Today's OMG WANT: [link] I suspect many dresses on that site would fall into the OMG WANT category.

Check this kid performing Lady Gaga - [link] Song starts around 5:35.

Hugh Jackman is on Sesame Street this morning. Predictably, he's adorable.

Well I have managed to make several walks for the sole purpose of taking pictures and saying goodbyes. I know I'll be back to visit, but unlike last time I moved away, I am not confident that I will ever move back. Very sad.

Every time I've frozen bananas I've ended up throwing them away. The nastiness of them thawed put me off. What a waste. I will power through next time.

unlike last time I moved away, I am not confident that I will ever move back. Very sad.

:(.

Yeah, emoticon. Bite me.

Are ties always uncomfortable? Or is it an unused-to or sizing thing?

Library science addressed issues related to zombies:

Information behavior of Zombies

How do zombies seek and use information? What are their information needs?

Their information needs primarily consist of finding brains. They pretty much search by geographic proximity and pattern matching. The type of browsing they do doesn't seem to be well supported by information systems.

How should a reference interview with a Zombie go? No studies have been published on walk-up reference, but there are some ideas on doing phone or virtual reference. The zombies aren't really good with a mouse, so in virtual reference it's best to send images. In telephone reference, screaming doesn't seem to help, just repeat back their question and then slowly repeat the instructions on how to locate brains.

More zombie stuff:

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As all of you obviously know, July 1 is International Zombie Day - celebrated around the world by the zombifying oneself, posting brain recipes, strategies for fightin' em off, etc... Well, ok, it is kind of a new, science-blogs-only-holiday so far (credit for the idea goes to Scicurious!), but following the stunning success of international talk like a pirate day, I'm assuming that the major media will pick it up any time now.

A whole bunch of science/zombie links: [link]

Feminist zombies: ZOMBIE WOMEN UNITE!!!!!!!!

Zombie women of the world, I ask you: why are we content to shamble aimlessly along behind our brethren, following them willy-nilly, eating the leftover brains, and cleaning up after they senselessly destroy some village? Would it kill them to take a turn minding the zombikins for a change? No, it would not. Because they are undead.

There I was just last week, shambling along after Nigel on Shakedown Street. Like he knew where he was going! "Would it fucking KILL you to stop and ask for directions?" I asked him for the eleventy-fucktillionth time. "I'm pretty sure we are shambling away from the Mutter Museum, not towards it." I am sure you know what happened next. He just zombisplained me about zombie men's superior shambling gait and kept on in the same direction.

eta: zombie shoes: [link]

I have a friend who uses frozen bananas to make smoothies. I'm guessing that any extra moisture is beneficial in that usage.

I'm not going to quote from the article in case anyone has maggot fear....

Bless you, my child.

I'm trying a tea latte with chocolate powder instead of vanilla. It's interesting.

I'm flabbergasted by the nasty frozen banana ick. I freeze bananas all the time, peeled, in orderly little rows in a ziplock.

When I'm ready to put one in a smoothy, I just rap the bag against the counter and one volunteers for duty. I break it up in chunks, whirl and devour.

Then again, I don't let them really thaw, so perhaps I'm spared the nastiness. I'll file that away for future reference though.