Saturday : 07 January 06
I slept in this morning. It was sublime. While I recall having a couple of unusual dreams, I don’t remember what they were about. There’s something in the back of my head that’s telling me that it’s better not to remember the exact content.

invited me to a late breakfast with her and her boys. After breakfast and a couple of errands, we headed to Nickelcade. I didn’t play many games, but I did get in a game of air hockey. Selah. We hung out and caught an episode of Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends. I don’t think that I have been truly shocked by a cartoon in a long time. Until today. The episode was called “Seeing Red.” In it, Terence came up with an imaginary friend of his own, named “Red.” While trying to explain what he meant when he told Red to “smash” something, he defined it as:

“Kill! Destroy! Maim! Rape! Crush!

Waitaminute.

Did I…. actually hear him say… “Rape?!” *boggle* I thought that I might have misheard it until the same line came up again, a few minutes later. I was flabbergasted. Sure, it was said fairly quickly, but this is a kid’s cartoon, after all. Cartoons – from Looney Toons to Tom & Jerry – have long hidden little “Easter eggs” in their stories. But, as I said above: “This is a kid’s cartoon!” Amazing.

Tonight’s breakfast gathering was quiet and small, but good.

Stray Toasters

  • I received a call from Adam this evening. Kind of random, but nevertheless good.
  • I also got a call from my father – he was just calling to say “Hi.”
  • While out today, I picked up one (and only one) piece of plastic crack: Superman (unique). Mine looks just like this, except that the “S” shield on his chest is black and red and the one on his cape is all black. This now means that I have Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman ‘Clix. DC’s Trinity. And, this also means: I have the classic (and animated) Justice League, with the notable exceptions of The Flash and Martian Manhunter.
  • 1 – 2 – 3…
    4 – 5 – 6…
    7 – 8 – 9…
    10 – 11 – 12…
    Ladybugs twelve, at the Ladybug Picnic!

  • Mushroom.
  • The Simpsons: Behind the scenes of an episode
  • From Universe Today comes What’s Up 2006 – 365 Days of Skywatching

    This is a FREE 407-page downloadable book containing What’s Up material for every day in 2006. You can download the book to your local computer, go to the day you like and print off the page to take outside with you nicely formatted. It’s also got tons of other material including general skywatching advice, equipment selection, and hundreds of beautiful photographs.

  • Utah Theater Cancels Brokeback Mountain – I wish that I could say that I was surprised by this.
    (Thanks to for pointing this out.)