This blog entry from Cookin’ in the ‘Cuse about one of my favorite places made me smile. I don’t eat hot dogs, and when I’m there I get a grilled cheese sandwich, lots of pickles, and some Byrne Dairy chocolate milk. I like to take people from out of town there, too.
Recently …
I received a link to a quick survey that is part of research for a Queens College library school student’s thesis. It’s on the subject of public library censorship. I have minor issues with how it’s designed, but overall it’s decent research. I’d like to encourage non-librarians to take it if you’re into that kind …
…as AJ calls it. A pedestrian was hit and killed by a car while crossing the street not far away from my house. This is after a woman who lived in my neighborhood was killed riding her bike, not drunk, on the same major street. (more on that)
I really wanted to get one of my bikes fixed and buying …
I have to admit that I like this 7-hour kitty snooze better than most of my timelapse hamster videos.
Great moments in content — banner ad convergence:
I was explaining to a friend how when I get my own house or my own apartment with a spare bedroom, I am basically going to become Jessica Wells of the New York Hamster House. (I’m already “Laurie who rescues hamsters” to at least one person in the local rescue community.) Anyway, I looked at …
This has got to be the dumbest thing I’ve seen all year. I include heated eyelash curlers in that statement.
Not that it’s just stupid…it seems incredibly wasteful to me.
CHUCK NORRIS FOR HOMELAND SECURITY.
I can’t embed this, but I feel the need to link to one of my favorite music videos of all time which is available on YouTube (yay!) and actually posted by the record company (double yay!)
The Dixie Chicks — Goodbye Earl
I keep seeing this headline in the Times-Union:
.…and it registers in my brain as “Betty White.” I say “noooooo!” and then realize that I’m wrong, mostly because a story about Betty White would not be in the local headlines, and would not have a North Greenbush dateline.