Jezebel ran a post called How Tragic Kingdom Saved My Life and while that particular album didn’t evoke a similar response in me, I adore the idea of dishing the music that’s been instrumental in one’s life. I suspect that most of us have an ultimate soundtrack filled with songs for different occasions and from … Continue reading »
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Useful Weekend Fluff: Your Fucking Recipes
I hate to distract anyone from the serious business of talking about how FUCKING AWESOME we all are, but it’s come to my attention that many Shapelings are spectacular cooks, some with dazzling signature recipes, and I would like to know more about these things. Tell us, please, about those recipes. Plus any helpful tips … Continue reading »
Fluff: Strange Days
My Oscar picks. Best Picture The Hurt Locker In addition to expanding the field from five films to ten, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has instituted an Instant Runoff Voting system. Leaving aside the merits or flaws of this system, it’s a provocative decision that could result in a big night for … Continue reading »
Fluff: Tron Legacy or Tron 2: Electric Boogaloo
Tron: Legacy finally has an official release date – Christmas 2010 – and I am a trying to tamp down my excitement. Look, I come from a time where one had to use a steam engine to play Combat. Tron blew into town at time when Disney was trying to get its groove back. The … Continue reading »
It’s National Handwriting Day*
Normally, I am not swayed by faux-lidays, but I was excited to discover today is National Handwriting Day. Often times it is far quicker for me to put fingertips to keyboard yet I am still drawn to pen and paper. I’m sure my slight obsession with all things office supply related might have a touch … Continue reading »
The Gifts That Keep On Sucking
I found this list of terrible gifts. I think my favorite is Fart Insurance pills. (the list includes classist commentary on Mama’s Family. My apologizes) I tend to give gifts that are fun, but somewhat useful. For example, my step-dad is a Loctor (an MD who is also a Lawyer) and a rabid sci-fi geek. … Continue reading »
Friday Semi-Fluff: Letters to Santa
Ohferbleepssake. This Christmas, the Pennsylvania Medical Society is asking children to ease up on the milk and cookies for Santa Claus. That way, his ample waistline won’t be further widened by the 787.5 million calories he would otherwise consume in that state alone. No, see, I get that large chunks of this are written with … Continue reading »
Fluffcation: Holiday
Shapelings, did you have a good Halloween? Tell us about your costumes!
Fluffcation: Slow loris
I hope you’ve seen this little dude before, but just in case you haven’t, get ready for pretty much the best thing ever:
Fluffcation: Real names of prosimians
Unless, of course, some Wikipedian is punking me, these guys are all related to our friends the lemurs. Say hello to your new friends: False Potto Madame Berthe’s Mouse Lemur Prince Demidoff’s Bushbaby Southern Needle-clawed Bushbaby Lesser Iron-gray Dwarf Lemur And, my personal favorite: Grewcock’s Sportive Lemur The False Potto’s scientific name is, apparently, Pseudopotto … Continue reading »
