ever developed a crush on a historical figure

Amelia Earhart. Swoooon.

Jimmy Stewart over Cary Grant??? Wha-huh? It doesn't get any hotter than Cary Grant. That was a yummy, funny, gorgeous dude right there!

Oh, totally. And in Holiday and Bringing Up Baby, he gets Hepburn fair and square and she'd be mad to turn him down, bless his tall, acrobatic, elegant even when he fumbles self. But in Philadelphia Story he is, IMO, out-hotted by Jimmy Stewart.

It really doesn't help that there's a breezy mention somewhere along the way of the fact that he hit her when they were married, which is a big huge can't-handwave-it-away-with-the-magical-power-of-cultural-relativism red flag for me. Hit your wife, even just a slap, even if she's Kate Hepburn in haughty bitch mode: Game over, get out.

Timelies all!

Happy Birthday Sue!

Mmm-hmmm. You come crying to me now that you fear the eating of your brains. But did you listen to me when you could have fended off the conspiracies to begin with? No, you did not. I'll let you borrow it, but only because you probably are in grave danger. Let this be a lesson to you in your lack of paranoia.

Thank you my unindicted co-conspirator.

shrift! Frank Iero is going to be on the next episode of LA Ink. Apparently the flakey tattoo artist stands him up for several hours. Does he stomp off in a huff? Does he sit around bored? Nope - he helps move stuff around in their stock room.

big huge can't-handwave-it-away-with-the-magical-power-of-cultural-relativism red flag for me.

this. Damn Bing Crosby. 'Cause aside from the wife beating thing he's so darn cute.

If you're looking for costume ideas I have seen some very clever ones at College Humor dot com. I went over there to try and find a linky direct to a gallery of costume photos and it said I had to register to view 18-and-over content but before that I saw a great Inspector Gadget so you don't have to register to view all the photos. Generally it's a NSFW site.

shrift! Frank Iero is going to be on the next episode of LA Ink. Apparently the flakey tattoo artist stands him up for several hours. Does he stomp off in a huff? Does he sit around bored? Nope - he helps move stuff around in their stock room.

See, and this is part of why a bunch of us think Frank is adorable. I'm seriously considering purchasing that episode off of iTunes.

I just remembered I had a total little-girl-crush on Xenophon. I think I read about him in a Marguerite Henry book. I even named one of my gerbils after him.

Techy/Mathy terminology question...

OK, the word "percent" literally means "Per 100." So if you say "85%" you mean 85/100 or 0.85 of something.

Is there a math or technical term when you're not using percent? - i.e. you're using numbers between zero and one to specify a fraction of something, rather than (a number zero through 100) followed by "percent"?

I share ita's Gene Kelly crush. In fact, I think he's my only childhood crush that has persisted into adulthood. No wait, there's also Danny Kaye.

So I like men who can sing.

Damn I feel like shit on a spit right now. I've just hit the point in the day where I'll do anything to get some quiet. Right now the kids are watching some Disney princess promo vid for Enchanted Tales (yes, princess music videos) and eat veggie chips. If I could sneak in another nap I would.

Random question of the day: anyone else ever developed a crush on a historical figure

I kind of fell in love with Diana, Lady Crosbie from her portrait at the Huntington. She has the most wonderful smile and eyes.