funny

Some mornings, you sign in to IRC and get the sense that it's going to be one of THOSE days:

[09:03]    * esmerel-laptop rocks in the corner, gibbering. *
[09:06]    * neclimdul sips his coffee and stares at the screen blankly *
[09:35]    walkah: Vertice: whores? where!?

Naming projects turns out to be a weird business. I love archaic words, blatantly stealing from other languages, quirky turns of phrase, self-referential nomeclature, you name it.

This quilt, though, is refusing to name itself, so let me introduce you and see if anything comes to YOUR mind:***

['Chomped: the before shot']

I'm expecting this quilt top to arrive in the next few days. I splurged and bought it simply because I thought the pattern was unusual and striking. I think the fabrics fall in the 1880s-1900s, probably skewing toward the earlier side of the period. I could be wrong, and would gracefully acquiesce if someone could demonstrate I am, but the indigos have that pretty pinpoint detailing and the shirting fabrics look right and those double pinks are just fun.

Here, have some video awesome. This is the Australian comedy group's Axis of Awesome performing "Four Chord Song." There is apparently more at
http://axisofawesome.net but I haven't looked there, yet, because I have to do stupid things like scrub green paint out of my hair before going to work.

Brief 1-second profanity near the end if you're listening at work. (Slackers!)

I’m finally getting around to reading Diesel Sweeties. The first panel of this cartoon begs to be an avatar for me.

/glares at Tenzing

/notes she’s being ignored by the sleeping cat

Where Hitler finds out that Drupal 7 may release without panels. (Seen here.)

(Merlin, don’t you feel loved now?)

Suzan told me a story tonight that was too fabulous not to be shared.

Friends of mine ran a pet store when I lived in Charleston. During Hurricane Hugo, they couldn’t evacuate all of the animals in their store.  They knew the snakes would be okay, so long as they could get above the water level.  They turned all the snakes loose in the store, then proceeded to board up the windows and doors.  As they were finishing up, they decided to spray paint "Warning, loose snakes" on the front of the store.  They were the ONLY store in their shopping center to not get looted in the days following.  From what they could tell, no one even attempted to break in.

No words, just snickering.