How about Rocktober?

Bananas? If you like Thai food, then the next time you're in a That restaurant ask if they have Banana Fritters for dessert. With luck they will, and if you're very lucky they'll make them with those little finger bananas with some vanilla ice-cream on the side.

I just got back from the auto-da-fé
Auto-da-fé, what's an auto-da-fé?
It's what you oughtn't to do but you do anyway

Spoiler alert: his ancestors had a bloody red wedding.

Let's put this into perspective, OK?

Found etched into a rock near the site, "Mah guidman invented th' calendar but he still cannae min' uir weddin' anniversary!".

Light Years (aka Gandahar) by René Laloux. The original is in French but the among the actors providing the voices for the English-language version were Glenn Close, Jennifer Grey, Terrence Mann, Penn and Teller, John Shea, Bridget Fonda, David Johansen, Earle Hyman, Earl Hammond and Christopher Plummer.

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Aussie Aussie Aussie, Oi Oi Oi!

What if our universe really is just a trinket on a cat's collar?

When I buy glasses it is for the quality of the frame, not the logo. Just as when I buy a car, I tell the dealer I do not want the dealer name on the trunk nor do I want their license plate holder.

Is that a condom ring on your pants pocket, or are you just ready to take my photo?

Erecto Patronus!

Yes! The Knave of Hearts he stole many a heart, he stole mine.

When travelling I bring along a Netbook loaded only with what I absolutely need. They're small (around a 10" screen) and light so not only do they fit comfortably on an airplane tray but usually fit in a personal room safe if the hotel provides one.

Soft kitty, warm kitty, little ball of fur.
Happy kitty, sleepy kitty, purr purr purr.

Ah yes, Prince Albert ... in the can.

I guess the skeeters don't like living in town as I've never encountered one over twenty years we've been living high atop Queen Anne Hill (and with all that climate change, someday we may be beach-front property).

After years living overseas in the tropics and living on the East coast's Mid-Atlantic states I am grateful for Seattle's low humidity and general lack of mosquitos. That's right no mosquitos or gnats (unless you live in some of the swampy areas).