2007 Tokyo International Quilt Festival — truly stunning art, and Mennonites don’t have the market cornered on gorgeous quilts. (Though it was cool to see a couple patterns I recognize from the family collections.) (Courtesy of Hélène.)
Quinoa is pronounced “KEEN-wah” or “KEE-no-ah”. Why it took me so long to finally look that up, I’ve no [...]
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01/8
2009
2009
Assorted interestingness
Posted by Melle under Beautiful, Bigger Than All of Us, Blogs, Of Note, Photos, Things from Sherry, Things from Violet
12/31
2008
2008
Since all the cool kids are doin’ it…
1. What did you do in 2008 that you’d never done before?
Took two vacations. Ate frog legs. Cried over an election (not ours).
2. Did you keep your New Years’ resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I don’t really resolve. Decided some changes were needed this year, [...]
12/21
2008
2008
Period Table of Awesoments
My recommendations for additions would have to be… root beer (Rb), Buffy (Bf), and that gun that Yahtzee talks about in his Painkiller review that shoots shurikens and lightning (Sl). How about you?
(Link courtesy of Sherry.)
12/3
2008
2008
See more Jack Black videos at Funny or Die
(Courtesy of Sherry.)
12/2
2008
2008
Zombie Haiku. Heh.
(Link courtesy of Sherry.)
08/17
2008
2008
The Five Step Zombie Guide to Going Green
Mmm… organic, free-range braaaaaaaains.
(Helpful tips courtesy of Sherry.)
06/28
2008
2008
Not worshipping Joss Whedon yet?
What’s wrong with you?
05/31
2008
2008
Quite so.
Posted by Melle under Bigger Than All of Us, Greater and Lesser Culture, Life, and Everything Like It, News, Other Folks, Things from Sherry, Words
Sherry sent me this link the other day: Cat turns into woman in P/Harcourt – 5 killed as cultists clash, which is a bit mind-boggling, any way you slice it.
However, even better, I think, was a line from the blog post of Neil Gaiman’s where she’d seen it:
It must be very interesting (or, in [...]
04/1
2008
2008
Life Before Death
Posted by Melle under Greater and Lesser Culture, Life, and Everything Like It, Of Note, Other Folks, Photos, Things from Sherry
Life Before Death
Photos of people diagnosed with terminal cancer before and after they died. Quiet and haunting. Don’t skip the text captions.
I was expecting it to be very… Victorian. But it really wasn’t.
(Link courtesy of Dooce via Sherry.)
02/26
2008
2008
I think just about everyone’s seen the first one, but you need it for context for the new, second one. Hee!
I’m F**king Matt Damon
I’m F**king Ben Affleck response
Seriously, if celebs have time to do stuffs like this — more writers’ strike!
(Link from… pretty much everywhere. Saw it first from Sherry.)