Wash your hands!
If everyone were to wash their hands the risk of colds, flu and even bird flu would be much less, say UK experts. Professor John Oxford, of London’s Queen Mary’s School of Medicine, warns many people are failing to do so and are complacent about personal hygiene.
No kidding. And flicking your fingers under [...]
Sorry, can’t concentrate. Waiting to leave work so we can go see “Serenity”
Yay!
It’s going to be wild and crazy this weekend!
No, not the Virginia Tech game–the Buckwheat Festival!
I don’t know whether to be amused or offended.
I received in the mail today, a letter stating:
Dear Ms. Michelle Klishis,
Our records show that you haven’t yet registered for the benefits of AARP membership, even though you are fully eligible.
Ummm….really?
At my brother’s insistence, here is some interesting news to read.
Mount Healthy High School’s head football coach and athletic director said Tuesday they did not support an officiating crew’s decision to keep Bobby Martin, a senior at Dayton’s Colonel White High School who has no legs, from playing in last Friday night’s game.
I personally [...]
Morgantown Showtimes for Serenity:
1:30pm | 4:10 | 7:00 | 9:40
I’m so excited!
(bounce bounce bounce)
I had a dream of violence last night.
It was in a place where people weren’t safe even in their own homes. Maybe it was the future; it certainly wasn’t the past.
Men roamed, taking what the wanted, selling what they stole–things, people–to any who would buy.
I also dreamed of a sharp knife, vicious and thin, [...]
Well crap. I created this to publish on Saturday, and then forgot about it.
Better late than never I suppose.
2005 Banned Books Top Ten
1. THE DAILY SHOW WITH JON STEWART PRESENTS AMERICA (THE BOOK): A Citizen’s Guide to Democracy Inaction, by Jon Stewart and the writers of The Daily Show
2. A WRINKLE IN TIME, by Madeleine [...]
How much of a geek are you?
You got 10 right!
Excellent, you have the makings of a proper propeller head.
A live, adult giant squid has been caught on camera in the wild for the very first time.
…
“It was exciting to get a live Architeuthis tentacle. It was still functioning when we got it on the boat,” Dr Kubodera told BBC News.
S points out an article in the Gazette noting that WV has the highest concentration of strip clubs per population. “West Virginia has 53 strip clubs statewide, or 2.9 per 100,000 population.” (Portland comes in second. Did you know that Tom?)
I think that the greater Morgantown area has four (or more?!) of those clubs–two of [...]
If you don’t normally read Waiter Rant, I recommend that you surf on over for his latest post I’m Gonna Win Today.
Shorter Michael Brown
“It’s not my fault! It’s everyone else’s fault! Mommy always liked you better! Wah!”
baldric
noun Historical a belt for a sword or other piece of equipment, worn over one shoulder and reaching down to the opposite hip.
—Origin Middle English baudry, from Old French baudre, of unknown ultimate origin.
Ten points to the person who guesses what first came to mind when I read this.
The Sandman Vol 6: Fables & Reflections (1993) Neil Gaiman
This may be my favorite Sandman collection. There are several different tales told, some in the past, some in the far past, and all excellent.
Read More about The Sandman Vol VI: Fables & Reflections
Powers of Detection (2004) edited Dana Stabenow
I like fantasies. I like mysteries. So… “Stories of Mystery and Fantasy” sounds like a good thing. Plus Charlaine Harris has a Sookie Stackhouse short story, and that had to be a good thing.
Well, it was an okay thing.
Read More about Powers of Detection
Rising Stars: Born in Fire (2001) Power (2002) Fire and Ash (2005) J. Michael Straczynski
Wow.
When I asked for comic recommendations, Tom gave me several. The one I found locally was Rising Stars. Initially I only picked up the first volume, however I saw that all three volumes were there, so I figure that I should [...]
An Australian man built up so much static electricity in his clothes as he walked that he burned carpets, melted plastic and sparked a mass evacuation.
I’ve said time and again that synthetic fabrics are bad!
I’m not paying attention to the news!
(fingers in ears)
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