tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53776922011-07-28T03:57:34.916-05:00I can quit any time.Turtlenoreply@blogger.comBlogger12351100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377692.post-11680506079417170892008-05-28T08:37:00.001-05:002008-05-28T08:43:02.656-05:00

Coming off the awesomeness that is Eddie Izzard last night (thou shalt not cover thy neighbor's ox!), I just got free tickets to see Spamalot this evening. This week is made of geeky WIN.

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I mentioned it in Twitter (have you been watching the sidebar? There is an RSS if you click through), but it bears repeating: the Visa balance is a mighty zero. I have paid off the un- and under-employment months that followed grad school and preceded my current job. Still working on paying off the computer, though. And Undergrad. But those have nowhere near a 22% APR.

Turtlenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377692.post-91386741507130556932008-04-29T13:55:00.000-05:002008-04-29T13:56:01.236-05:00

http://wcco.com/education/sex.education.bill.2.710994.htmlI know I rarely say this, but let's hear it for the Minnesota House of Representatives! Here's hoping it replaces abstinence-only sex ed.

Turtlenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377692.post-43312967109095794422008-04-24T08:37:00.002-05:002008-04-24T08:43:25.393-05:00

Expelling kids for buying decorative swords on a school trip to England? I have never been and will never be for "zero tolerance" policies, but that's not even what they're claiming! They're claiming they used their "best judgment!" Here's a tip: if your best judgment finds you expelling kids completely for non-threatening behavior, you need to find a new judge. You don't just throw kids away

Turtlenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377692.post-1218185641808836502008-04-19T18:45:00.002-05:002008-04-19T18:47:19.163-05:00

Poor googlers. All these years, and the reason most people get my blog via google is still because they're too fried to spell heroin correctly. Fewer drugs, more school, people!

Turtlenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377692.post-5088506336398908472008-04-16T11:37:00.003-05:002008-04-16T11:49:02.571-05:00

At what point do we get to call the IAAF a bunch of bigoted losers? The guy uses the same prosthetics as multitudes of other amputees, and uses them better than any others. It's not the tools, it's the user. Sure, the prosthetics return 3% more energy to the limb than the average ankle does. (Note: when that study was quoted in the televised story, the numbers were 88% return for the ankle

Turtlenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377692.post-9902537511452966402008-04-15T19:21:00.001-05:002008-04-15T19:23:29.012-05:00

I appear to be tweeting in the sidebar. I have no clue why. But! You should join me. Bafflement loves company.

Turtlenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377692.post-33122685649144040822008-04-08T21:39:00.002-05:002008-04-09T10:18:15.062-05:00

So, Hillary just got a little scarier.EDIT: Confirmed with Jon, it's the same creepy group he crossed paths with.Son of EDIT: Jon brings the linkage. Click through for more and better information.

Turtlenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377692.post-48577810096877312392008-03-30T15:26:00.002-05:002008-03-30T15:30:33.433-05:00

What the everloving hell, folks? Now people can't even sign their names when they correct my spelling? I know it's Vicodin, rather than vicodan. What part of "I'm on cognition-impairing drugs" did you not get? I thought it was funny when I reread it later, but clearly some pedant somewhere always has to be an asshole on the internet. Unless one of you regulars was being a smart-ass and

Turtlenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377692.post-67296624944054300132008-03-27T21:30:00.003-05:002008-03-27T21:30:59.157-05:00

Vicodan makes me hate things.Seriously, I'm so grouchy right now that even I don't want to be around me. I'm going to bed. *pouts*

Turtlenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377692.post-61951913483754326312008-03-25T16:48:00.002-05:002008-03-25T17:05:43.336-05:00

I have decided to diagnose myself with a condition that shall be henceforth known as Angry Toe. I called the nurse to find out if my blood tests had shown anything. She told me that they did not, and that I am A-OK. Which would have been fine, except that I'm not. I'm pretty sure not being able to walk without pain is not the definition of A-OK. So I asked if I could expect a call from the

Turtlenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377692.post-57668582940648245342008-03-21T16:03:00.002-05:002008-03-21T16:05:24.432-05:00

You know it's time to vacuum when the cat has a good old-fashioned roll on the carpet and comes up covered in lint. She's speckled!ETA: Also, she doesn't like it when I type instead of cuddle. So I am forced to cuddle:

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Over the past few months I have gradually reintroduced my body to the idea of "physical activity." Most of this has come from walking home from work now that I don't live 15 miles away. It should surprise no one familiar with me or my penchant for injury that this has resulted in discomfort. My left big toe has decided to make walking difficult and painful. At first it was just when I wore

Turtlenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377692.post-71754022055784467602008-03-12T09:43:00.000-05:002008-03-12T09:44:00.855-05:00

This CNN story is the cutet thing you'll see all day:http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/03/12/nz.whales.ap/index.html

Turtlenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377692.post-44600062032125474262008-01-29T11:43:00.000-06:002008-01-29T11:45:49.675-06:00

I really enjoyed Cloverfiels, but I seem to be confused. My first thought when I saw the monster was "FIN FANG FOOM PUT YOU IN HIS PANTS."Possibly I have ingested too many comic books.

Turtlenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377692.post-16276168636086548092008-01-24T12:22:00.000-06:002008-01-24T12:27:42.280-06:00

It's almost unintelligible in it's current state (really, does WCCO not employ proofreaders for their website?), but it sounds like this article is about a police office advising a bar that they stop playing hip-hop to get rid of black people and make the white neighbors feel less "discriminated" against.I just... huh? I don't think this is what they meant by "community policing."

Turtlenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377692.post-43304134402452116182008-01-21T19:29:00.000-06:002008-01-21T21:43:18.561-06:00

I've been pissing off Democrats all damn day. I'm usually much more diplomatic when I argue politics with friends, but there are just some things I cannot brook, especially not today. Dr. King's name has been bandied around quite a bit in the political arena lately; this is unsurprising. What is also unsurprising is that a white candidate has managed to monumentally twist history in order to

Turtlenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377692.post-57967186306142156192008-01-17T08:49:00.000-06:002008-01-17T08:55:49.480-06:00

It's been another month! But the show finally opened last week, and things are slightly more sane around here, so here's me making a post.First, I have to brag. The show got reviewed -- very favorably -- in the Star Tribune. Read it here! Isn't that cool? And the costumes are pretty, too!In other time-suck news, I celebrated the opening of the show by going out and buying The Sims 2 with a

Turtlenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377692.post-7421906937305892662007-12-11T15:38:00.001-06:002007-12-11T15:38:14.384-06:00

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/12/11/cocaine.sentencing.ap/index.htmlThis is one of the most glaring racial biases in US law, and SCOTUShas only just begun to attempt to correct it. The whole articlepoints up a lot of remaining disparities, including the differentialeasing of laws that govern drugs more often used by white people. Andif you're prone to thinking we shouldn't give a damn about

Turtlenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377692.post-12257853586894455062007-12-05T18:55:00.000-06:002007-12-05T21:17:50.540-06:00

Teen pregnancies are up for the first time in yonks. This article goes on to say that this revives the "debate" surrounding abstinence-only education. Thing is, in order to have a debate, you generally need two valid sides. Proponents of abstinence-only sex ed are seriously running out of credibility. Study after study has shown that their classes do not decrease teen sexual activity, and

Turtlenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377692.post-70372725971624376972007-12-04T16:48:00.000-06:002007-12-04T17:07:14.947-06:00

I'm still here! The lovely Frog just reminded me that it's been quite some time since I popped in (sorry, frog! It was really sweet of you to come over and poke me, though -- sometimes I wonder if anyone has had the patience to stick around). I've been costuming a show and flying across country to meet The Man's family. Thanks Giving in Los Angeles was beautiful, and watching the denizens of

Turtlenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377692.post-52919377587946220512007-10-19T14:57:00.001-05:002007-10-19T14:57:48.908-05:00

This rather sums up my grumpiness today: "if I wanted to go to board meetings in my spare bloody time, I'd be on the board for some-bloody-thing."  Life is insanely busy.  Birthday was very good.  Grumpiness is mild and temporary.

Turtlenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377692.post-56468291280384293872007-10-05T10:10:00.000-05:002007-10-05T10:21:59.580-05:00

Frog did a lovely question meme and asked me a few in return.1. What's your favorite part about living where you do?I walk home from work. I walk to work when my sweetie can't drop me off, but mostly I walk home. This may become interesting when we hit our first Minnesota winter in the new place, but for now it's fantastic.2. If you could live anywhere, where would it be?Boringly, I'd live

Turtlenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377692.post-70508093403077072402007-10-04T13:25:00.000-05:002007-10-04T13:32:01.588-05:00

Well, we have internets but the wireless isn't up, so my computer is a fancy picture-looking, music-listening machine. As a result, I've gotten a bunch of knitting and spinning done. Granted, the knitting and spinning keep distracting from the unpacking and the cleaning, but I have quite the stash and am willing to see progress in its diminishing, no matter the damage to my housekeeping skill.

Turtlenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377692.post-10264367050223103772007-09-27T11:57:00.000-05:002007-09-27T11:59:52.464-05:00

The internets at the new house are not behaving so well. I'm blogging clandestinely from work to say that 1) I am still alive, and 2) you should always make sure your screens are closed before letting a cat explore a new house. Unless you like getting to know your neighbors by tramping through their back gardens.Regular babble coming soon, as I intend to make the DSL my bitch tonight.

Turtlenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377692.post-75518320405365439312007-09-12T22:09:00.000-05:002007-09-12T23:13:23.491-05:00

UCI fires distinguished dean of new law school over "controversial" leftism.

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Home sneezy today. I finally got stir crazy enough to run out to grab some moving supplies (hey, Kanye's new album counts; how's a person supposed to pack without something to groove to?). Now I just need to not feel like I've been hit by a truck for long enough to get shit into boxes.*sniff*

Turtlenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377692.post-17166779623446925002007-09-09T21:35:00.000-05:002007-09-09T21:40:54.693-05:00

I've been a bad blogger. Life is full of interesting things -- slightly crazy new landlord, near-drama amongst friends that appears to have resolved itself without blowing up (for a staggering change), The Lovely Man (as per usual), and The Big Move (occurring next weekend). They are so interesting and time consuming that I'm usually too exhausted to post about them. Then there's the mom's big

Turtlenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377692.post-46305484875608610282007-08-22T15:58:00.000-05:002007-08-22T16:03:17.322-05:00

We have a house to rent! It is very cute! It has three bedrooms, hardwood floors, pretty woodwork, leaded glass windows, a tiny balcony, a little patio out back, a nice-sized garden space, and most importantly, it will have my sweetie.In other news, on this day in 1485 King Dick III died. (Info via an LJ friend, in a locked post.)

Turtlenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377692.post-26715541451524092142007-08-19T22:39:00.000-05:002007-08-19T23:41:18.101-05:00

So this weekend marked about six months since the very darkest the past year got. On reflection, I gotta tell you, I cam through it far better than I would have at any other part of my life, and I'll try to tell you some of how.The setting at the time:I had been job hunting for far too long, after finally giving up on an agonizing four-year stint in grad school. I was working a temp job that

Turtlenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377692.post-52121377868594415022007-08-17T16:15:00.001-05:002007-08-17T16:22:35.690-05:00

Started the epic hunt for somewhere to live that's not my mom's basement today. We had a lunchtime appointment to look at a "large three bedroom" in NE Minneapolis -- near to all workplaces concerned, but away from most pesky undergraduates... or so we thought.Turns out, the angles in the photos posted online were the two anglesfrom which the place looked either clean or well maintained. The

Turtlenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377692.post-78013593906851669162007-08-06T19:47:00.000-05:002007-08-06T20:01:17.340-05:00

I'm back from the whirlwind weekend. On Friday, the Man and I caught a 6 am flight to Dulles, then drove to Dover, DE for his friend's wedding. The drive to Dover was based on a highly suspect map and a collective sense of adventure, and was made in about three hours. This was not bad at all, given that some of the necessary highways were not marked on the map AT ALL. And really, three hours

Turtlenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377692.post-64408287819773805562007-08-01T19:05:00.000-05:002007-08-01T19:09:21.546-05:00

This happened very near where I work. If you know this, and were worried, please know that I was home well before it happened, and have accounted for 95% of people I have ever met who could possibly have been in the area. My gut reaction to any crisis is to account for everyone, so if you haven't gotten in touch with me and you're in the area regularly drop me a line somewhere to let me know

Turtlenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377692.post-24080890079243019332007-07-28T17:38:00.000-05:002007-07-28T17:44:29.121-05:00

I made the dorkiest phone call I've ever made this morning. It went something like "Bil, this is the dorkiest phone call I'm ever going to make. Warren Ellis is taking over Astonishing X-Men from Joss next year it's like Christmas and my birthday all rolled together into one big holiday of dorky goodness."Except maybe with fewer pauses for breath.In other news, I wrapped two people in duct tape

Turtlenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377692.post-27910186071443974442007-07-24T23:17:00.001-05:002007-07-24T23:27:51.860-05:00

I'm the last person in the world to actually buy Amy Winehouse's CD, but y'all, Amazon delivered yesterday and I want to have sex with this woman's voice.OK, that was maybe a visual you didn't need.At any rate, "Rehab" is only the tip of the swingin' iceberg on this one, so grab it if you've the inclination.In other musical news, I skipped tap class due to inclement air (ozone day! No aerobic

Turtlenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377692.post-75857932264807113802007-07-18T14:17:00.001-05:002007-07-18T14:17:23.962-05:00

Cities on the East Coast are further apart than they seem. 

Turtlenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377692.post-73248156558028076332007-07-17T21:12:00.000-05:002007-07-17T21:19:19.055-05:00

Hi! I come bearing the link Link of Friendship. I have neglected my poor little blog, and for that I am sorry, but I have been away from my home for whole days (and nights!) at a time lately. Emails remain unanswered, book release plans remain unconfirmed, I remain unbelievably happy. Also, a trip to Delaware has popped up in early August, which means yet another weekend with no blogging. So

Turtlenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377692.post-1418737810259116232007-07-13T10:20:00.000-05:002007-07-13T10:25:02.388-05:00

Apparently I'm better at going on hiatus when I don't intend to. I'm still around, and life is still good. The car had a minor Issue to the tune of $700, but thankfully I had the savings to deal with it (those words? SO sweet). The mom is once again out of town this weekend, and I'm having a friend in from out of town, so equilibrium has been achieved. We're seeing the new Potter movie

Turtlenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377692.post-48184799905930636432007-06-24T21:23:00.000-05:002007-06-24T21:58:56.145-05:00

I haven't really gotten into Twin Cities Pride activities for the past few years. Between the anxiety disorders, the general disconnect of sexually omnivorous individuals from gay and lesbian politics, and the dicey social ramifications of self-defining as something that for most boils down to bi whilst dating someone of the "opposite" sex, I've played it even more quiet this year. But since

Turtlenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377692.post-2906577734508089202007-06-17T11:42:00.000-05:002007-06-17T12:01:57.901-05:00

Monday: Mom still out of town. Go to work, come home, make dinner and share dinner with a wonderful person (who, incidentally, brings flowers. Roses, actually. DUDE). Go to sleep at reasonable hour after getting smart and locking cat upstairs so that he will not spend another night keeping me awake wondering where mom is.Tuesday: Go to work, realize there's no point in driving home between

Turtlenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377692.post-53186091324692138022007-06-11T16:21:00.001-05:002007-06-11T16:21:16.556-05:00

No matter how happy I am, doing cartwheels down the halls at work can only end badly.

Turtlenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377692.post-78070536399137130542007-06-10T17:55:00.001-05:002007-06-10T20:31:05.000-05:00

The Mom has vacated the premises for the weekend, so I'm here by my lonesome. Sadly, instead of throwing a party or going clothing optional for the duration, I seem to be using the time alone to do things like "laundry" and "purging the bookshelves." Though I did get mildly drunk on Friday night and end up crashing at some friends' house. It was almost like undergrad, only with fewer people

Turtlenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377692.post-75692659307938229192007-06-02T12:17:00.000-05:002007-06-02T12:25:25.506-05:00

I'm enrolled in tap dance classes again this summer, for the first time in about two years. Since today's apparently going to be a high-anxiety day (do I no longer know what to do with free time?), I put on the shoes and did some warm-ups, knowing that I'm pretty stiff from disuse.Y'all. Tap 1 is gonna kick my ass. Literally, as that's exactly where I'm feeling it. Well, kick my ass and gnaw

Turtlenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377692.post-84693360731170726312007-06-01T16:11:00.000-05:002007-06-01T16:30:19.417-05:00

I'm off today, playing hooky because I needed to take a personal holiday before the end of June/fiscal year end. This exciting day's agenda: wake up slowly due to late night; email a member of family Anatidae regarding yesterday's trip to the MIA; go to the father's house to get some of grandma's stuff and sort something on his computer; come home, enroll in benefits for the new job and upload

Turtlenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377692.post-51832605424596318002007-05-30T19:39:00.000-05:002007-05-30T19:48:42.771-05:00

I would like for to have a stable mood sometime this week. Of course, one can only blame PMS for but so much when one keeps reading about adoption woes (like this) and the particularly heart-wrenching parts of parenting (see here, but don't say I didn't warn you), or watching thought-provoking movies about those we usually pay little heed. Click, read, watch, but prepare to be all thinky

Turtlenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377692.post-34016642928926452242007-05-24T22:03:00.000-05:002007-05-24T22:20:12.258-05:00

Y'all, the tubes have massively entertained me for the past week. I've been a bad blogger, though, and Real Life has been distracting, so I'll highlight the entertainment with the two links I've still got open in tabs.First off, Potter Dorks, we have My 'Crux. Why yes, it is a filk of "My Humps" that pays homage to Voldemort's Horcruxes. Why yes, it is hilarious.Second, comics dorks, The

Turtlenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377692.post-13789219017306530782007-05-23T21:53:00.000-05:002007-05-23T22:04:12.107-05:00

