My first attempt at old man make-up.

Wow, you look so much more like your brother there.

Thanks for the link, Vortex.

I don't think that it was me who did the original link. I think that someone linked for Jilli, and I commented that the bastards only had size 8, or something like that.

eta: Hey, it was Raq!

Glasses definitely, msbelle. You look awesome.

I took a yoga class this morning! Kat would be so proud. The instructor said I did really well, and boy could I feel it. But in a good way -- I think I actually hit endorphin level. I walked out all tingly and loose and feeling fiiiiine.

My, uh, balance could use some work, though. There were a few almost-toppling incidents.

OK, here's an example of how society is just falling apart:

Angry, Smelly Elmo Harassing Tourists In Times Square

Jed Lehman, 47, from Trenton, went out of his way to shield his 3-year-old daughter, Isabella, from the masked menace after hearing him taunt passersby.

"What's happened to society? Now Elmo is trying to shake down kids for a dollar? Only in New York," said Lehman.

Asked why he was so grumpy, the fake Elmo said he was misunderstood.

"I'm not being rude. Taking an Elmo picture without paying is rude. It's called making a living," said the character, who refused to give his real name or take off his costume head.

'Hiccup Girl' Arrested: Jennifer Mee Charged In Florida

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — An uncontrollable case of the hiccups brought an odd sort of fame to Jennifer Mee, who was 15 when she appeared on television morning shows trying to find a cure for her mysterious affliction.

Five weeks later they stopped and the media attention mostly disappeared – until this week, when Mee, now 19, was charged with first-degree murder after police said she met a 22-year-old man online and lured him to a vacant home where two of her friends robbed and shot him.

OK, people famous for things like uncontrollable hiccups should not kill people. I mean, without a good reason.

You can only take so many people sneaking up behind you and yelling "BOO!" before you take one out I guess.

My first attempt at old man make-up. I will fully grey my hair, and I think I need to add glasses:

That's kind of terrifying. What's your costume?

Hey, we have power here at work! A vast improvement over my apartment. The next road over from my apartment complex was blocked off with loads of fire trucks all over it, so I'm guessing a tree came down, taking a power line with it. Keeping my fingers crossed that it's fixed by the time I go home.

What's your costume?

It's a costume?

Pumpkin "muffin" is too sweet. Might as well have gone to Coffee Bean. Thanks, peeps.

RIP Paul the Octopus

He was good cephalopod. He will be sorely missed by the Spanish, not so much by the Germans. NPR reports that at the ripe age of 2.5 he passed on from natural causes.