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February 18, 2010

We're in a pretty good mood. Really.

Really, I'm not grumpy. Honest. Not grumpy at all. Fake Andy Rooney, however . . .
1. An antediluvian Andy Rooney complains about progress: sharp stone tools, fire, migration.

2. Friend o' the Blog EatRunDive thinks this Qatar Airlines ad is a tad strange. If you don't examine it carefully, you could get the impression that it begins with marijuana leaves and later appears to show cocaine being cut. It's not, but you can definitely see it.

3. Here's evolution we can all sign on to. Even Andy Rooney couldn't resist:

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February 17, 2010

From Esquire, the best piece of writing you'll find all day

A bit busy today, so not much time for blogging.

I will give you a lovely, poignant piece of writing to read, however. Esquire has done a profile of film critic Roger Ebert, ravaged by cancer that has left him unable to speak, eat or drink but has not altered his mental capacity. It's one of those stories that is sad but inspiring -- read it.

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February 16, 2010

Does this Hitler video make me look fat?

It's feeling like a kind of catch-all day.

1. The Hitler-parody video genre has put some meta on its meta with this video: Hitler making a parody of Hitler parody videos. (from BoingBoing)

Not as funny as the others, maybe, but weird in a ya-gotta-love-tha-Internets way. (Caption language alert!)

2. Two kinds of people, Summer Olympics people and Winter Olympics people. I'm a Winter girl. Within that subset, another dividing line: You're either an Olympics cryer or you're not. Guess which I am.

Slate has a Sap-O-Meter to measure the sobbiness of the Olympics. Pretty colors!

3. Kevin Smith , evidently, is too fat to fly Southwest, but Coco Rocha, a size 4, is too fat to be a runway model, according to some.

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February 15, 2010

In deep appreciation of the Grover who is not Cleveland

Handout Grover the Great.

On Presidents Day, it's nice to remember all the presidents. Even Grover Cleveland.

But really, wouldn't you rather remember Muppets?

John Scalzi has declared today Grover Appreciation Day, and that's good enough for me. While Elmo might get on your last Henson-missing nerve, there's nothing wrong with Grover.

I'm sort of a Kermit girl, but I have deep appreciation for many of the Muppets, not the least Sully and Biff. here's a list of SS characters.

Your fave?

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February 12, 2010

Where's MeMo this time?

Not my finest hour in stump-the-readers terms, but it sure was supercool.

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February 10, 2010

If Sasquatch and the Snuggie had a baby it would be ...

... The Hoodie-Footie!

I have to say, I have no idea what's real and what's parody anymore. Besides, I've been too obsessed with Vermont Teddy Bears and Pajamagrams to pay heed to anything else. I'm going to proceed as if the Hoodie-Footie is for realz.

I saw it on Videogum so it must be, right?

There is evidence it's available through pajamagram.

As Videogum observes, there are many issues with this garment.

I was unaware that footie pajamas are "all the rage" among grown women, but then I was a little slow on Lady Gaga too. I think they're absolutely right that the Hoodie-Footie will "keep Jack Frost at bay" -- as well as anybody else named Jack, or Jim, or Elwood. It might even scare the cat.

The thumbholes are excellent, however.

And as much as I like being warm, I'm afraid this would make me -- or maybe anybody this side of Brooklyn Decker -- look like a Peep.

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February 09, 2010

I confess: I write on my hand

Now it can be told: I am a hand-writer.

Sarah Palin may have gotten all the ink, and Robert Gibbs may have made a cute joke about it, but I live the life. I take notes on my hand.

Now, I have to say, as someone with years of practice, that Palin and Gibbs are doing it all wrong. You don't write on your palm, which will get scrubbed at the first chance. You write on the space between the thumb and index finger, where the info will stay for a while.

The trick is to give yourself enough information to remember what you're supposed to do while not defacing your hand up to the wrist. If there's a dollar sign on my hand, it means "go to the bank." If it says "8:30", it means I'd better be at a meeting at that hour.

My reasoning, when people ask why I take notes that way, is that I'll never lose my hand, and thus never lose my notes.

And no, I never used this method to cheat on a test.

Hey, are Sarah and Robert and I the only ones?

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