Hoo Boy.

Got a call last night from Emperor Kristoff, who is safely in Boulder and has started grad school. He is currently living on someone's couch, but will shortly be moving in with Cheri in a rent-paying, roommate sort of arrangement. He promises to send me an address when he has one. The big news, which he waits until two-thirds of the way through the call to tell me, is that he and Steffi are having a baby. They are thrilled with this turn of events, so congratulations are in order. The baby (as yet nameless and of indeterminate gender - I don't know when you get to tell these things, but I think they're not to that stage yet) is due in March. In days past, I'd have been worried about this. I don't worry about Kristoff any more though. He can take care of it. And Steffi is the best thing for him ever.

Still, it was a bit of a shock, and I had to retreat from the world for a bit, and watched Benny and Joon, which is, now that I consider it, a fairly inane film with a plotline that doesn't bear a lot of analysis (especially as the core romance of the film would be statuatory rape in some states) - but there you go. It's an inane film with some really great visual bits, especially if you dig physical comedy, which I do.

This was necessary for temporary funk removal, so I did at least go to bed in a good mood. But then, ( I went to sleep. )

Hoo Boy.

Got a call last night from Emperor Kristoff, who is safely in Boulder and has started grad school. He is currently living on someone's couch, but will shortly be moving in with Cheri in a rent-paying, roommate sort of arrangement. He promises to send me an address when he has one. The big news, which he waits until two-thirds of the way through the call to tell me, is that he and Steffi are having a baby. They are thrilled with this turn of events, so congratulations are in order. The baby (as yet nameless and of indeterminate gender - I don't know when you get to tell these things, but I think they're not to that stage yet) is due in March. In days past, I'd have been worried about this. I don't worry about Kristoff any more though. He can take care of it. And Steffi is the best thing for him ever.

Still, it was a bit of a shock, and I had to retreat from the world for a bit, and watched Benny and Joon, which is, now that I consider it, a fairly inane film with a plotline that doesn't bear a lot of analysis (especially as the core romance of the film would be statuatory rape in some states) - but there you go. It's an inane film with some really great visual bits, especially if you dig physical comedy, which I do.

This was necessary for temporary funk removal, so I did at least go to bed in a good mood. But then, ( I went to sleep. )

Links, Part I

It has come to my attention that my email inbox is full. And that a fair amount of the fullness of the box is made up of messages in which people have sent me links to nifty things that I wanted to keep.
But lo, the box must be emptied. So the links (and a few other things) will be archived. Over the next few days, a lot of that will appear here.

This post is a list of links, for my amusement, and yours, if you happen to be reading.

The Green Guide. Eco-Shopping.

Tease-O-Rama. Annual burlesque convention.
Burlesque at the Folly Theater. History of Burlesque.

Open Source Order of the Golden Dawn. Exactly what it sounds like.

University of California Scholarship Press. Full-text resources on a variety of subjects.

Neomythica. Very exciting jewelry.

Sur La Lune. Fairy tales.

Links, Part I

It has come to my attention that my email inbox is full. And that a fair amount of the fullness of the box is made up of messages in which people have sent me links to nifty things that I wanted to keep.
But lo, the box must be emptied. So the links (and a few other things) will be archived. Over the next few days, a lot of that will appear here.

This post is a list of links, for my amusement, and yours, if you happen to be reading.

The Green Guide. Eco-Shopping.

Tease-O-Rama. Annual burlesque convention.
Burlesque at the Folly Theater. History of Burlesque.

Open Source Order of the Golden Dawn. Exactly what it sounds like.

University of California Scholarship Press. Full-text resources on a variety of subjects.

Neomythica. Very exciting jewelry.

Sur La Lune. Fairy tales.