Duringi the Al Green tribute on this year's BET Awards, one of my favorite singers performed one of my favorite songs.
The campaign, in Canada at least, features shoddy, third-rate Michael Jackson and Madonna lookalikes explaining that they, respectively, want the "Jacko" and "Madge" Yahoo Mail addresses under the new domains. Even if you could get past the idea that you're supposed to identify with people who want to adopt the identity of insane 50-year-old pop stars, the worst part is that both "Jacko" and "Madge" are names bestowed upon the singers by the British tabloids, and both epithets are detested by the singers they've been applied to.
It's a win all around, really.
Share a recipe for your favorite summer drink.
Lately, I've been enjoying a nightly Americano, made with equal parts Campari and sweet vermouth (I really like Vya), along with a splash of club soda and an optional slice of orange.
It's refreshing, but with a distinct bitterness, which I find I appreciate more and more nowadays.
Although almost every day at Six Apart is Take Your Dog to Work Day, Friday was extra special because it was the official Take Your Dog to Work Day! Plus, as lovers of blogs and animals, we think it's great that active blogger and Human Society's President and CEO, Wayne Pacelle, thinks having dogs around the office is a good reminder of "who we're working for."
We realize some people have it ruff and aren't lucky enough to be able to bring their dog to work, but hopefully these pictures taken at Six Apart last Friday will get your tails wagging... And let me tell you, it's harder than it looks to get all the doggies and their fetching owners in one picture.
can't wait for the actual app. This I'd cool.
testing blog it. Sure is dreamy.
I'm super excited about State by State: A Panoramic Portrait of America, a book that is "resurrects an effort from the 1930s, when the WPA created the Federal Writers' Project, commissioning America's writers to describe their states." Many of my favorite authors have written chapters for it. Alas, it's not out until September.
But... Joe Sacco writes about Oregon! Carrie Brownstein about Washington! Mohammed Naseehu Ali about Michigan! (Okay, I'm not familiar with that last author. Must research...)
And just a pile of other folks I love like Dave Eggers, John Hodgman, Sarah Vowell, Anthony Bourdain, Susan Orlean, Jack Hitt, David Rakoff, and Alison Bechdel -- I am besides myself with joy! And impatience!
So, of course, I've been trawling worldcat looking for the original State by State project. I've found a title or two about Oregon:
Willamette landings, ghost towns of the river. (aka Willamette landings)
by Howard McKinley Corning; Federal Writers' Project (Or.)
worldcat link - Multnomah County Library
979.5 C81
Oregon, end of the trail
by Writers' Program (OR)
worldcat link - Multnomah County Library
917.95 F29
oh, and fun fact for you Portlanders - US 30 is the Oregon Trail! It runs... from the Missouri River... to the Pacific Ocean!
The Oregon trail : US 30 : the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean
by Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration.
worldcat link (three libraries own this; none on the Oregon Trail, natch. 2 of them are in the Netherlands!)
Michigan, a guide to the Wolverine State.
by Writers' Program (Mich.); Federal Writers' Project.
worldcat link
For those of us in the northern hemisphere, today is the summer solstice. For ancient civilizations, this day was akin to our modern day New Year's Eve and was viewed as a time to reflect and renew. So why not kick off your summer celebration with a new theme?
See all of our themes in the Design Area.
Or choose from one of these brand-new themes. (Available under "New.")
I've managed, in 4 days, to lose 12 pounds.
Monday, I weighed 237.6 and I was very unhappy about it.
Today (Thursday), I weigh 225.0, and I look like hell.
Nothing like a dose of the stomach flu. I seem to be past the feverishness, and a lot of the pain/achiness. Unfortunately, my body is still very unhappy. And my sweetie has just come down with this, and vomits within an hour of ingesting any water. Oh yeah, he's pretty. Oh my.
I'm well-enough that I'm hungry and really wanting social contact. I'm right now on a clear liquid diet until I can start keeping things down. And given that I'm not keeping things down, I can't leave the house, really. (Though I may go to the store, because I can't stand it).
I got a copy of Mapplethorpe's Lady Lisa Lyon, which I had had in the 80s and have been obsessed with getting over the last year, and a copy of the History of Lesbian Hair, which is not about history or hair at all - and I'm tired of them both. I've watched all the library videos. I've read Mefi and askmefi and ravelry, compulsively read everything about I can find about my hot-topic issues of librarianship and trans-sex/gender issues and queer stuff and knitting (which if this were handwriting would be surrounded by hearts and flowers). There's more, there's always more. But I just want to be away from the house. Well, dagnabit.
