The important bit of the News of the World scandal…

seems to be Rebekah Brooks’ hair. Seriously, what is the obsession with it?
Why do we keep seeing articles with titles like “Good Hair, Thin and Greasy Ethics” or “Rebekah Brooks, Murdoch’s fiery favorite“? Would articles suggesting a new career endorsing hair care products be showing up if she weren’t a readhead? Or a woman in the male dominated tabloid field?
Whatever the case, the constant referral to Brooks’ hair and the use of fiery, witch, or mane in headlines just serves to make more credible news organizations look like the tabloid they’re criticizing. And frankly, the comparisons to an Irish Setter are just ugly.

Inside look at new Allstate Mayhem ads: Allstate gears up for fresh round of Mayhem with actor Dean Winters – Chicago Tribune: Yeah, Gill loves these commercials.  “Shaky shaky…”

Periodic Table of Storytelling by =ComputerSherpa on deviantART: Almost as bad as Tvtropes.org

Parting Shot: The Many Definitions of Family as Relates to Batman – ComicsAlliance | Comic book culture, news, humor, commentary, and reviews: Heh.

Kudzu and the Marriage Amendment: Excellent reading for the law of unintended consequences.

Naming Cats is Easy, Naming Blogs is Hard: Programming Metaphors You Need, Part 1 of Birds: When the act of programming isn’t the reason for it.

When animals attack!

That was weird. I was just sitting in the living room and heard a couple of plink-thunk noises. I looked up at the window to see a couple of wasps flying away from the screen. While I was looking, a chipmunk jumped off the bush and started to climb the screeen, getting about halfway up before it fell off. Then a mid-sized bird of some kind flew into the screen right where the chipmunk had just fallen from.

What. The. Hell?

Current Mood: 😕confused

10 MPH at 40 MPG

So I did the math, and from the time we left on Thursday to visit Michelle, to the time we came back today from visiting Michelle (two separate trips) we averaged ten miles per hour, including all the time we spent sleeping, eating, and visiting. On the upside, the Fit averaged about 39.something miles per gallon, so yay!
But yeah, I’m so over the idea of moving.

Current Mood: 🙁drained