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Another geeky meme

Elvish

To which race of Middle Earth do you belong? brought to you by Quizilla Hmm, I must admit to not being too surprised over this one.

Somewhere Over the Rainbow and Pachelbel’s Canon

I was out running some errands, and flipped on the radio to listen to a discussion about Yip Harburg on NPR. (I think the link is to the show I listened too.) Yip Harburg is best known for being the lyricist for “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” and the other songs from “The Wizard of . . . → Read More: Somewhere Over the Rainbow and Pachelbel’s Canon

Interesting face recognition site

Catching a link from the Datalounge Gossip Forum, I found this interesting site that analyzes a face photo and suggests the celebrity you most look like. I uploaded a face photo we took at the Trance Katrina benefit in September, and it suggested the best match was George Clooney at 61%. Um, no way . . . → Read More: Interesting face recognition site

Moving article about the Grego family

Kara Rhodes of the Erie Times News had a very moving article (free online registration required to read) about the Grego family on the front page of today’s Erie Times-News. Jeff and Joey had taken their fight to both be recognized as the parents of Clay and Zoey, whom they had adopted since birth . . . → Read More: Moving article about the Grego family

Thanksgiving at Mom’s

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I had a pretty nice time yesterday at Mom’s for Thanksgiving. I brought my 2 dogs, who frolicked with Mom’s dog. Grandma and Emmett also came over. The full set of photos is at Flickr.

The dogs weren’t too bad in terms of being rambunctious. Afterwards, I . . . → Read More: Thanksgiving at Mom’s

Conversation at work about Merry Christmas versus Happy Holidays

I should have known better, but I overheard one co-worker lamenting to another how stores were more likely to be saying “Happy Holidays” rather than “Merry Christmas,” with the implication being that this represented some kind of unreasonable tyranny by a shrill minority and wrecked the majority’s religious expression. I pointed out that if . . . → Read More: Conversation at work about Merry Christmas versus Happy Holidays

Brownie to start a disaster preparedness firm??

Holy crap! You can’t write them better than this! Michael Brown, the incredibly inept former FEMA chief who screwed up during Hurricane Katrina, is going to form a consulting firm to help folks with disaster preparedness. What the heck is this guy on? When you have just made national headlines for being an incompetent . . . → Read More: Brownie to start a disaster preparedness firm??

Does this really surprise anyone??

I took a quiz about mythical creatures. I slightly guffawed when I saw the results. FAERIE

You are a faerie. Faeries areminiature, winged versions of humans or elves.They are usually very merry and cheerful. Theyare masters at healing and magic. Theysymbolize peace, happiness, faith, and purity.They are usually very beautiful. And not to beconfused . . . → Read More: Does this really surprise anyone??

Menspace and etc

Well, newsletters are out and delivered for this month. Yay! I had more help than usual delivering copies, so I actually got done almost an hour early. Whee! I went down to Menspace in Greenville last Saturday. It was very small – only 6 guys total and I was the only one from Erie. . . . → Read More: Menspace and etc

Playing a rabbi

My normal entrance route into doing theatre holds: my friends Gary and Heather are having a dramatic reading of Paul Rudnick’s The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told at Trance next Thursday and the following Sunday. One part had been cast 4 times, but the person had to drop out. So, I am reading the . . . → Read More: Playing a rabbi