A little something to make your Friday even more cheerier. Last week was sweet baby JStaal’s turn to have the Stanley Cup for 24 hours.  He took it to his home of Thunder Bay, Ontario (“They grow sod and pretty boys.”  -LOUP) and the write-up just appeared on the Hockey Hall o’ Fame’s website. Read […]

I think I’m one of 5 or 6 people left who doesn’t watch Madmen on AMC or follow it on DVDs.  Absolutely everyone keeps telling me that I should watch it, though, because of my love of all things 50′s.  (If you are one of the 5 or 6, Madmen is a show about a […]

Busywork, busywork, busywork and don’t feel much like posting.  So here, enjoy this nugget of goodness that I found last week when I was linking to that awesome Star Trek trailer:

This is old news that I’ve been too lazy to post about, but peeps wanted to see pics so… Back on July 1 I got a teensy new tat. Basically lots of my cohorts were running around getting new inks and because I *heart* Peer Pressure, it made me want one too.  That and the […]

By the Butthole Surfers that had that awesome lyric that went, “and then there was the ever-present football-player/rapist…”  ? I’m gonna have it stuck in my head for 6 weeks now probably, thanks to this BIGGEST. NEWS. STORY. to hit PGH since….well, since the last time FratBoy Douche did something retarded and douchey.  Sex assault […]

This is shaping up to be quite the boring week.  But not in a good “lots of free time” way.  More of in a “nothing to do but chores” way.  Least I recovered from the food poisoning.  And work has been quiet, although we have an annual audit looming next month.  (Kill.  Me.) Otherwise, I’ve […]

Blech. Spent the better part of the weekend struck down by some food poisoning or swine flu or something.    It struck Saturday morning after we got back from errands.  Not sure if the culprit was 1.  a wee bit too much espresso on an empty stomach 2. some possibly bad cheese I’d eaten on […]

If you know me at all, you know that I have a dependence on Ginger-flavor Altoids.  Even though I’ve been getting into all the trippy flavors of Orbitz gum lately, it has not replaced the Ginger Altoids in importance. And how could it?  Gum is just gum.  Ginger Altoids are not only a delicious, palate-cleansing […]

This is apparently more widespread amongst penguin-kind than even I thought, and I’m a perv!  San Francisco Zoo, Bremerhaven Zoo, gay pens are all over the place!  Awwww….now maybe M-A and Sid can go public.  Zoo seeks female penguins after male birds form gay relationships By Staff Writer, PinkNews.co.uk • July 13, 2009 A number […]

‘Nother recipe fer y’all, this one cribbed from the glossy pages of Bon Appetit magazine. The original recipe was called ‘Seville Chorizo & Manchego Savory Cakes‘ and I knew just from the title that I would have to try it because chorizo sausage and manchego cheese are two of BW’s most favoritest things (hey, he […]

Much better weekend this time around. BW took Thursday and Friday off and he devoted a lot of time to finally getting together a huge lot (1500+) of comic books to sell, AND he even posted the listing on Craigslist.  Wish him luck.   (And if you know anybody who might be interested, do get […]

“And now here’s something we hope you’ll really like.” This recipe is freely modified from Rick Bayless’s excellent Mexican Everyday (great cookbook, highly recommended.)   The original recipe is for a “skillet upside down cake” made with your choice of fruits.  BW and I made it once a while back when we had a ton […]

 Yes, it’s a great time to be alive in the city of Pittsburgh, as we have been treated to things like this on our local airwaves. I pity the fools in Philadelphia, Raleigh (sorry Loup!), Detroit, and DC. Squee!  And that was just some of our lower-ranking Pens!  Can you imagine how JStaal would’ve PWNED […]

Check out this pic I found of Rusty attending a match at Wimbledon Mmmmmm.  Grizzled becomes him.  I dunno if it’s that my immune system has been weakened from lack of exposure to Russell all during hockey playoffs, or if it’s just a peri-menopausal hormonal surge, or what, but there are just waves of hot […]

Blargh! One of those weekends where you look forward to Monday so you can relax.    Actually, Saturday we had a ncie day:  rode the motorcycle to Hartwood Acres park and went for a hike.  Then we went out to see Public Enemies that night. Probably more on Public Enemies to follow, but wow, I […]

Happy Canada Day to one and all!