Seen a couple blog posts on this, so....

Logan’s Run LEGO Diorama

A little belated, but

((((Theresa)))) I'm sure Drama Queen appreciated all you did for her.

Happy Birthday, Matilda!

In me news, we started volunteering at Friends of Homeless Animals, a local dog and cat rescue organization. We're focusing (surprise, surprise) on the cats. Yesterday was orientation, which mostly involved meeting the cats at the cattery. And a little helping out (I was the only person there tall enough to vaccuum the stinkbugs off the ceiling...).

Plus breaking up a cat fight. Gerry is the sweetest orange and white cat you could imagine. Unfortunately, the other cats in his room disagree. While we were there, one of the cats went after poor Gerry -- and the others were starting to join in. I just happened to be in the room at the time, and I had to step between cats. Luckily, I was wearing jeans, so I was fairly well protected. The lead volunteer decided to put Gerry in the Senior Room.

The Real Life Inspirations For 14 Simpsons Characters

Troy McClure
While it’s easy to see that Troy is more of a stereotypical Hollywood wash up than a caricature of any one specific person, his name is based on two B-movie actors: Troy Donahue and Doug McClure. Doug’s daughter said that while her dad considered it an honor to have such an iconic character named after him, she still enjoyed talking back to him by calling him “Troy.”

Heh.

A funny story: The Limburger Cheese War

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Monroe’s postmaster, John Burkhard, approved the delivery and sent it on its way. But the mail carrier in Independence, Iowa, who delivered the Limburger was so offended by the stench wafting through his roadster that he refused to deliver it. Citing a postal rule that said mail would only be delivered if it “did not smell objectionable,” Independence’s postmaster, Warren Miller, concurred without examining or even smelling the cheese. He had it sent back to Monroe on the grounds that it could “fell an ox twenty paces.”

Burkhard took it personally; to insult Limburger is to insult not just Monroe, but all of Wisconsin and its proud cheese heritage. So Burkhard rewrapped the package and sent it back to Iowa. Miller promptly returned it to Wisconsin. War was brewing.

Frank Miller Illustrates History

Cartoonist Caldwell Tanner imagined historical events and figures as though they had been illustrated by comic book artist Frank Miller. The above scene is from October 31, 1517, and Protestant reformer Martin Luther is driving his point home about Papal abuses.

Fred - Gerry is adorable, I linked to that video on my FB, maybe someone will feel the pull to go adopt him.

MAN am I work avoident today.

Today's xkcd is fun: Adjectives

Subtitled "Frequency with which various adjectives are intensified with obscenities"

Did you know people hardly ever say "Kafkaesque as shit" but do say "Fucking Kafkaesque" much more frequently?

I missed the turnoff for work this morning. In a completely new direction. Needless to say, the gronk is large with me. Of course this happens when I have a first thing meeting.

Aaaaand the momentum is gone. Nap time?

At this rate, I'll finish my morning conf calls and then work from home this afternoon. Now that I know how bad my current glasses are, I'm uber aware of tilting my head back so I can look through the near vision part of my glasses. The headache is lurking, waiting to attack.

I missed the turnoff for work this morning.

I decided I was too gronky to ride my bike to work today. So I got to ride the 206 bus which is filled with high school students....