The Ekpyrotic Universe

Apparently there's a group of gay republicans that thinks the Log Cabin group has gotten too liberal, so they're splitting off to form their own group "GOProud".

The 3 members that comprise this new group say they hope the 4 they're leaving behind won't be too upset.

I want to create a new website like Twitter, but really boil it down to its essence. It will allow micro-micro-posts. Maximum length (and minimum) of 1 letter. Who wouldn't tune in all day long to see if you say "Y" or "C"? Saves time for the poster and the reader and allows for all kinds of interpretation without having the banality of most Twitter posts.

I hear you've been complaining about the smell of maple syrup lately.
As a NJ native, let me apologize for NJ making NYC smell good for a change. The goodness of NJ is finally making NYC smell good.

In case head58 ever comes back to LJ.


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I like listening to the movie reviewer on NPR. I believe his name is Bob Mondello. I like him, not because of anything he says about movies or because he likes or hates what I like or hate, but because of who I think he sounds like.

I think he sounds like Mr. Peabody from the old Rocky & Bullwinkle cartoon



This is not a slight, I think the qualities of his voice and the cadance in which he speaks are great for disseminating information and are fun to boot!

Normally he is delivering a review with no interaction, today I heard him being interviewed about the Oscars and was struck by another vocal similarity, he sounded quite a bit like telepresence! The strangest thing about this is that I don't think telepresence and Mr. Peabody sound anything alike.

The land of square dancing has open positions. I thought I'd post them here in case any of you wanted to fill them.

There are the Dosey-Docent, the Dosey-Doge and the Prominaide-de-camp.

If you have any interest in these positions, please post your resume with pertinant experience in comments.

Those of you that may know of other open positions may also use the comments to share.

I found this amusing.

joncwriter, I'm thinking you'll like this especially.

We just had a fire in our kitchen here at work. Someone apparently stored their store-bought cupcakes in the over, plastic container and all. Someone else went in and turned on the over to warm it up to cook a lasagna. Hilarity ensued. The plastic melted and caught fire, there's smoke everywhere. My cube is unfortunately in the smokey area. Now the windows and doors are open and there's a fan right outside my office. I'm cold.

On the other side of the wall that the stove is on? Our servers. Genius placement.

Though the fire was put out promptly the fire department still showed up.

When I was a kid I had a toy that was essentially plastic girders and a heating element and you would melt the girders and stick them together to build things. That is what the office smells like now.

Anyone else have that toy? That could not have been good for my lungs when I was a kid...

Thank you Girl Genius! I'm sure I'll be using this word quite a bit.

Since a bunch of people posted this, I'll give it a shot as well

If you saw me in a police car, what would you think I got arrested for?