I’m going to call this an unqualified success:
I didn’t even have to season the throw with catnip.
Open Thread – Chatroulette
Via JenJen in the comments, Ben Folds playing chatroulette in front of a live audience:
Open Thread
Here is a moment of zen for you on this Friday morning:
It is good to be the king.
Also, new petitions for you to take part in on the right over there.
Early Morning Open Thread
This year’s best First-of-April news article was scienterrific:
A would-be saboteur arrested today at the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland made the bizarre claim that he was from the future. Eloi Cole, a strangely dressed young man, said that he had travelled back in time to prevent the LHC from destroying the world.
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The LHC successfully collided particles at record force earlier this week, a milestone Mr Cole was attempting to disrupt by stopping supplies of Mountain Dew to the experiment’s vending machines. He also claimed responsibility for the infamous baguette sabotage in November last year.
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Mr Cole was seized by Swiss police after CERN security guards spotted him rooting around in bins. He explained that he was looking for fuel for his ‘time machine power unit’, a device that resembled a kitchen blender.
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Police said Mr Cole, who was wearing a bow tie and rather too much tweed for his age, would not reveal his country of origin. “Countries do not exist where I am from. The discovery of the Higgs boson led to limitless power, the elimination of poverty and Kit-Kats for everyone. It is a communist chocolate hellhole and I’m here to stop it ever happening.” …
It’s the Mountain Dew (state drink of WV) that convinces me Eloi must be a descendent of our honorable bloghost… that, and the deadpan affect.
Open Thread: Thursday Night Menu
Take it away, Bad Horse’s Filly:
I hadn’t made the poppy seed cake in a while and since I love poppy seed cake and raspberries, I thought I’d go ahead and recipe test it once again before tonight’s menu went up. I know, I know, the things I do for you guys. Decided to take most of it into work today and since there is none left, I’m going to declare this one a success.
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On the board tonight:__
1. Lemon-Nut Pork Chops
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2. Baked Potatoes
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3. Steamed Asparagus
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4. Raspberry Poppy Seed Cake
Recipes and shopping list at the link, as always.
Open Thread
Gipsy Kings seems to be what I am listening to tonight. Every time I hear this song I think of that silly movie Bedazzled with Brendan Fraser, someone I like because he completely does not take himself seriously. He just rolls with it and has fun, and I’m cool with that.
Feels Like Summer Around Here
It was up in the 70’s here today- got a bunch of work done, got the car washed, some more stuff unpacked, a couple loads of laundry finished, and am now sipping on a mojito.
I’m sunburnt as hell, too.
BTW- Got up and took Lily for a walk at like 6:30, then she “helped” me clean around the house for an hour or so, and when I took my shower, I guess she just decided it was time to go back to bed:
I can’t tell you how many times I have almost sat on her sitting down to put my shoes on, but she just loves to bury herself underneath the pillows and comforter.