Oh, BTW ita--I shared one of your links with a friend who is very kinky...and she still thought it was very wrong (the dildos that should not exist). Also, I couldn't understand why they were all red. It seemed odd. Also, gross.

Sounds like the Cinciditarod.

That was it, yes! Although we amused ourselves imagining that it was just the sort of thing that happens every weekend in Cincinnati.

But, since you're always going to be cold, and you're only sometimes going to be hit by a tornado, well--the choice is different for me. The cold makes me cry. Literally. That's part of my prep for the winter. Weeping.

Fair enough. I mean, I actually like the winter, so I'm obviously going to like preparing for it more than you are. Whereas tornado season just fills me with blind terror for my life and the lives of those I love, so even if it only happens five or six times in the span of a few months, to me that's still significantly worse than being cold for a few months. But again, I also don't mind the cold, so.

Much ~ma to you, Sox, and I'm sorry things have been so hard lately.

Man, this salad was so much better when I bought it fresh last night. Wishing I'd just gone ahead and finished it then.

I guess from having grown up in Indiana and South Dakota, I'm way more comfortable with the idea of tornadoes, where you usually have a little warning and it's more likely to hit a street or two than the whole city. Earthquakes freak me out. No warning! Sudden! Could make your whole state fall into the ocean!! Especially now that I'm a homeowner--how would the insurance companies deal with that?! The economy?

Especially now that I'm a homeowner--how would the insurance companies deal with that?!

Well, based on how things went down in NO after Katrina, I'm going to go with the answer of "screwing policy holders over."

Penguin cam! [link]

Who needs productivity anyway.

I don't have a link handy, but Bald Eagle Cam is back, with eggs!

~ma to Sox. And I may have some good news on my health insurance situation.

I just realized part of why my new coworker is so appealing: he kind of looks like a grown-up Kurt Hummel. Aw! Grown up Kurt!

I can't decide if this belongs in Movies or Boxed Set, so Natter it is - anyone who loved Inception or The Matrix needs to run out RIGHT NOW and get World on a Wire and watch it and then come back. I'll wait.

It's a German sci-fi miniseries from 1973, and it is wonderful. I don't know how the Wachowski's managed to snag a copy back in the 90's (since it was only just now rediscovered and released on DVD/Blu-Ray), but obviously they did because there's a bit of mise en scene in the Matrix that cannot possibly be a coincidence.

Go. NOW.

Coincidentally, a copy of this I ordered arrived just this weekend. I'm looking forward to watching it. I love Criterion.

15 Unusual Beds

1st and 2nd ones are my faves.