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Gallimaufry
Jan. 9th, 2012 07:14 pmA chat conversation yesterday inspired me to imagine thesauruses roaming prehistoric earth, wordily carnivorous....
I let myself reread Sunshine (Robin McKinley), which as usual left me wanting (a) a recipe section at the back, and (b) a sequel ( spoilers ). This time I also realized that it would make a great basis for a party, were I a more dedicated baker, willing to play enough to make Buttermost Limit, Tweedle Dumplings, Death of Marat, Sunshine's Eschatology, Killer Zebras, and about a zillion different kinds of muffins, and so on. People could dress up or not, depending, and it would work with the book either way. If only I were motivated/organized enough to make it happen :-)
Today is the first day of a two week period to register for a lottery for Burning Man tickets. This new system has already garnered much dismay from many usual attendees; I'm waiting to see how well it works in practice. In previous years, the lowest tier (lowest price) tickets sold out in the first n hours, where n < 12, and last year was the first year the event sold out (though how much of that was a function of dastardly folk aiming for scalping, I'm not sure). So this year, there's two weeks for people to register for a lottery, with options for which price ticket they can afford. They expect to have highest-price tickets available later, too. It's going to be interesting.
I watched an episode of Hunter which is the best reason yet I've found for certain conspiracy theorists about the president: it had student revolutionaries from a mythical Middle Eastern country of Baraq.
For those fascinated by expressions in other languages, this is a fascinating post, including comments (warning, off-color language), some of which I think are hilarious.
And a few fun images:
The most evil choice for US president in 2012: Cthulhu!
Pirate v. robot? Embrace the power of and
I let myself reread Sunshine (Robin McKinley), which as usual left me wanting (a) a recipe section at the back, and (b) a sequel ( spoilers ). This time I also realized that it would make a great basis for a party, were I a more dedicated baker, willing to play enough to make Buttermost Limit, Tweedle Dumplings, Death of Marat, Sunshine's Eschatology, Killer Zebras, and about a zillion different kinds of muffins, and so on. People could dress up or not, depending, and it would work with the book either way. If only I were motivated/organized enough to make it happen :-)
Today is the first day of a two week period to register for a lottery for Burning Man tickets. This new system has already garnered much dismay from many usual attendees; I'm waiting to see how well it works in practice. In previous years, the lowest tier (lowest price) tickets sold out in the first n hours, where n < 12, and last year was the first year the event sold out (though how much of that was a function of dastardly folk aiming for scalping, I'm not sure). So this year, there's two weeks for people to register for a lottery, with options for which price ticket they can afford. They expect to have highest-price tickets available later, too. It's going to be interesting.
I watched an episode of Hunter which is the best reason yet I've found for certain conspiracy theorists about the president: it had student revolutionaries from a mythical Middle Eastern country of Baraq.
For those fascinated by expressions in other languages, this is a fascinating post, including comments (warning, off-color language), some of which I think are hilarious.
And a few fun images:
The most evil choice for US president in 2012: Cthulhu!
Pirate v. robot? Embrace the power of and
