Total delegates allocated in my West Seattle precinct:

Obama: 4
Clinton: 2

Not that I'm even that personally affected, but come on:

THE WORLD IS NOT A CONTEST FOR WHO CAN BE MOST JADED ABOUT CELEBRITY DEATHS.

I'm all about not taking things too seriously, but there's a point where ironic distance starts to seem pathological.

There's a paperclip stuck in the wheel of my chair.

It sounds like a baseball card in a bicycle wheel when I roll around.

That is all.

Bucks Fizz - The Land of Make Believe (1981)


This was apparently on a list of 100 worst videos ever, but it seems like a standard level of insanity for the 80s to me.

To the smelly man yelling downtown this morning:

I'm quite sure there are no "fuckin' homosexuals" looking at you, particularly not in the way that makes you so upset. You can safely cross that off your list of things to be paranoid about.

1. The lyrics to C+C Music Factory's 1990 song "Bang That Beat"

However, robotdeer did find one thing on the internet I've been looking for forever: the 1984 arcade game Noah's Ark. It must have been the least profitable arcade game ever, because it is impossible to play for less than ten minutes on a single token. I played that every time at Chuck E. Cheese's long after I was too tall for its half-size arcade cabinet and had to play on my knees.

Now that I have a portable video device and I've been riding the bus so I have a place where I can watch, I've
been checking out video podcasts. Which leads me to a couple of questions:

1) Are there any good video podcasts? and
2) I downloaded some Attack of the Show podcasts, and they're strangely obsessed with (hot women) firing guns.

Which leads me to
Poll #1097275 They love to see you shoot
Open to: All, results viewable to: All

Have you ever fired a gun?

Assuming you were talking to someone today:

Poll #1073166 Time
Open to: All, results viewable to: All

"This August" means

"This past August" means

"Last August" means

"This December" means

And I think we can all agree that "this past December" and "last December" mean December 2006. Right? Right.

If you were ever thinking of moving to the town of Overland Park, Kansas, watch out for the gravel nazis:

How should I maintain an existing gravel driveway?

The surface of the parking area must consist of a uniform layer of gravel evenly distributed from edge to edge, and must be free of bare spots and vegetation. The depth of the gravel layer must be an average of 2 inches and a minimum of one inch.

How much time is allowed to correct a violation?

A violation must be corrected within 15 days. Failure to do so may result in a notice to appear in municipal court. The penalty is a fine of up to $500 or six months imprisonment or both.

6 months in jail for incorrect gravel depth? That shit is hardcore. I think Money Magazine has a slightly different definition of "best" places to live than I do.

I think there may be something wrong with me. I've somehow ended up with TEN DVDS of Once Upon a Hamster.

Me:         I can make a board!
Matty:     You can make a board?
Me:         I guess so.  We have one now.

Me:          <pushes Matty> Ruckamoffa!

Haha... this turned out to be the Laugh-Out-Loud Cat he sent me the original of:



And it's the only one that has an associated letter! So awesome.

Well, mine as in drawn for me. It's Duncan the Escaped Helper Monkey:



Now to see which Laugh-Out-Loud Cat turns out to be mine.