Tuesday
Not only was it notably cooler today, the weather couldn’t decide what it wanted to do. Rain. No rain. Sun. Clouds. Rain. Welcome to Utah. If you don’t like the weather, wait five minutes, it’ll change.

Oh, well.

Other than that, it was another day in the valley. And, not a bad one, at that.

And… before I forget (yet again), Happy Birthday to May LJers:

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News
Morning Edition: Critics Say L.A. Homeless Shelter Is Too Posh
Morning Edition: Changes to Voucher Program Aim to Improve Diets
Morning Edition: Spamalot Garners 14 Tony Nominations
Talk of the Nation: Sarah Vowell: Death Takes a Holiday
All Things Considered: State Law Prohibiting Unmarried Cohabitation Challenged

Stray Toasters

  • I want to play a game: HALO2 or X-Men: Legends
    Decisions, decisions…

  • General Electric has some snappy people in their marketing department. First, the dancing elephant commercial; now, there’s a commercial for GE Energy that uses Tennessee Ernie’ Ford’s Sixteen Tons. The coal miners’ grandson in me appreciates that. (Not to mention the fact that there are more than a few good-looking female miners in the commercial, too.)
  • “He just makes me call him daddy.”

  • From Buzzscope: On the Fly #5: Too Much Information
  • While listening to Tupac’s Ghetto Gospel, I finally remembered to follow up on something: Elton John does a guest vocal, of sorts, in the song. I looked for what his lyrics were taken from. It is an adaptation from his Indian Sunset.
  • Smoke & Guns

    The classic image of cigarette girls is an image that seems pulled straight out of classic cinema. Brightly costumed women offering a pack of cigarettes in a dimly lit restaurant or theatre. They deftly handle the cigarettes to costumers and offer a light to smokers without one of their own. But what’s behind the costume? What’s behind the smile?

  • “Canada is kind of like America, just with a better spam filter.”

  • Power Outage Downs eBay
  • For and Chris: Clone Commander figure
  • Brunhilde… the Valkyrie Dental Hygenist
  • Acrobots
  • Jedi training…. sort of.

  • Today’s random Wikipedia page: Gesture

Quotes of the Day
Excerpts from today’s conversation with the coolest brother-in-law in the world.

  1. While talking about what he and Rana will do with the down time between his job postings:

    (09:13:03) : You should come out here.
    (09:13:18) : you are aware that you live in utah, rob?
    (09:13:22) : Really?!
    (09:13:26) : You’re kidding.
    (09:13:32) : the white folk shoulda tipped you off
    (09:13:33) : All of the temples NEVER gave it away.
    (09:13:38) : Dude…
    (09:13:41) : I see white people.
    (09:13:45) : They’re everywhere.
    (09:13:48) : well yea…that’s better…coulda been montana if it was just white folk
    (09:13:53) : They don’t know they’re white.
    (09:13:59) : or minnesota. “prince, kirby puckett, and [you]”
    (09:14:06) : ya
    (09:14:24) : Hey… Thurl Bailey lives here.
    (09:14:36) : Not only black…. but black AND Mormon.
    (09:14:37) : *nod*
    (09:14:44) : i didn’t know they made mormons in that flavor
    (09:15:06) : (link to Liken the Scriptures)
    (09:15:14) : Gladys Knight (yes, THAT one), too.
    (09:16:02) : HA
    (09:16:07) : you know what my first thought was
    (09:16:16) : “from shepard boy to champion”
    (09:16:24) : holy hell, when he turned into a champion, he also turned black
    (09:16:40) : (link to The Black Mormon Homepage)
    (09:16:52) : *LAUGHS*
    (09:17:00) : I am now officially broken.
    (09:17:13) : glue and duct tape
    (09:17:16) : it’ll fix it

  2. …and of our ideas on cultural diversity:

    (09:29:29) : Can I just say how horribly amused I am when I get Snoop or DMX on the mp3 rotation?
    (09:29:33) : Esp. here. [at work]
    (09:30:51) : it’s cultural diversity
    (09:31:27) : If only I had speakers.
    (09:31:31) : Then, I could share with them.
    (09:32:00) : I should head downtown and get a copy of Final Call… and just leave it on my desk.
    (09:32:04) : And a bean pie.
    (09:33:52) : lol happy trails in your journey, and godspeed
    (09:34:07) : perhaps add a small icon of black jesus too
    (09:34:18) : That’s “Chocolate Jesus” to you, bub.
    (09:34:47) : sssshhh…i got in trouble with [your] sis for calling him “mocha jeebus”
    (09:35:03) : apparently i’m going to hell
    (09:35:04) : who knew?

Namaste.