Am totally PMSing, so chocolate's still ranking pretty high, but Monday night was pretty awesome. Further study clearly necessary.Most of my personal babble is now under lock and key elsewhere due to ass haberdashery here. Sorry, y'all. I knew you wanted to hear me make vague, lascivious comments, but you'll have to settle for the usual link dumps and pseudo-witty anecdotes unless you know

Turtlenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377692.post-73834152688301032502007-05-21T17:46:00.000-05:002007-05-21T18:02:06.808-05:00

Things continue to go swimmingly in Work Land. Friend Land has also been awesome, with friends getting me hooked on Six Feet Under and sending me pictures of blinking, robotic Godzilla toys (it's a prop for an upcoming production; it is also now tiled on the desktop of my work computer). The past 24 hours have been wicked, and promise only to get better, because I intend to conduct empirical

Turtlenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377692.post-78383459107925421792007-05-17T21:05:00.000-05:002007-05-17T21:17:02.130-05:00

Just a brief "life is sweet." Tuesday was awesome. I'm still me, which means it's still hard to grok that it's OK to be this happy without being scared that something else awful is going to happen to ruin it. I've got a good job, friends who are acquainted with honesty, pastimes about which I'm passionate, and a whole boatload of potential that frankly seemed nowhere to be found three months

Turtlenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377692.post-56790490827517720912007-05-11T22:28:00.000-05:002007-05-11T22:33:10.887-05:00

I've recently discovered that most of my life, both physically and metaphorically, has been taken over by theater: references, in-jokes, turns of phrase, complete lack of sleep... it's like I'm nineteen again.And now a bunch of cats will make my point for me. Two of my favorite things in one place! It's like christmas and my birthday all rolled up in a bundle of fluffy, Shakespearean goodness.

Turtlenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377692.post-21768543030468350602007-05-09T23:06:00.000-05:002007-05-09T23:07:08.781-05:00

Dude. My 20,000th visitor surfed in looking for ninja turtle porn. How... apt.Also, there have been Developments. And they are Rather Happy. Also Unexpected. And full of Random Capitalization.

Turtlenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377692.post-52996969698981417432007-05-08T13:25:00.001-05:002007-05-08T13:25:50.882-05:00

Why no, I am not at all distracted.  Surely it takes more than a little snogging for that, right? Right? ... OK, maybe not.

Turtlenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377692.post-11020732895351518702007-04-21T15:00:00.000-05:002007-04-21T15:00:27.645-05:00

For when you just gotta roll on the floor laughing your ass off.

Turtlenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377692.post-68674801585720580872007-04-20T23:46:00.000-05:002007-04-20T23:52:42.976-05:00

Tonight! Opening night! So cool to see the stress of tech week resolve into the success of opening night.Erm. In my absence from the blog, I've become minutely involved in theater again, for the first time in ten years (sort of; there was that one grad school class). Tiny bit of costume sewing. Fantastic people. Fantastic production. You should go see it.I should go to bed. Sleepz now.

Turtlenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377692.post-87554125361576567562007-04-18T15:48:00.001-05:002007-04-18T15:50:47.699-05:00

So I've been thinking about making this post for two days, but work and extra-curriculars have conspired, and I thought I'd let it go.Now I've been evacuated from work due to a bomb threat that closed my building and six others for the day.  It's likely a copycat, as Bill pointed out, but really?  This gets to the heart of the point I want to make about police work: a copycat is as capable of

Turtlenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377692.post-7868349950462261322007-04-16T08:02:00.000-05:002007-04-16T08:03:17.718-05:00

Chocolate: a better high than kissing.

Turtlenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377692.post-17317768249435845932007-04-14T16:55:00.000-05:002007-04-14T16:58:31.651-05:00

Via Robyn, the latest in things that make me wish I had gone into neuroscience: laughing ratties.

Turtlenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377692.post-29687804244627809982007-04-13T21:07:00.000-05:002007-04-13T21:18:37.065-05:00

First Ave hates me. Ted Leo's playing on the 25th. A freakin' Wednesday. During my first week of a new job. And for that matter, no foolish confederates to attend with. Come to think of it, I need to find more foolish confederates to attend things with stat, since Brother Ali's playing in June.Y'all, I had more of a life when I was in grad school. What the hell has happened here?

Turtlenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377692.post-86216024094825716772007-04-10T15:24:00.001-05:002007-04-10T15:24:48.269-05:00

I finally set up my Google calendar, and was entering the week's agenda when *poof* -- it stopped utterly.  I now get nothing.  Not a damn thing will load.  This is clearly a fantastic service, Google.  Thanks for offering it.  I now have a perfectly valid excuse for missing appointments.

Turtlenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377692.post-37483229291223364802007-04-08T19:22:00.000-05:002007-04-08T19:35:20.676-05:00

Went on an impromptu, whilrwind trip to Duluth this weekend to celebrate. I haven't been through there since Labor Day weekend of 2005 when we went to Grand Marais. I'm taking this as further proof that 2006 was so awful that it ceased to exist after it ended. At any rate, it felt good to go "home." (NB I wasn't born there, but I'd have stayed there if it had been feasible.) We did the usual

Turtlenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377692.post-9467472868248795142007-04-06T13:53:00.001-05:002007-04-06T13:53:57.772-05:00

Sure.  The day after I angst out on the blog I get the most fantastic news I've heard in a year.  I'm off to withdraw sundry job applications and generally make merry.  Woo hoo, employment!

Turtlenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377692.post-37221254952063227572007-04-05T19:12:00.000-05:002007-04-05T19:17:00.314-05:00

Hi all! If anyone's still reading this, I just wanted to check in and say I haven't died. I'm still trying to sort myself out after the upheaval of the past few months. I might move the blog... but I might not. I might move myself... but I might not. I might have a new job... but I might not ("you'll hear very soon" is a very relative phrase). Flux is the word of the day, and I'm living in

Turtlenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377692.post-12060742754407591722007-03-15T17:48:00.000-05:002007-03-15T17:58:17.421-05:00

Frog, blogger has refused for two weeks to give me a word verification picture so that I can post a comment to your blog. So here's my accumulated comment:--I love your new backpack, and think you're totally cool for even contemplating anything beyond base camping. I have thought about attempting the Superior Hiking Trail, but have never gotten beyond hiking in about three quarters of a mile

Turtlenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377692.post-10787681362977120402007-03-15T07:39:00.000-05:002007-03-15T07:40:46.848-05:00

Just stopping in to say that my Grandma died suddenly last night. I'll be offline all day if you're one of the folks I regularly correspond with. Get me on the phone if you need me.

Turtlenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377692.post-50374341628618389132007-02-28T11:20:00.001-06:002007-02-28T11:20:59.936-06:00

Hey, all. Things are the pits in this bowl of cherries, so I'm takinga break to sort out where I'm off to next. The blog may move (I'mlazy, so probably not), or get a facelift (see previousparenthetical), or resume unchanged when life settles down a bit. Ican always be reached at xturtle at gmail dot com or on google talkunder the same account.I'm sure I won't be gone for long. You know how

Turtlenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377692.post-3684400960400357312007-02-20T09:52:00.001-06:002007-02-20T10:04:42.394-06:00

I have the best co-workers ever. They just gave me a "we're sorryyour best friend left her husband for your cousin and made your life aliving hell of lies and manipulation" card. OK, so that's not exactlywhat it said, but it was darn funny.Oh yeah, and that's what that previous post was all about.

Turtlenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377692.post-78391799568378755592007-02-17T19:33:00.000-06:002007-02-17T19:53:58.006-06:00

Sometimes it is entirely appropriate to not take that chance, to not find out if the other person shares your feelings, to always wonder "what might have been." A good example of this is if one of you is married. Another is if the other person is married; if that person is married to someone who is also your friend, this provides a double reason for impulse control. Lying to the jilted party,

Turtlenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377692.post-4908772228181991752007-02-15T21:28:00.000-06:002007-02-15T21:28:41.987-06:00

Tim Hardaway was nice enough to let the world know he's a bigoted asshole, which let the NBA know that maybe he was not such the All Star. Free speech: it lets us know who the assholes are!/looking on the bright sideThe fact that this fucking chump felt entirely comfortable saying "I hate gay people" on air should be indicative of homophobia that stems beyond one man, beyond organized sport, and

Turtlenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377692.post-3573887001430420462007-02-12T08:00:00.001-06:002007-02-12T09:18:05.518-06:00

Did y'all see about the Chicks last night? Won all five Grammys they were nominated for. There was much gloating, as this was the album that resulted from the various death threats and other bad behavior aimed at them after they dared to object to the war in Iraq.So what do these assholes have to say? They think Natalie should have been classier about winning.Y'all, if people were threatening

Turtlenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377692.post-74825717725758074382007-02-04T22:28:00.000-06:002007-02-04T22:40:52.651-06:00

While the title of this post might make a great band name, it actually refers to the fact that my alarm clock died this morning, and is working once again. I got up to turn off the alarm this morning only to have an arc of electricity leap from my fingertip to the clock. Yes, folks, I ZAPPED MY ALARM CLOCK -- apparently we have determined my mutant power. The zap caused the clock to tell me

Turtlenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377692.post-65701322697157743252007-02-03T10:53:00.000-06:002007-02-03T10:54:56.267-06:00

News Flash: Russian Ice Fishermen are more hardcore than Minnesotan Ice Fishermen. And all of them are nucking futs.In other news, we've a wind chill factor of twenty-five degrees below zero (fahrenheit) today, and yet I'm going out this evening. Speaking of nucking futs...

Turtlenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377692.post-33548220464599258882007-02-01T19:42:00.000-06:002007-02-01T19:46:51.599-06:00

Check it out! Jon and Teresa made a Chloe! And they let me hold her!Congrats, you two!

Turtlenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377692.post-56142258239223592702007-01-30T21:43:00.000-06:002007-01-30T21:43:41.300-06:00

Start watching now as the case for invading Iran is invented.

Turtlenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377692.post-74182338309337001132007-01-30T13:07:00.001-06:002007-01-30T13:07:09.694-06:00

You should all know that I am really not a librarian, despite the growing number of people who think it's hilarious to watch me get flustered when they say that I am.  I may or may not be hot, sexy, or naughty, and that is really no one's business.

Turtlenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377692.post-64852690049486001532007-01-28T22:07:00.000-06:002007-01-28T22:07:03.952-06:00

I'm broke, I don't live in New York anymore, and I wanna go to this exhibit. Dude. This bites.

Turtlenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377692.post-8370102414240026192007-01-27T18:54:00.000-06:002007-01-27T18:57:18.910-06:00

Have just read a very fulfilling mystery with a bonus happy ending for two very well-drawn characters whom I have become completely enamored of and instead of feeling a glow of good-book-contentment, I want to cry because the book is all done.FUCK YOU, PMS.

Turtlenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377692.post-75511199709914131342007-01-27T17:00:00.000-06:002007-01-27T17:00:32.869-06:00

Cute! Baby Otters.Even More Cute! Loaves of cat.Funny! X-Men parody. I am not to blame if you view this while consuming a beverage.

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Head all hurty. Blogger all WTF, with the New, and the defaulting to text edit, and the wanting to change my font. DO NOT WANT.Have been inconveniently ill this week, with the high point (read: low point) coming this morning when I could not sit up without feeeling dizzy and/or hurlish. I suspect part of the hurlish has to do with the second degree burns on the roof of my mouth. Molten

Turtlenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377692.post-57898595484983775702007-01-12T17:28:00.000-06:002007-01-12T17:36:17.988-06:00

If I had any energy left with which to care, I'd be cheering Keith Olbermann on. It's long, but a concise enumeration of four years of folly and doublespeak. One caveat: there is a short clip from Saddam's hanging played during part of the commentary that doesn't show the actual execution. If you're sensitive (I am) avert your eyes for about 20 - 30 seconds.

Turtlenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377692.post-69048674678671951312007-01-11T13:12:00.001-06:002007-01-11T13:12:19.058-06:00

The condition that results from constant suppression of the urge to beat the everloving snot out of some bastard who desperately deserves it.

Turtlenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377692.post-1168049836977019042007-01-05T20:15:00.000-06:002007-01-05T20:17:17.030-06:00

I gotta tell you, life's pretty good right now. I have Hugh Jackman singing showtunes on my iTunes. *is several varieties of dork... all at ONCE*

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It may come as a surprise, but there is something seriously wrong with me.In other news, I'm all glad about Madame Speaker Pelosi, women's equality, holding up half the sky, etc., but folks, it's 2007. Shouldn't someone mention that we're STILL celebrating first women in high political positions with just a bit of embarassment? Especially in comparison to countries that have elected women as

Turtlenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377692.post-1167856274816546432007-01-03T14:31:00.000-06:002007-01-03T14:31:15.903-06:00

You people and your gainful employment.  Why is no one emailing me?  How am I supposed to faff off at work?

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This post has been deleted due to utter failure to either make a useful list or make my neuroses seem even the least bit amusing. Maybe next time.

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OK, I have $5 left on my iTunes card. Recommend me the ONE song you think I can't live without. If I don't already have it, I'll get it. I'd blog about my holiday, but my momma always said if you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all.

Turtlenoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377692.post-1167019604983200872006-12-24T21:55:00.000-06:002006-12-24T22:06:45.020-06:00

For the first time in recorded memory, I have censored myself from telling a story that embarasses me. You will not hear about what I just spent a half-hour looking for at Amazon before toaaling over here to explain exactly how much of a geeky fangirl I am.Sorry about that. I'm sure you'll live.

Turtlenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377692.post-1166922274238273172006-12-23T19:04:00.000-06:002006-12-23T19:04:34.933-06:00

Via Rachel, the funniest music dorkery ever:

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Harry Potter And the Deathly Hollows... so I guess Godric's Hollow isn't the only one he visits:-)No date yet, but I've heard X-mas 2007 bandied about.ETA: OK, it's the Deathly Hallows. A bit more of a WTF. Could mean there are ghoses (all hallows eve, halloween, etc.) or, and this has been my notion all along, some big (possibly leathal) action occurs on halloween that greatly Alters The

Turtlenoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377692.post-1166418154744653762006-12-17T22:52:00.000-06:002006-12-17T23:02:34.780-06:00

Work has been a bear, so I've not had time to stealth blog from there. Home has been busy as well, as I've been helping with preperations for a holiday I don't celebrate. Also, cramming all of life into weekends is a bitch, but I'm normally too tired after work to have much of a life. I'm at this job through March, and it's started feeling like some sort of crucible, a trial-by-fire to see

Turtlenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377692.post-1165788384791519432006-12-10T16:06:00.000-06:002006-12-10T16:06:24.866-06:00

NBC posted the .mp3 from last week's Stucio 60. It's free and it's wonderful. Go get it now.

Turtlenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377692.post-1165713348865877672006-12-09T19:15:00.000-06:002006-12-09T19:15:48.940-06:00

The new Knitty is up, and I want a Norberta.

Turtlenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377692.post-1165700352914905512006-12-09T15:39:00.000-06:002006-12-09T15:39:12.966-06:00

So, there was this Firefly/Serenity convention planned for this weekend. And then, the day before the con, with fans already on their way, the company in charge of it cancelled. With no explanation. So Adam Baldwin showed up anyway, and got on the phone to other cast members who showed up as well.Now that's classy.

Turtlenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377692.post-1165639863907532672006-12-08T22:34:00.000-06:002006-12-08T22:51:03.943-06:00

I'm in one bitch of a mood tonight. It's not a grump-at-folks kinda mood, it's more of a starting-fistfights-in-bars mood (yes, I stayed home). So naturally I do the things least likely to exacerbate the situation.You know, like crank the punk rock and google people I hate.Fuck you, and you, and you as well, and also you. (Also? None of you read this blog, so stop being paranoid. I'm mean,

Turtlenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377692.post-1165547294934679782006-12-07T21:07:00.000-06:002006-12-07T21:08:14.970-06:00

Some lovely person YouTubed the music from this week's Studio 60

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I am bored at work, and can only check email.  Pls send comments.   Love, Turtle

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It is apparently St. Nicholas Day.  For reasons that my heathen brain misses entirely, my shoes are our in the hall while I am at my desk with cold feel. This office is crazy in all the most amusing ways.

Turtlenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377692.post-1165374999097851732006-12-05T21:13:00.000-06:002006-12-05T21:16:39.133-06:00

I finally watched last night's Studio 60, and I'm blown away. This is the caliber of storytelling that I'm used to from the creator of The West Wing. Even the show-within-the-show was funny, and that can't be said often. And if you get a chance? Watch it just for the music. Sorkin always did a fantastic Holiday episode, and this one was stellar. On par with the first season holiday show

Turtlenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377692.post-1165351987745169562006-12-05T14:53:00.000-06:002006-12-05T14:53:07.816-06:00

Huh.  Apparently, someone bought it as promised in the promo.  I know I was watching the show, I just don't think I was paying attention. Maybe that happened while my cousin was trying to set me up with his friend from college (kill me now). I am now massively confused. You can probably tell that I was massively unimpressed with last night's episode.  So many of the plotlines are just dragging

Turtlenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377692.post-1165126825125000302006-12-02T23:50:00.000-06:002006-12-03T00:20:25.160-06:00

So, a while back someone tipped me off to the online existance of my high school ex. I drop by there every once in a while, just to make sure we're not likely to be in the same place anytime soon. We didn't part badly, but there are very few people from high school I would ever want to randomly run into, and he doesn't make the list. It's nice to be able to check, you know?So I'm bored this

Turtlenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377692.post-1164749686839833752006-11-28T15:34:00.000-06:002006-11-28T15:34:47.103-06:00

"FORCED TO REEXAMINE FREEDOM OF SPEECH TO MEET THE THREAT OF TERRORISM"?!?!?!IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE RIGHTS THE GODDAMN RIGHTS WE'VE FOUGHT WARS OVER, YOU CAN GET YOUR SANCTIMONIOUS ASS THE HELL OUT OF THE COUNTRY. You don't get to endorse the blowing up of other people's homes in order to "spread democracy" only to dismantle our own version of democracy piece by piece. You are a terrorist. You

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