Mal ,'Trash'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Oddly mesmerizing
Weird.
ION, I met Peter Riegert tonight. He is as nice in person as he seems to be on screen. He's in town promoting his movie "The King of the Corner". I'm seeing the movie tomorrow. I went to a dinasaur musical this evening instead.
Now, I'm watching James Burke on PBS. I love him!
Fun with hydrogen: [link]
This set comes complete with a hydrogen fuel generating launch system, a four-point system check, a remote push-button ignition, propellant crystals, mixing bottle and two ready to fly rockets.
"Propellant crystals"? Are they like flavor crystals? Are they made of dilithium?
So what are people doing for the 4th
Working. Official reception is on the 5th, but we're commanded to be at the Ambassador's around 9:00 am Monday for something or other. This 4th has been a lot less work than any of my previous ones overseas though.
And because it needs its own post, let me be the first to say:
Happy Birthday, Frankenbuddha! Two bangs and a religion.
So what are people doing for the 4th
I'm going to go to Seattle and veg and nap and watch Veronica Mars and eat sushi and play with sparklers and take a bath in a real tub and buy lipstick and nap and hopefully babysit just a little so Plei can do whatever she wants for an hour and nap.
Going to the airport for a couple of hours and then realizing that the reason the person sitting across from me is looking at me intently is that my nose is bleeding and then about 34 seconds hearing the announcement that the already hour delayed flight is also overbooked and would someone be willing to give up their seat for a free roundtrip ticket, head home with said free ticket and a ticket to Seattle in two weeks, and pour myself a rather large margarita.
After that, dunno.
We're doing the ritual cookout and setting off of ground-based fireworks (the process of the fireworks really is the best part). We're doing a belated-4th paintball game next Friday.
After the traditional singing of the Wilhousky arrangement of the Battle Hymn of the Republic in church on Sunday.
I am hopefully doing nothing at all on the 4th. Teacup Guy has the day off from work which is a rare occassion, so hopefully we are just going to stay in and relax all day.
Oh, Perkins, that's no good. Are you feeling okay?
{{{Perkins}}}
Right now I'm baking chocolate chip pumpkin muffins and bread, in one of my periodic attempts to make my own junk food, because it tastes better than the bought kind and is probably marginally better for me.
Monday I'm going to go watch re-enactors and hopefully play with their muskets a little.