Check out this weather-by-phone resource.
A free call, apparently, and you can get any weather info you want. Now, would you pay a little bit to get it RIGHT, though?
….imagining a phone call…
P: What’s the weather in my area?
Them: Go outside.
P: Ok.
Them: are you wet? If you, I believe with a high probability that it’s either raining or snowing. Thank you for calling. *CLICK*
P: *grumble..*
I so totally can’t wait for the HitchHikers Guide to the Galaxy Movie. Here’s the first “Teaser trailer” i’ve seen. Not much meat, but better than nothing!
For those familiar with Joseph Heller’s wonderful book Catch-22, you might remember a scene where Hungry Joe keeps having nightmares about Huple’s cat being on his face and suffocating him. Then he wakes up to find that it’s true. Well, in that spirit, Kim told me that she woke up 2 nights ago, trying to catch her breath and being unable to. She felt like there was a huge weight on her chest.
Turned out that Katie had popped into our room at some point, crawled into bed, and lied down right on her chest. After a short while, her 40 lb weight started to take it’s toll, untill she finally popped up, gasping. Katie slept right through it–as did I.
So much for Huple.
My 6 year old is a piece of work. She never ceases to amaze me, and frequently just cracks me up. The other day, Kim and I were horsing around with the kids, especially Katie, who loves playing rough and tumble, and Ellen joined in. However, it quickly proved to be too rough for her, and she started whining and asking us not to play so rough. It quickly degenerated to her throwing a bit of a fit because she felt excluded, blah blah blah…
But, the point of all this isn’t that. The point is that the next day, she shows up with the following…campaign slogan, for lack of a better term:
Now, realize that she wrote it on her own, with no help, so the spelling of “rough”, which is amazingly hard, came out “roth”, but that’s her slogan. She came up with it, and handed it out.
Sadly, she couldn’t raise a simple majority, so her measure was defeated…but she ran a nice campaign.
The “Show Me State” just showed me that they’re 70% idiots.
Let me see here. Amendment to the constitution. Um, my reading on that is that it’s all about the state, right? All about what changes we should make to the running of the government?
If that’s the case, why would this:
Vicky Hartzler, a spokeswoman for the Coalition to Protect Marriage in Missouri, which pressed for the amendment with church functions, yard signs and a “marriage chain” of rallies across the state, said she hoped that the outcome would send a loud message to the rest of the country: “Here in the heartland we have a heart for families, and this is how deeply we feel about marriage.”
This:
In Ladue, Lindsay Goldford, a 20-year-old college student, said her Christian background and beliefs were the basis of her support for an amendment. “When you look at marriage, it’s between a man and a woman,” Ms. Goldford said. “Biblically, homosexuality isn’t in the plan.”
And this:
Mary Klostermeier, 77, said she saw the need to bar gay marriage. “I guess I’m in the old school,” Ms. Klostermeier said. “I’m just a very religious person.”
Be relevant? It’s nice that Ms. Klostermeier is religious. Good for her. However, what does that have to do with an amendment to the state constitution? I sort of remember reading something about the separation of church and state. Or was that a different democracy we live in? The one where a marraige is a legal union between two people, regardless of whether they do it in a church, temple, mosque, town hall, or on an ocean liner heading for Darkest Peru.
The continued meddling in secular institutions by religious groups is one of the most irksome parts of what goes on in law in this country. That the impetus frequently comes from the highest lawmakers in the nation just make matters worse. If there’s a SECULAR reason to ban gay marraiges, let me hear it. If not, and this is addressed to all of you religious zealots who would meddle in the affairs of others that you consider “morally corrupt”…
SHUT THE FUCK UP.
Thank you.
…out of the mouth of a 4 year old. Such as this morning, when I’ve heard Katie start about 30 sentences with the line “According to my research…”
How much research can a 4 year old actually do? Does she have a lab somewhere tha I don’t know about, with assistants and all kinds of specialized equipment? Where did the funding for all this come from?
Should I be worried??
OK, I’m a burger fan, but this here…this is incredible. This is a meal that weighs what my CHILD weighed when she was born.
Sometimes, you just wish things were a joke, or they’re so awful, you can’t believe they’re not. This is definately one of those times.
You’d think, though, that it shouldn’t be RED, wouldn’t you?
Is it made of tomatos or tomatoes?
This is from the NY Times, and is the acccount of a journalist with a sleep disorder. I’m going to do that exact thing in 2 weeks–head to a sleep center to check into whether I have one or not.
Next week, part II!
This from the wonderful Neil Gaiman’s blog, and mind:
This one puzzled me when it came in. Short, to the point, but a little opaque.
Can i have a short summary of each chapter please?, I need it because it is for my journal I will thank you so much.
?
But?when?that?was immediately followed by the equally desperate,?I really need it if you do not mind, thank you, I will give the credit that you need.
?
How could I say no? So: A short summary of each chapter. Er. Right.In Chapter One we meet Johnny Theremin.
In Chapter Two we learn all about the Men Without Tents and why they claim to need?an original 78 rpm recording of Raymond Scott’s “Dinner Music For A Pack Of Hungry Cannibals” so badly.
In Chapter Three Johnny Theremin is locked out of his office by the landlord, and Morris Glanz buys (but does not eat) a bar of chocolate.
In Chapter Four Millicent loses her glove, and the dinosaurs attack. Tap-dancing occurs. Johnny Theremin is beaten over the head with a blunt instrument. (Later revealed to be?a bassoon.)
In Chapter Five Johnny learns to snorkel, and The Faceless Chickens make their first move.
In Chapter Six Johnny meets Belladonna (who advertises herself professionally as “Slippery When Wet”) and loses her again, in tragical circumstances.
In Chapter Seven we discover a cache of Raymond Scott Quintette records, and finally understand why the aliens are so scared of trellises. ?
In Chapter Eight the secret of Millicent’s glove is finally revealed, as are Miss Belladonna’s unusual physical characteristics. Once more?Johnny Theremin is beaten over the head with a blunt instrument. This time it’s a harpsichord.
In Chapter Nine The Men Without Tents return,?bearing omelettes. Terrible things are?proposed.?Omelettes are?regurgitated.
In Chapter Ten, Johnny pays the rent, and is finally?allowed back into his office,?where Millicent discovers her true self, behind the sofa. The aliens?ascend with the Other Glove, but not before persuading?the Faceless Chickens to leave humanity alone.?Probably. For this week.
And at the last, in the Epilogue, Belladonna eats the late Morris Glanz’s?bar of chocolate.You’re welcome.
That’s just bloody brilliant.