Archive for September, 2005

Sequel: The revenge

Friday, September 30th, 2005

If you thought the Shining trailer was bad, check out:
West Side Story, the zombie movie
Titanic, the horror movie
There is a post on Boingboing explaining why these were done.

Shining through

Thursday, September 29th, 2005

Probably the funniest thing I’ve seen all month.
If The Shining were made today…

ACL Fest

Sunday, September 25th, 2005

I can hear the Austin City Limits festival from my bathroom window. Coldplay is on. They’re playing “In My Place”.
That is all.

Another roach crisis

Tuesday, September 20th, 2005

(clipped from a comment I left on another blog)
The other night something tickled my arm as I sat in my easy chair. I looked down. It was a roach crawling on me. It must have flown onto me! Gah! So I shriek incoherently and bat at it (waking poor hubby [...]

Hatchlings

Monday, September 19th, 2005

We found 5 little baby brown recluses (reclii?) in the bathroom last night. Wonder how many are in a clutch of eggs. Wonder how many are living in my towels. Heavy sigh.

Wiping their ass with the Constitution

Friday, September 9th, 2005

I was going to write something about this, but Kevin at The Smallest Minority has put it so eloquently, I don’t need to.
Pressing the Reset Button? - “No civilians in New Orleans will be allowed to carry pistols, shotguns or other firearms, said P. Edwin Compass III, the superintendent of police. “Only law enforcement are [...]

Serendipity

Sunday, September 4th, 2005

Sometimes the strangest things happen.
We bought the Prius in April and have been planning on selling the Jeep since then. Never got around to putting a sign in the window or anything. Today out of the blue, while the rest of the family was at the store, a guy rang the bell and [...]

No sleep for you!

Sunday, September 4th, 2005

I have got to start watching less news. The last week’s worth of CNN/MSNBC/Fox News 24/7 has really taken a toll on me. I haven’t had but one good night’s sleep in a week. I’m having nightmares. Last night not even a sleeping pill helped - I kept flashing through all [...]