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A Prairie Home Companion. My mother says this is very funny. Apparently the midwesterners who she went to the movie with did not feel that this movie struck particularly close to home. Hmph. Garrison Keillor: We come from people who brought us up to believe that life is a struggle, and if you should feel […]

Book Recommendations. The Eternity Code (Artemis Fowl, book 3), by Eoin Colfer. Listened to the audiobook read by Nathaniel Parker. I’ve read the first two book on paper; I may have to go back and listen to the audio versions. Fun YA fantasy fiction about a preadolescent criminal mastermind who comes into contact with the

Movie… …that I want to remember to check out: Still Crazy. [Playing a game to name bands with parts of the body as part of their name] Beano: Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show!Clare: Objection, your honor!Hughie: Objection sustained.Beano: Well, some people ‘ave hooks instead of hands.Les: Yeah, but it’s not part of the body;

Groan of the Day. “There’s only one thing money won’t buy, and that is poverty.”–Joe E. Lewis

Review. The Physiognamy and Memoranda by Jeffrey Ford. Very odd little books. I ordered the third in the series, The Beyond, because, well, some things you just want to find out. Plot (Complete spoilers): A complete and utter bastard, the physiognamist Cley, is sent out of the Well-Built City by the City’s Master, Drachton Below,

Job! It’s official. My last day at Wells Fargo is either June 6 or June 7 (I need to finish up a survey project, and I’m not sure how much time I’ll need). I start June 12th doing technical writing/editing. Sweeeeet.

Your House. Ray and I drove out to my grandparents’ house to help them pack things up for their move to an assisted living home. Aside from the time some idiot pulled a fire alarm and I had to carry Ray down seven flights of stairs at 2 a.m., this is pretty much how it

Quote. Ran into this one again today… “A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, believing that he has the gods on his side.”

Stuff of dreams. Because I’d been dreaming about googling this: Gene Wilder is the “Young Frankenstein” actor, b. 1933. (Here’s the version of “Alice in Wonderland” where he sings “Beautiful Soup.”) Billy Wilder is the writer of “Some Like it Hot,” b. 1906. (Also “Double Indemnity,” “The Seven Year Itch,” and “Stalag 17.”) Thornton Wilder

Awesome geekiness of geeky awesomeness. Some folks playing a live-action role-playing game put together a stone golem suit out of foam mattresses, glue sticks, and paint. Click here for a short video. It’s the kind of thing that makes me proud to be a nerd, and proud to know others of such kind. (via BoingBoing.)