She's Two

Our girl turns two today. I can spend the day, no matter how much work we have to do on the house, secure in the notion that I have no chance of being busier today than I was two years ago.

I Fought the Balrog and *I* Won

My LOTRO kinship took down the Balrog! Hardest fight in the game. :)

I'm the one in the front on the left, playing my lute. Click for larger version.

Did she pick out the dress with this in mind?

Maybe, just maybe you haven't seen this. Most of you who might read this have day jobs and I found this via my good friend Ellen DeGeneres. It reminded me of Dr. Heimlich and his Thriller story, but this also has a charm all of its own.



You have to play through the first part. Bear with me and wait for the awesome.

Oh, Realtors

You sit and listen to us and nod. You seem like normal people. Then you talk out loud, and the following becomes apparent:

a) You don't hear inconvenient details.
b) You willfully ignore anything you don't like.
c) You especially ignore anything that will reduce your commission, even if it's in the best interests of all (say, in getting a house bought or sold in the first place).

You're all very warm and huggy, signing off emails with "warmest regards", but you'd suggest conveying our kids along with the house to make the sale if you thought you could get away with it.

Worst Advice Ever

DEAR [author name redacted]: I haven't had a boyfriend for a while now, and I'm not sure why. Everyone says I'm cool, funny and outgoing. I play video games, sports, and do things that boys think girls would never do (like paintballing in the woods or bungee jumping over and over again).

All my guy friends think I'm awesome, and I do get compliments on my looks as well. I'm not a tomboy, I wear nice clothes and some makeup, but for some reason, whenever I get a crush on a guy, he says it would be "weird" because I'm a "really good friend."What am I doing wrong? I love who I am and so do boys. So why don't they think I could be "girlfriend material"? [advice-seeker name redacted]

DEAR [name redacted]: It may be that "guys" see you as one of them. And because of it, they don't consider you in a romantic way. Therefore, it's time to emphasize your feminine side and present yourself in a different light. This may mean temporarily downplaying your involvement in boys' sports and paintball games, and amping up your "girlishness." Give it a try and see what happens.

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What a total load of horseshit. "Be yourself" unless you happen to not be girly enough, and then you'd better run off and bake a pie/do your nails/flip your hair if you want a boyfriend, honey. That is such total crap.

How about this:

You haven't met the right guy who is attracted to you for who you are and the things you like to do. Keep being you, keep looking, and don't amp up a single fucking thing that isn't a true portrayal of who are. The right guy will like you even if you *gasp* like to bungee jump.

Want

I'm boring those of you who read Boing Boing, but I want one of these bookshelves REALLY BAD. Enough that I'm starting to wonder how much a scroll saw would cost so I could make the brackets and parens myself.

Oh my god the math geek in me is screaming out for justice. I need to own this, and the flash site for the original designer doesn't say anything about options to purchase one, which either means I can't buy one or it would cost much more than I can reasonably set aside for a purchase like this.

Expelled

Oh, Ben Stein. WTF is this supposed to be?

How can you be so repressed when you're the MAJORITY?