Welcome to hell. At least the weather's nice here.

Those images made me homesick for MySpace. Oh, early 2000's where did you go???

The poop, where do it go? How do it get cleaned? So many hamster-poo-related questions!

For some reason, this made me want to see if Hampsterdance was still around (you know, that early-internet sensation of poorly illustrated, repetitious hampsters and bad electronic music?).

I would genuinely like to meet someone with two woo-hoos.

Oh, thanks for the clarification/correction. I'm glad!

Nails => tips (as in acrylic tips)

that's not even close to the tip of the iceberg.

This reminds me of a story I heard on Fresh Air (I think... might have been another NPR show) about how the onset production chef who prepares all the on-screen food had to fend off a herd of dogs from her massive table of food.

every time I see some bit of news referencing virginity tests as a pre-requisite for something, my immediate thought is, "gee, these guys really love anal." Because that's got to be a direct result of requiring vaginal virginity.

You're probably right. Generally, I'd like to buy a small island in the pacific and be my own elected representative. Although, I wouldn't be a shoe-in as the cats in my household are an unpredictable voting block.

Me too. I'm semi-lucky, in that I live in one of the more liberal districts in a red state, so we have some sway, but it's almost never going to overwhelm a national race.

These guys wouldn't be voicing these opinions (I'm sorry, "medical facts") if they didn't have some kind of proof it would play in Peoria. It's heads-I-win, tales-you-lose, because the more we complain (Hi, Texas!) the more the republicans will blame opposition on shrill feminazis. The only way to fix this is to vote…

AAaand back to the topic... nice segue!

Summertime: Shandy (beer and lemonade... don't mock, it's awesome)

I just tried to find a reference, and it seems he's grown out of being irritated with not being recognized for his more serious work, and seems to love it now. I particularly like how he found depth in Inigo because his own father had recently past away before filming.

Oh, Tom Jones, how could you???

Yuck, and yet, YES!

Even if he just said "Hello!" very emphatically, that would be enough for me. But I hear Mandy Patinkin has pretty much disavowed The Princess Bride. So sad.