I. Want. This.

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You have to understand. When I pass under exit signs, I think, “How cool would it be if I could add a / to that?”

If you remember last month (I barely remember last month), I was gleeful about the fact that the original Star Wars movies were going to be released in the original format.

Unfortunately, a post by Erin has led me to believe that maybe I shouldn’t be so happy after all.

This is the post I found most interesting–especially the bit about Marcia Lucas.

The Book of Ballads (2004) Charles Vess

To create The Book of Ballads Charles Vess worked with some of the biggest names in fantasy, to recreate a graphic rendition of some of the best known songs of folklore. Charles de Lint, Neil Gaiman, Emma Bull, Jane Yolen… It’s like a who’s who of fantasy authors. So I really wanted to love this book.

Read More about The Book of Ballads

Personality Quiz.

Amusing.
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As I was out of town yesterday, I apologize for posting this a day late.

Memorial Day is the day we are to remember those who fought for our country. This is the day we remember those who fought for our freedom and for justice. This is the day we remember those who gave their lives to so that we might now have:

freedom of speech….
freedom of religion….
freedom of association….
freedom of the press….
the right to keep and bear arms….
the right to keep the military out of our homes….
the right to be secure from illegal search and seizure….
the right to a trial by jury….

Main Entry: freedom
Pronunciation: ‘frE-d&m
Function: noun
1 : the quality or state of being free: as
a: the absence of necessity, coercion, or constraint in choice or action
b: liberation from slavery or restraint or from the power of another : INDEPENDENCE
c: the quality or state of being exempt or released usually from something onerous (freedom from care)

Memorial Day
The history of Memorial Day

US Census site for memorial day

http://www.census.gov/pubinfo/www/multimedia/Memorial2004.html
Remember
The Constitution and other historical US documents

But most of all, please remember the 2,466 soldiers who have died in Iraq and the almost 300 soldiers who have died in Afghanistan.

RIP
Harry Houdini, Canine Escape Artist
My parents large, primary, outside dog
1993(?)- 29 May 2006

Harry was most likely a college puppy. Some college student got him, then when he got to be too much trouble, took him outside the city and dumped him.

My parents didn’t want a new dog, but he kept hanging around the house, so eventually my mom bought a bag of generic dog kibble. Harry wouldn’t touch the stuff. So after investing in real dog food, he was then taken to the vet for shots (and other things) and became part of the family.

Years later, when mom was complaining about how finicky Harry had been about his food, Brian said, “Of course he wouldn’t eat generic dog food, I was working at Burger King and bringing him home leftover hamburgers at night.”

…Michael took a LOT of pictures at the Newport Aquarium. Hopefully they turned out well.

Top 75 Heroines of Fantasy, Sci-Fi, and Horror

Initially I was disappointed, becuase they mostlylooked at women in film, TV, and comics. So it’s somewhat limited in that aspect, but in retrospect, it’s a resonable limitation [Exceptions: Granny Weatherwax (Discworld) & Morgaine (Mists of Avalon)].

Plus, Jadzia Dax [Deep Space Nine] was on the list (#42).

Glaring omission: Zoe [Firefly]. Though she show was on for such a short time, I suppose I can accept that. (since the list was begun in 2004)

(via A Sweet Familiar Dissonance)

I got some terribly distressing news today at the doctor. They took not just my weight by also my HEIGHT and apparently in my stocking feet I’m only 5’6 1/2″.

THIS IS TERRIBLE!

I’m even shorter than I thought I was. BAH!

(grumble)

(kicking things)

(sulking)

I sent Michael an e-mail with the subject I WANT TO DO THIS!!! followed by a link to this page

His response?

“I will not bail you out of jail.”

Jeesh. He’s no fun at all.

bricolage \bree-koh-LAHZH\
noun
Construction achieved by using whatever comes to hand; also : something constructed in this way

Which immediately made me think of Office Bricolage.

Happy Monday!

So, we watched King Arthur today (I’m really liking this Netflix thing) and I have to say it annoyed me, although not for all the reasons that I saw in the bad reviews. After all, King Arthur is a myth, so I didn’t mind them playing around with the story (after all, I have lots of books that are different takes on the Arthurian legend).

But they did two things that really irked me. First, was to not have Cai, Arthur’s foster brother. But that’s a small thing. So whatever.

Far more annoying was the characters they killed off in the final battle. Of all the knights that could have died, how come they chose only to kill Lancelot and Tristan? I mean, Lancelot and Guinevere is as much a part of Arthurian legend as Excalibur. Seems strange to have ignored that bit. And then there’s Tristan. I mean, we have an OPERA about Tristan and Isolde and King Mark, as well as folklore and tales regarding their affair.

I mean really, to have only those two perish, while the rest of the knights live? Maybe I’m just overly suspicious, but it really seems they were trying to erase the idea of adultery and King Arthur’s knights, by killing off only these knights who were infamous for their love affairs with the wrong women. (And by killing off Lancelot before Arthur’s marraige with Guinevere. Just in case.)

Well, it should once again be safe for vampires to walk around Morgantown during the day.

OH MY GOD! THERE’S A GIANT BALL OF FIRE IN THE SKY! IT’S AN ASTEROID! IT’S A METEROR! WE’RE ALL GOING TO…

Oh.

Wait.

It’s the sun. It’s been so long I didn’t recognize it.