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Random and intermittent postings about life, the universe, etc..

Scary!

Just a quick update. The Frankenstein costume went off pretty well.
Frankenstein's monster costume

It’s a shame that we only had three kids come to the door. I guess the qualities that make this such a wonderfully peaceful apartment mean it’s unlikely to get visited for Halloween. Next year we just won’t buy as much candy. And speaking of candy, I got a big laugh when I saw the bag of lollipops we got to add a non-chocolate option.

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I can understand that they were proud to share their new flavors, but at a quick glance it looks like the bag reads “2 New Flavors of Major Allergens!” which is just horrible.

Michagain J Frog, eat your heart out!

Last week I started hearing this odd buzzing-chirping noise coming from the corner of the dining room with the aquarium and phone and stereo. At first I thought it was the fluorescent light on the aquarium, then maybe the batteries in the phone handset, then maybe the surge protector the stereo is plugged into. None of these turned out to be the case. But last night I fed the frog (Frederick {pronounced Fro-der-ick) von Frogenstein) and when he pressed himself against the glass the chirping continued for a long while.

“No way,” I thought. “No way is that tiny inch and a half frog making a noise that I can hear halfway across the apartment.” But I looked it up and African Dwarf frog males do indeed “sing” and videos on YouTube sounded just like what we heard! So here is Frederick von Frogenstein’s YouTube debut!

Current Mood: 🙂amused

Delicious Links for 2013-10-27

The Friday Five for 4 October 2013…

Originally posted by at The Friday Five for 4 October 2013…

Computers!

  1. When did you/your family get your first computer?
  2. What type of computer was it?
  3. What were your favorite things to do on your first computer?
  4. When did you/your family first connect to the Internet?
  5. How did you spend time online when you first connected?(sic)
  1. 1984
  2. Commodore Vic-20
  3. There were a bunch of games, but I don't remember what they were called.
  4. 1995
  5. Well, I was a teenage boy so I did what any teenage boy would do given access to the Internet… I looked up MST3K transcripts and X-Files episode guides.