Tuesday
I had coffee with Perry this morning. We drank brewed Kona goodness and chatted away a couple of hours. I came home for a bit and checked out a few prospects on Monster and CareerBuilder. Then, it was off to find and pick up the passes for Wednesday night’s screening of Constantine. From there, I stopped by to see and finalize plans for tomorrow evening. Then it was off to Shit Towne the REC to pick up . As an added treat, got out of work early. The three of us went out for a bite to eat.

Don Henley’s Dirty Laundry came on the radio while I was driving this evening. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again (after all, this is my bully pulpit): I like the song. It’s amazing how relevant it is in today’s “I want it all and I want it now” culture.

Dirty little secrets
Dirty little lies
We got our dirty little fingers in everybody’s pie
We love to cut you down to size
We love dirty laundry

We can do “The Innuendo”
We can dance and sing
When it’s said and done we haven’t told you a thing
We all know that Crap is King
Give us dirty laundry!

…and while I’m thinking about it (and still on-topic with the song): Is it just me or does anyone else think that it seems “awfully convenient” that Michael Jackson came down with a “sudden illness?”

News
Morning Edition: NASA Prepares for a New Shuttle Mission
Morning Edition: Kidnapping, a Booming ‘Industry’ in Indian Province
Morning Edition: Fox Offers Disclaimer for Portrayal of Muslims on 24
Talk of the Nation: U.S. High Schools: World Standings
Talk of the Nation: U.S. High Schools: No Child Left Behind?
Day to Day: Hearing Voices: W.C. Handy
Day to Day: To Blog or Not to Blog
Day to Day: Slate’s Kausfiles: The Life of a Blogger
All Things Considered: Kerouac’s On the Road Manuscript Unfurled
All Things Considered: Pride of Carthage Tells Historic Tale

Stray Toasters

  • My new LEGO® catalog arrived today.
  • As alluded to above, , , a couple of other friends and I are going to a screening of Constantine. Hopefully, we’ll be able to return with a positive review.
  • John Kovalic, author of Dork Tower has a journal here on LiveJournal. I was checking out his user icons and saw the following. They made me smile:
         
    He also has an amusing animation that tells of a first date gone wrong…
  • Mr. T Returns to Comics
  • : I think that you will be able to appreciate this – Grim and Gritty Jack
  • : Thousands of fans can’t be wrong…

    DC Comics is reporting that Legion of Super-Heroes #1 has sold out. “Really, seriously, when DC first told us how insanely heavily they overprinted the first issue, the flattery of their confidence was tempered with a selfish little bit of ‘Okay, but, gee, we won’t get the added buzz of a sold-out announcement,'” said writer Mark Waid. “Rarely am I this happy to be this wrong.”

  • I was checking out the Luna Brothers’ website and looked at the brothers’ individual sites. I found the following on Josh’ site:
  • …and for , from Jon Luna’s site: Batgirl
  • It’s been a long while since I’ve posted a link to Sequential Tart. “What is Sequential Tart?” you ask.

  • , a friend from Backwash, helps to maintain the Sex-Kitten.net website. While perusing BW for ‘Toaster-worthy items, I came across “Valentine’s Day Causes Herpes” and had to share it. (Note: As the site’s name might imply, this site probably isn’t going to make it past the “work safe” filtering that your employers might use. Also, if you’re offended by mature – or possibly *gasp* “naughty” – language, this site might not be for you. Consider that your forewarning.)
  • From the “MacGuyver” file: Make a night-vision scope from scavenged parts… or a Tesla coil… or a plasma globe.
  • Lightning is attacking the strap on my backpack. It’s cute.
  • Top Ten List of Top Ten Lists…
      10. Top 10 Bart Simpson Chalkboard “I Will Nots…”
       9. Top 10 Excuses for Killing an RPG Party Member that No One Really Liked Anyway
       8. Top 10 Reasons that a Lego Watch Is Cool
       7. Top 10 Things to do Rather Than See Catwoman
       6. Top 10 Reasons that A Modest Destiny Is So Funny
       5. Top 10 “One-Hit Wonders” of the Past Decade
       4. Top 10 Funny Things that Kittens Do
       3. Top 10 Things to do with a FunNoodle® that Don’t Involve a Swimming Pool
       2. Top 10 Quotes from The Long Kiss Goodnight

      …and the Number 1 “Top Ten” List from our home office in Bluefield, WV….

       1. Top 10 Reasons that Celine Dion Should Retire. Again. Soon.

And with that…

Namaste.