It’s raining Really hard Yay! Perhaps it’ll remove some of the disgusting scum left behind by the melting snow Temperature is well above zero. Rainboots instead of snowboots this morning. Also, splash pants instead of snowpants It’s definitely good for the poor crocuses, who stuck their heads above ground last week and were instantly hit […]
Musical Crush of the Moment
It seems that Young Galaxy is streaming their entire album (which will be released next month) on their website. It’s pretty stuff, if a little bleak in spots. If they don’t happen to please you, go ahead and pick another Arts & Crafts band. What an excellent label.
Attn: NASA
M: Who was the first person on the moon? Me: A guy called Neil Armstrong. And he said something like, “one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.” M: Well that doesn’t make sense. (brief discussion ensues, in which it becomes clear that the “mankind” part is the source of the confusion) […]
Fie on large, brainless corporations
From User Friendly: Reminds me of this: which is spoofing this ad: Why should we pay to watch ads in already-expensive products? Or be forced to sit through nasty warnings about piracy on DVDs that, since we’re seeing the warning, clearly aren’t pirated? Unskippable ads in children’s DVDs drive me crazy too. Why go to […]
Aha!
Aha! Originally uploaded by morecoffeeplease. Now that the great piles of snow have pretty much melted off our lawn, I spotted the beginnings of a crocus.
Meetings
QOTD for March 12: “When he was younger Mr Phillips had hated meetings. Or at least he had once he had got over the grown-up feeling, the warm glow of inclusion, of being invited to his first meeting with his first employers, Grimshaw’s. Children and students didn’t have meetings; only adults, serious employed people had […]
Ballet recital
Ballet recital Originally uploaded by morecoffeeplease. Another hilarious ballet recital. They all had a great time and actually did some dancing, in between tugging on their clothes, picking their noses, playing with their faces, chewing on stuff, staring out the window and running to Mom & Dad for smooches. Next session M is trying soccer, […]
Death to spammers
Lately I’ve noticed a bunch of spam has come in with delete-receipt requests attached. Since most people’s email programs auto-process such requests, it’s an efficient and invisible way of marking live addresses for further spamming and/or sale. Sneaky! An old friend’s “death by spoon” concept could be applied to spammers with great public support, I […]
White white dead stick white wet cold dead stick white
Smile Originally uploaded by morecoffeeplease. I’m trying to do the 26 Things list for March (a sort of photographic scavenger hunt), and wow, it’s hard to take interesting photos right now that aren’t all white snow and dead sticks. I think I’d be doing better with a less perky list. It’s oddly upbeat this time. […]
Geotagged photosharing on Flickr
This is a really cool bit of technology. Flickr recently added — or perhaps it’s always been there and I haven’t noticed — the ability to geotag photos. Being Flickr, they’re friendy and non-jargony about it. When you’re looking at one of your own photos, “place this photo on a map” appears on the right, […]
Doodles!
Yesterday I bought myself this book, which is 400 pages of doodly goodness: The concept is that there’s a little something on each page and an idea (“draw the people stuck at the bottom of this pit”) to get you started. Brilliant! My sister bought this and its companion volume, Scribbles, for M for Christmas […]
Snowpeople!
Snowpeople! Originally uploaded by morecoffeeplease. Finally a day with suitable snowman snow!
I am large, I contain multitudes
(Update: Ivor Tossell responded to my rather ill-mannered rant with a very gracious note, thus disproving the hypothesis that the Internet exists solely so we can all call each other asshats, and adding strength to the hypothesis that at this point Google runs the world. The conversation will continue.) This article in the Globe: Who […]
A soup for winter
This is a soup similar to one I had once in a teashop in Wales, or possibly Ireland — my sister may remember. It was a cold day in February (well, not Canadian cold, but zero-ish). I was starving for no particularly good reason and half-frozen so I gave the soup a try even though […]
Marriage
It’s Freedom to Marry week in the US, so I offer the following conversation: M: I’m going to marry Daddy when I grow up! Me: You can’t, honey. Daddy’s already married. M: Oh. I’ll marry you, then, mama. Because girls can marry girls too. Me. That’s right. You can’t marry me, though, ’cause I’m already […]
White, like the snow in my brain
M: I have to wear my plain nightie to school today so the light can shine all the way through. Mr B said so. D and I: Hunh?? (Mentally slow since it’s morning, but pretty sure Mr B is not some strange pedophile) M: Because my nightie is all white and we’re all supposed to […]
FIRWRCSE! HIP HIP HRA!
Dogs and Fireworks Originally uploaded by morecoffeeplease. I’m enjoying all the editorial comments on M’s art these days. Lots of labels and arrows and fanciness in this one, which is a picture of some dogs and some fireworks — “Is nos, is tos, is bac, is taul” (his nose, toes, back, tail) plus “firwrcse” (fireworks), […]
“If you don’t shape up I’ll sell you to the Gypsies!”
…babies fetch about $10,000 these days, apparently. Bulgarian ones, anyway. It’s always so distressing when people live out stereotypes.
Book #31 – Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
By Mary Roach Surgery practice. The Body Farm. Embalming practice. Crash tests. Transplants. Food. It’s not the most appetizing collection of eventual ends to which one’s body could be put, but then (as Roach points out) none of the alternatives are all that wonderful. This book deserves its good reviews — Roach is curious and […]
I love dollar stores
Benign girl? Originally uploaded by morecoffeeplease. For only $1.49, you too can own a Benign Girl toy cellphone!* *:small-parts-not-suitable-for-children-under-3