The Un-Tattooed Lady

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This came up on a list I'm on. Enjoy!


NEW YORK -- Teacher arrested

A public school teacher was arrested today at John F. Kennedy
International Airport as he attempted to board a flight while in
possession of a ruler, a protractor, a set square, a slide rule and a
calculator.

At a morning press conference, Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez said
he believes the man is a member of the notorious Al-gebra movement. He
did not identify the man, who has been charged by the FBI with
carrying weapons of math instruction.

"Al-gebra is a problem for us," Gonzalez said. "They desire solutions
by means and extremes, and sometimes go off on tangents in a search of
absolute value. They use secret code names like 'x' and 'y' and refer
to themselves as 'unknowns', but we have determined they belong to a
common denominator of the axis of medieval with coordinates in every country.
As the Greek philanderer Isosceles used to say, 'There are 3 sides to
every triangle'."

When asked to comment on the arrest, President Bush said, "If God had
wanted us to have better weapons of math instruction, He would have
given us more fingers and toes."

Will I screw up my monitor if I clean the screen with window cleaner? It's a mess.

I just finished watching Mike Mignola's "The Amazing Screw-On Head" for the second time. It was nice to be able to hear all the dialog this time, though I missed the comments from the peanut gallery. This has got to be one of the wierdest, most brilliant shows I have ever seen. What made it even more surreal this time (as if that were even possible!) was that during the commercial breaks I was switching over to the old "Dungeons and Dragons" cartoon.

I think I just broke my brain. Or fixed it, maybe.

"Head" was followed by the last episode of "Garth Marenghi's Darkplace," another spectacle of television entertainment. Sadly, I missed episodes 4 and 5 last week, and there are only 6. This one might be my favorite so far, if only for the fact that Dr. Lucien Sanchez sings a love song. Ouch.

I think I need a "Patience" icon, from "The Amazing Screw-On Head," but I can't find any pictures of her. Sigh. Maybe I'll just have to be her for Halloween...

"All reasonably intelligent people should be creamted for reasons of national security." - Head

Stolen from fritz_et_al

1. Elaborate on your default icon.
I used to have magenta and purple hair, I wear it up in a bun all the time (sometimes using pencils), and I have lots of friends with middle eastern personas and I am often the victim of a drive-by bindi-ing.

2. What's your current relationship status?
Dating flinx, if I have to put a term to it.

3. Ever have a near-death experience?
Nope.

4. Name an obvious quality you have.
Curves

Where's #5?
Travelling in the Tardis with The Doctor (lucky!).

6. Name a celebrity you would marry:
I don't want to marry anyone.

7. Who will cut and paste this first?
No idea.

8. Has anyone ever said you look like a celebrity?
Someone once told me I looked like Edie Brickell.

9. Do you wear a watch? What kind?
My cheap Target watch just died.

10. Do you have anything pierced?
Just my ears.

11. Do you have any tattoos?
Duh. Check out the name of my lj.

12. Do you like pain?
Not really, but it's all relative.

13. Do you like to shop?
Way too much.

14. What was the last thing you paid for with cash?
Dr. Pepper

15. What was the last thing you paid for with your credit card?
Probably gas, but it was a long time ago because I don't use my card any more.

16. Who was the last person you spoke to on the phone?
flinx

17. What is on your desktop background?
A picture of my sister's kids standing around a gargoyle.


18. What is the background on your cell phone?
My cheap emergency-only cell phone doesn't have any special background.

19. Do you like redheads?
Why do you think I make sure I am one?

20. Do you know any twins?
batsnbelfry has a fraternal twin brother.

21. Do you have any weird relatives?
Yes, but I'm definitely on the list of weird ones.

22. What was the last movie you watched?
Die Hard - late night cable rocks!

23. What was the last book you read?
Sunshine, by Robin McKinley (for the umpteenth time - she's such an incredible writer!)

OK folks, my family really needs some help. The city has demanded that we make some (admittedly long overdue) repairs to our garage. We need some serious help cleaning it out. If, say, 2 0r 3 of you were interested in being paid and fed this weekend, let me know ASAP. Sunday would be better, but if more people are available on Saturday, we'll take all the help we can get!

Please please please!

Heads up, Michiganders: The US government is going to start requiring passports to travel to and from Canada. Yes, Canada. Passports will be required starting January 1, 2007, if you're travelling by sea or air. If you're driving across the border, the deadline is January 1, 2008. Here's an article in the Detroit Free Press. Aside from this making tourism and cross-border shopping more difficult, I wonder what they expect people who commute across the river to do? And passport prices have gone up since I got mine; renewal by mail is $67, but a first-time application is $97.

Learning about this caused me to go searching for my passport. I used it last August when Brian and I went to Stratford, so I knew it was around here somewhere. After much frustration, I found it, only to discover that it expired last Tuesday.

Sigh.

So, Ladies, we should probably try to squeeze in all our mad Lush-gathering trips to Windsor in the next 17 months!

I just watched an episode of "Queer Eye" where they made over a guy who's a "medieval re-enactor." They never came out and said "SCA," but that's definitely what it looked like this guy was doing. At first the Fab Five were making fun of him, but by the end the started to respect what he was doing. And he cleaned up nice.

I'll keep this episode on tape for a while if anyone wants to watch it.

Everybody, welcome batsnbelfry! AKA Zaynab, MKA Kate (the sewing goddess!).

*happydancehappydance*

In case you were wondering exactly how much fish a cat can carry, some Japanese scientists ran an experiment. I wish I spoke Japanese; the commentators sound hilarious.