Security!

One can't help but feel safe when these two are securing the perimeter.

Errrr.

Fox News Sunday

GWB's on his way out, praise Jah. And he's making just about as much sense upon his exit as he did during the debacle of his presidency. Good lord. "I firmly reject the word 'torture.' Really, George? Shocking.

I just remembered...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vj6IN2A2tVE&NR=1

I heart Donnie Darko. And Poetry Day.

Yes! and Why?

So, the practically free dinner tonight at Salty's in Alki was great, and the view was gorgeous... Yes!

but

WHY is it that the only good Google images of the view can be found on wedding web sites??

Did I accidentally get married while taking in the Seattle skyline? Yikes.

Awwwww Yeah!

That's my president.

Never Thought I'd Say It

But Mustache has an integrity to him that I didn't expect.

Also, he doesn't technically have a mustache anymore. But that doesn't mean he gets to change his name.

Finally: Mustache doesn't want me to "get him started" on the topic of Amazon Girlfriend from Lynnwood? VERY interesting....

Bird Ban

How is it that the feathered pest pounding away at our eaves is both the laziest AND the most persistent woodpecker on the face of the earth?? No rapid-fire jack-hammering from this guy. Just a slow knocking away at the wood outside Em and Q's bedroom. The guy wasn't at the top of his pecking class... but he never missed a day, I'm sure. He's a big, dumb, plodding oaf of a pecker, and he's going to drive me out of my mind. Could this anti-pecker spray really be the answer to my prayers?

Anti-Cabin-Fever

Which is better on a snowy day?

Watching episodes of the Real Housewives of Orange County

OR

Going on a photo scavenger hunt?

The Best Thing about Impending Blizzard Conditions is...

SAFEWAY!

To find out why, please select from the following options:

A. It's just close enough to give shut-ins an excuse to walk there and get some cardio-conditioning in before gorging themselves on artichoke dip and bean pate.

2. Its overwhelmed checkout lines give everyone an exercise in charity and patience, two qualities cherished at this time of year.

C. Its parking lot provides hours of entertainment as Washington drivers pretend they own Zamboni machines.

4. Amazon Girlfriend from Lynnwood shops there, too!

E. All of the above.

(PS: The answer is E)

It's a Tie!

Things I love in this photo:
1. Quinn
2. Snow

Things I don't love in this photo:
1. Monster Truck
2. Angus the Big Dumb Dog

From the Mouths of Teens

Her: You don't always NEED a singer.

Him: Why didn't I think of that?!

Work that doesn't Suck

Suddenly, grading papers seems silly. I'd much rather be working on ways to sponsor the kids who live in the Cura Orphanage... and to take them some good news in June.

And that's just what they'll do

Sure, I had 25 quizzes in my bag and could have settled in for 3 hours of grading this morning, while GVB ran the Seattle Marathon. But since I had my walkin' boots on, that's what I did instead. Seattle's lovely on foggy Sunday mornings. Also, here are some things I thought about on my walk:

1. There really is no excuse for me not to at least walk any available half-marathon while GVB is 'thon-ing. Folks twice my size and/or twice my age were doing it... Why am I so, so lazy??

2. The cops who get assigned route-duty just know they're being punished for something they did wrong in a past life. And they aren't afraid to let you know it, too.

3. More cowbell!

4. Acupuncture tables at the end of the marathon? Really, Bastyr University? Really?

5. California Rolls make a perfectly good breakfast, if one finds oneself in Queen Anne with an hour to kill.

6. Markets that require a code in order to use the restroom facilities should just post a guard at the door, specifically trained to sniff out the homeless and bar them from entering. We get it. No riff-raff. Aren't my boots code enough??

7. One and a half hours of a continuous Black Eyed Peas song loop is plenty. Turn up your stereo! Turn up your stereo! Turn up your stereo! Enough, already.

8. People like them some Starbucks.

Twilight

1. Yes, I've seen the movie. Under the auspices of "screening" it for my teenage daughter, I joined several of my 40-something girlfriends and braved the hormone-filled crowd at the Loews cinema last night...

2. I expect that this movie will reach cult status by 2010, with midnight showings every Saturday night, replete with Rocky-Horror-esque audience participation. Campy. Hilarious. Terrible.

3. Yes, I've read the book. The first one, that is. I'll get to the second one soon... hopefully before the next film in the onslaught hits the big screen.

4. It takes all of my post-feminist resolve not to hurl the book at the nearest teenager when I read about a 17 year old girl who is celebrated for turning her identity over to some guy she barely knows.

Especially since he's not even that hot.

Have I Mentioned

How much I adore my new red boots?

Now, Molecule Woman here looks better in hers than I do in mine, but it's enough for me to know that I've joined a proud line of red-boot-wearing dominatrices out there.

Painful

Shameful

Horrible

Recommended

Batman Sues Christopher Nolan?

Hilarious.

http://io9.com/5079815/batman-sues-christopher-nolan-over-success-of-the-dark-knight

Words

Can't express how happy I am.

Turned Out

To be a pretty good time.

So far?

Best Halloween Ever.