Yeah, it's tonight that's the full perigee moon.

I know what you mean, Amy. The SO's grandmother is in the hospital, and his brother went to see her and she didn't know him. Sad.

I am right this minute missing a workshop on tea at my local organic store that I signed up for, put down an admittedly small deposit on, and arranged my day around. I had, like, an hour and a half before I had to leave. So I went into the media closet and futzed around with installing the wall panel for our new surround system. I looked up and realized the tea thing was starting, a half an hour away. Oops. Sound geek fail. Oh well, the completed surround sound system will give me more happiness over the long run than the tea thingy. So I guess now I just have to finish, in order to make the lapse worthwhile.

I'm sorry, Amy.

I'm sitting in an airport, waiting for the first leg of my flight. For some reason, they couldn't get me a direct flight home, so my usual 1 hour flight will take 4.5, including the Charlotte layover. Good thing I like flying. And airports, more or less.

I always thought there was a generally understood rule that drums go in the basement where they won't bother the neighbors as much.

Attics also seem to be a popular choice of rehearsal space.

Attics also seem to be a popular choice of rehearsal space.

But in the basement, the concrete and the ground muffle the sound.

For the musicians as well, however.

True, but the entire neighborhood doesn't need to hear them practicing for four hours. I didn't have to put up with this much noise when I was living in an apartment building. (These are the same neighbors who have three big dogs who bark for about twenty minutes straight every morning at 6:30.)

I did plenty. Spent all the moneys. But got lots for the money.

I would like ita's cake in a bowl, now, thx.

Connie, if your parents do not want the cassoulet, I would eat it! Nom, cassoulet.

ita, did you use self-rising flour? Is it necessary? Or could I just use all-purpose flour?

Propaganda posters urge you to keep calm and shoot Nazi dinosaurs

When Hitler's dino-hordes storm Normandy, will you have the wherewithal to beat them back? Allied propaganda posters from a lizard-filled WWII urge you to take arms against these Jurassic Nazis, while Axis posters tout raptors as the strength of Germany.

These propaganda posters are actually promotions for the video game Dino D-Day, which finally gets its release on Steam next month. So you can enjoy hunting Nazi dinosaurs from the comfort of your living room.

This recruiting poster cracked me up: [link]

Hil, call the local police if there is a non emergency number. If it's makin yr walls shake, it's almost certainly in violation of any local noise ordinances.