The beaver is a proud and noble animal
Notes from a bemused canuck
I’ve updated some of my online picture galleries:
http://www.flubu.com/various_pics/irina/ : tons of new pictures of the kitties
http://www.flubu.com/various_pics/cambridge_kings_jun2008/ : pictures from inside Kings College Chapel in Cambs
http://www.flubu.com/various_pics/bobbles_canada_may2008/ : our last Canada trip pictures
http://www.flubu.com/various_pics/hupo_amsterdam_aug_2008/ : pictures from my trip to Amsterdam
http://www.weebls-stuff.com/games/ultimate+pie+theft/
that just made my day :D
The stress from planning the wedding is now hitting home with a vengeance. It seems that there's a bajillion things still left to do, and not enough hands to do them. I'm sleeping poorly and burping like mad, all signs of an impending stressfest. Joy.
Is there a severe internet meltdown at city hall or something that I don't know about? I've been trying to access the Biodome, Planetarium and Jardin Botanique websites for the past week and all of them are so slooooooooooooooooooooooow as to be completely and utterly useless. Maybe it's because I'm trying to access them from overseas, but that shouldn't change a damn thing.
I want to find out what's happening at those locations in the first two weeks of October. If some kind soul can access the information and post a comment with it, I will bring them chocolate and biscuits from the UK when I get there.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/registry/wishlist/ref=cs_nav_top_wl/026-7944841-4239619
I've updated my Amazon wishlist. There are a few Delia Smith cookbooks that I'm drooling over :)
Damn!Damn!Damn!
If you're seeing a list with CDs and DVDs, that's not it. My wishlist only has books, and 8 of those are cookbooks by Delia Smith.
Craptabulous.
Edit 2: This link seems to work properly, so ignore the one above:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/registry/registry.html/203-5977474-3598316?ie=UTF8&type=wishlist&id=Q2O1GCP1S679
I've finally updated my comics archive with strips that I'd been collecting for a while now.
A few that I need to point out:
http://www.flubu.com/comics/getfuzzy2061070060620.gif
http://www.flubu.com/comics/getfuzzy2006062035724.gif
http://www.flubu.com/comics/getfuzzy2004071460628.gif
I love “Get Fuzzy”. It's what Garfield should have become a looooong time ago instead of staying in the same old ruts.
These ones are rather appropriate regarding Katy and I:
http://www.flubu.com/comics/Non_Sequitur_pan.7.g.gif
http://www.flubu.com/comics/Real_Life.371.g.gif
This one is for a particular person on my friend's list. You know who you are:
http://www.flubu.com/comics/sf20060428.gif
And finally, this one is for anybody who's ever taken LJ a bit too seriously:
http://www.flubu.com/comics/pearls2006024428616.gif
Enjoy!
See this shiny new website:
http://www.hinxtonvillage.co.uk/
The couple that runs the dead-tree-format newsletter wanted to go high-tech and make a website for the village but didn't really know how to go about doing it. I've been in touch with them because I wanted to set up a board game night at our local pub and, well, basically. I offered my services and they jumped at the offer. I looked into content management systems for them. That way, they just need to write content and happily ignore having to mess with any HTML. They're thrilled. The whole thing took maybe 30 minutes to install, an hour to get my head wrapped around their configuration logic and a whole of 5 minutes to hack together the graphics. And you know what? It kicks ass, especially compared to other village websites out there :P
http://www.animatedboobs.com/
Some of you will have received links/memes from me in the past pointing to truly weird shit (bonerbunny comes to mind). I make no secret that through various means, I come into contact with stuff that most people wouldn't even dream of. Yet today, I have found my match. A link that sounds so horribly vile that I daren't even click on it.
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you http://www.ratemyvomit.com/
(and if you do go look at it, please, don't tell me about it).
http://www.thesneeze.com/mt-archives/cat_steve_dont_eat_it.php
Favourite quotes:
Lifting the lid revealed a weird sour smell, something akin to mild vinegar and stale meat. I almost want to say it was like a freshly douched pork chop. But I won't. Why? Because I'm a fucking gentleman.
Actually, the little pile inside looked kinda like baked beans. It also smelled kinda like baked beans. If they were baked in the filthy heat of Satan's asshole.
So, how does Huitlacoche taste? Does it matter?? LOOK AT IT!