through the windows of a big dolls' house and catching glimpses of lots of well-crafted, ill-assorted, flickeringly lighted interiors. The effect is superficially attractive but unsatisfying." 

... I might just have to read the damned thing The Rule of the Clan myself to see just how truly bad it is!
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I could have (and probably should have) written this article:  "Leggings aren't pants.  They're superior."  Given the weather this winter, I'm an avid fan.
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Giggles...



And more giggles...


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A gazillion totally cool uses for WD-40.

Accident Report

Have you seen the story about the idiot poor sap young fool who didn't measure his rope before swinging down off Corona Arch in Utah?

I know it's sad.  I feel terrible for his family.  And at the same time, I can't stop myself from comparing him to...



I just know I'm going to burn in hell for this.
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Update:  And if I do go straight to hell, I'll be in good company.  Heh.