I do wonder how much more of a progressive government we'd have if voting were compulsory like it is in a couple countries.

This seems as good a place as any to direct you to Robot Chicken's Dark Cristal video: https://www.youtube.com/wat…

Geez, thanks for pointing out my recent weight gain.
/runs away sobbing

Hey, I may be ugly and hate-filled, but… what was the third thing?

In other, more clearly "Hooray" news, I have concerts this weekend! 2 of the ensembles I play in have concerts Friday night and Saturday night. I have some really kick-ass timpani parts on contemporary wind pieces Friday, and a very cool timpani part (last mvt of Beethoven 5th) and a cool chimes part (last mvt of…

What? I just… what?

Not sure if this belongs in Hooray or Fuck, probably a bit of both. In last week's TI (or do we call it RD now?), I mentioned my dad was in a bad car accident last Tuesday. 3 broken ribs, a fractured vertebra, and lots of bruising, swelling, cuts, and abrasions.

Let me be the first to congratulate you… ah, damnit.

I got a 14% raise out of the blue earlier this month (or maybe last month, but it goes into effect this pay period).
But you probably meant pop culture-related pleasant surprise, sooooo… I guess I'm pleasantly surprised at how fun the new Lethal Weapon series is.

That kind of thinking would get NYC separated from the rest of NYS, and I'd suddenly be living in a red state. No thank you.

I think someone tried to coin the pronoun "ze" as a 3rd person gender-neutral singular pronoun. It never took hold, and as a result, using "they" for gender-neutral singular has become accepted.

It can be two things.

Hey, don't blame The Place They Throw Batteries at Santa Claus — Philly voted convincingly for Clinton. It's the -tucky part of Pennsyltucky that won the state for Trump.

To be gender-neutral, I assume.

No, he was wesen. Watch the opening credits scenes in Grimm.

Sounds like the best thing that could've happened to Bio-Dome

200 channels, nothing but cats

Fuck car accidents. My dad hit a patch of ice yesterday afternoon and wound up involved in a 3-car crash at fairly high speed. 3 broken ribs and a spinal column fracture, but fortunately no surgery, and he was able to get around with a walker a little bit this morning.

You mean Garfield wasn't a biopic about our 20th President?

I liked Into the Woods, though not particularly because of him.