Finally saw Iron Man last night with my former Secret Work Boyfriend, Mark. Mr. IG is in South Carolina till tomorrow and I couldn't wait any longer. Mark and I even had dinner first, so it was a proper illicit hot date of the sort every married gal has to have whenever her man is out of town for a long weekend. After dinner, Mark and I sat in the dark movie theater for 2.4 hours panting with lust -- gadget lust, natch, since Mark is every bit as susceptible as I am to the lure of the shiny shiny. After the credits rolled we sat there for a minute or two, drenched in sweat and gasping.
Mark: Shit, I need a new cell phone.
IG: I need a new car. Something with lots of blinking lights on the dashboard. Prius?
Afterwards we were supposed to get pie and do a proper movie debrief, but I chickened out. I guess I was too worked up and didn't quite trust myself. Plus it was getting dark out and I'd misplaced my eyeglasses, so of course I got lost driving home and almost ended up stranded in Cincinnati overnight.
Takeaway: Rockin good fun all around, but an absolute must-see for gadget geeks. The sequel is scheduled for April 2010. Folks, I may need a few new toys before then to tide me over.
Bacon fans, rejoice! The crafty geniuses at The AntiCraft have produced a special bacon issue that is a veritable smorgasbord of porky goodness, from quirkily representational to wildly improvisational. A sampling:
Bacon of Hate: Don't spend your time seething when your bacon can do it for you.
Baconhenge: What do you do with a hungry druid?Sometimes I just have too many things to hate on. My negative energy is going in all sorts of directions and nothing is getting the full-strength of my evil laser rays. This is where the Bacon Of Hate comes in. All you have to do is write down the object of your loathing on a slip of paper, tuck it into the pocket on the back of your Bacon Of Hate, and it will send focused hate-beams directly to the intended source. You can make as many of these malevolent tools as you need.
Bacon Lollipop: A perfect gift for the sweet-toothed pork aficionado in your life.Let Baconhenge be the site of your seasonal celebration! Let bacon stand in for the sacrificed Year King, French toast for the Grain Goddess, the eggs in the frittata for the Cosmic Egg, and the vegetables for the bountiful Earth on which we live. Blessed be!
A Vegan Wrapped in Bacon (scarf): Also good for kinky cosplay if you ever wanted to pretend you were a tender cut of meat during sex.It's definitely not kosher, but once you make that initial leap of faith and try it out, we're positive that you'll love it. The salty chunks of bacon make a delicious and unique counterpoint to the subtle sweetness of the maple, and oh, yeah--you'll be eating an oh-my-god bacon lollipop!
Chicken-fried bacon: The way we see it, he's doing the Lord's work, hurrying folks home to the arms of baby Jesus.This pattern is an official protest to the bacon issue of The AntiCraft. The scarf is double knit out of Blue Sky organically grown cotton so it is reversible and no animals were harmed in the process.
All content ripped straight off The AntiCraft. Many thanks to my former coworker Beth for setting me on this greasy trail yesterday. And FYI I think I had a small coronary while typing up this post.
Faced with a choice between vacation spot A and vacation spot B:
Nerd: Yay! I've been wanting to go back to the North Pole. It was so much fun last time.
IG: Erm. But Kauai is surrounded by water that we could actually swim in. Without, you know, freezing to death?
Nerd: Pffffft, we can go to Hawaii anytime. The polar ice is melting now.
Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck.
If you had enough airline mileage points for two round-trip tickets anywhere in the U.S. (including Alaska and Hawaii), where would you go? Assumptions:
1) You want to complete travel as soon as possible (before the airline goes belly-up and all your accumulated points become worthless; and
2) The duration of the trip is fairly flexible - anywhere from one to three weeks would work.
A few favorite places we wouldn't mind visiting again soon:
With the possible exception of Death Valley (which may so hot this time our year as to fry our brains instantly), we probably can't lose by visiting any of the above places again. But it would also be fun to check out parts of the country we haven't visited yet. So, any suggestions? Thanks.
*Not my pics, peeps. Click on each photo to see source URL.
Oh noes! I missed the Louisville Annual Run for the Rodents again! Crap! :-(
Forget big hats and the Kentucky Derby ‘run for the roses.’ The most exciting two seconds in sport precedes Louisville’s event for bigger mammals and the prize is a garland of Fruit Loops. Some 33 years ago, Spalding’s Running of the Rodents was the brainchild of former science professor Sister Julia Clare Fontaine as a way to relieve the final exam stress confronting students. This year’s theme, ‘Rat Street Live!’ mimics trendy Fourth Street Live!, Louisville’s happening hotspot. Eight of the world’s fastest domesticated rodents, donated by a local pet store and trained from ‘puppyhood’ by Spalding students, compete to have their names inscribed in the book of rate race history. Like the Derby, the Running of the Rodents kicks off with a parade of contenders – in this case, the Rat Parade, with no silk-clad jockeys. Each race will be called to the post by the Derby’s own official bugler.
So it's wedding week, and you know that means donuts, donuts, and more donuts. But they've got to be special donuts because B&H aren't your run-of-the-mill wedding couple, right? So I go surfing for a special wedding donut to post on Friday, and here's what I find. OMG.
That's right, Val, Lurker, Bobavey, Crom, and Dancing Bear -- it's a bacon maple bar, courtesy of Portland's famous Voodoo Donut.
Voodoo Donut also carries an apple fritter "as big as your head," a Nyquil-glazed and Pepto-Bismol donut, something they call a Triple Chocolate Penetration (chocolate doughnut, chocolate glaze, and cocoa-puffs):
Whoa daddy. I believe.
Perpetual Indulgence Hunky Jesus Competition - The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence celebrate their 28th year of raising money, eyebrows (and a smidge of Hell), all for our community. Including the popular Hunky Jesus competition.
Competitors await their turn onstage during San Francisco's annual Hunky Jesus competition in Dolores Park on Easter Sunday March 23, 2008. The tradition is officiated by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, a group of social activist drag queen nuns.
We have tons of peeps right here in this hood who would be plenty qualified to run this country. Relatively speaking, anyways. Let's pick one and just go with that, k? A few candidates:
A. AmyH - Energetic, idealistic, outgoing. Would be great on the campaign trail. Plus she's cute.
B. Redzilla - Oooh, brainy and tough. If anyone can put the fear of dawg into those damn turrurists and finally bring peace to the Middle East, it'll be her. Rawr!
C. Kirk - Well, he'd make a strong-minded, principled leader, but Kirk can be a sarcastic sumbitch. That snark could get us in all kinds of trouble diplomatically. Never mind. (Sorry Kirk. You know I love ya, man.)
D. snoringKatZ - Nurturing and compassionate, yet fearsome in battle. I'd vote for her.
E. shush now - Thoughtful, generous, unafraid of complexity. Imagine a President we could all trust for a change!
F. Her Nibbleness - Photogenic, authoritative, with outstanding project management skills and great follow-through. A natural for the job.
G. King Ping - His reign would be enlightened, just, and floofy. A no brainer.
H. Elvy - Incredible charisma. And with such a great First Lady at his side, his administration could be the next Camelot.
So. That's a lot of solid choices, don't you think? Did I miss anyone? Thoughts? Whom would you vote for?
*No, I'm not nominating Princess Indy. My life is hard enough as it is.
Mine's not too bad so far. I'd say C.
on Lust