Hmm, I used a location-blocking plugin & BBC iPlayer last time to get around these shenanigans, so I hope the Beeb is going to come through for me again.

Was “Beginner’s Luck” in a Shrek movie? Because I always thought that’d be a fun Eels tune, as it’s clearly wedding-related but also upbeat & quick. Also, I’ve yet to hear anyone at weddings I’ve gone to in the past use it. (Of course, this is all irrelevant as I’ve decided to skip the forced dancing portion of my own…

Ugh, half the weddings I go to down here in Texas use “Butterfly Kisses”. That song makes me grind my teeth due to how much I dislike it.

God, I’m so glad I’m skipping the dance sections of my wedding. Thank goodness the very nice restaurant I chose for the reception dinner “just doesn’t have room” for a dance floor.

(Accidental comment, pls ignore.)

From another news report:

Mary Lou Retton kicking ass at the ‘84 Olympics. It was all the rage amongst us gals in preschool.

More like stumble off in a drunken stupor. We’ve been down the disappointment road plenty of times before, and booze is our best friend when it happens.

Delta Airline Flight 191 is the first big news thing I remember, because I was 4 years old and it happened just up the road from where we lived. It was horrific to see such wreckage as a little one, and basically I feel like it’s the thing that makes me nervous every time my plane comes in for a landing. (Takeoffs are…

Popples & Pound Puppies were absolutely Saturday Morning. And you need to direct those people to a certain YouTube channel that has A LOT for them to catch up on:

That was always the last hour of Saturday Morning Cartoons for us. After that, it was the transition to Soul Train followed by boring adult shows (our signal to get the hell outside & play).

MY CHILDHOOD.

“Ball’s on your court now, Cubs. It’s time.”

Just rooting around in the basement of the Astrodome while avoiding the ever-vigilant patrol of the Astrodilla...

Just be sure you get your hard liquor from the liquor store before 9pm on Saturday, or your Sunday home-brunch margarita plans will be fucked.

My roomie owned and drove one as recently as 3 years ago. He finally upgraded to a Jeep & dumped that off on someone looking for a cheap teenager’s car for $500.

Or the “LOL, we sure tricked those international students into thinking this was near NYC”s.

Shit, if you think celebrating carousels alone is weird, just wait until you see that one of them is (no lie) Twilight Zone-themed.

I've had a smoothie on this side of the world with some in it & it was delicious. Very custard-y.

I’ve had this a number of times from a local Austin vegetarian restaurant (when dining with friends who have alternate eating habits from my own). It’s actually was pretty good stuff! Really takes in the sauce flavor and texture of pulled pork when thrown into a slow-cooker for a few hours.