Wendy

And guess where we're going to be at the time? :D

A while back (six weeks ago? A month ago?) we got rid of most of our TV channels, and kept only the most basic of basic cable packages. Since then, I have watched more network TV than I have in *ages*. So far, I think I'm up to two partial episodes of things. I'm going to keep my eyes open for both "Castle" and "Numb3rs" in the future -- anything else I should give a minute or two of my time?

So, tonight I watched 'Chess in Concert' on PBS. (Our local station is re-running it at 2 am and also this weekend, if you missed it.) One of the actors was bugging me. The character was not in the original production of 'Chess', his name is Walter de Courcy. I finally did a quick search on the computer to find out why I knew this actor.

BINGO! THe actor's name is Clarke Peters. If you go back to 1984, he played 'Bob Jangles' in 'Facelift'. (Bob had a last name?) And something weirder, for the few folks who might remember it, he *also* played Ojuka in the eponymous 'Professionals' episode. How did I not notice that?????

So color me highly amused. I had mixed reactions to the production of 'Chess' as well.

I have to admit, some of these pictures make me weak at the knees.

Hot Library Smut

and (at least) one of these is mis-labelled, but I'll forgive them. I think I have a book to look for....

To explain, someone organized various comedians to go online and twitter comedy sets. This meant that they had to do it in lines of no more that 140 characters. I heard about this because I follow a fellow named Mitch Benn on Twitter. He was one of the people they tapped for this. I was curious how he'd manage it, given that he is best known for his humorous songs. Apparently the key is to pick a tune everybody knows. Since I haven't seen a transcript of the evening's comedy, I pulled this off of Twitter myself. Each line is a single "tweet". If you want to hear more from this fellow, you can follow him on Twitter at @MitchBenn, or check out his website at www.mitchbenn.com I think you'll recognize the song. :)

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Is this the real life?/No it’s the twitterverse/Life in short bursts of/Just one-forty characters

Stay in your house/And click on your mouse and seeee-/There is no need for actual activity…

Because it’s easy come, easy go, Follow or Un-follow/Anyway the topics trend, doesn’t really matter to me, to me(bong bong bong etc.)

Mama, I’m twittering/And I’m feeling slightly crazed/Been online for six straight days

Mama, life is almost gone/I haven’t even got up for a wee

Mama ooo-oo-oo-ooooo,You might want to get some help/If I still haven’t moved this time tomorrow/

Twitter on, twitter on, as if nothing really matters(bong bong bong bong BONG bong BONG bong…)

Too late, I’ve wet myself/Sends shivers down my legs/Boots are catching all the dregs

Goodbye everybody, I’ve got to go/I can always use my iPhone on the lav

Mama ooo-oooo-oo- (send out for a pi-zza) I don’t want to tweet, I sometimes wish I’d never logged on at all…

(Go Brian!)

(Still Brian!)

(here comes the opera section, darlings!) dum dum dum dum dum dum dum dum

I see a little grainy twitpic of a man/SCARAMOUCHE SCARAMOUCHE WILL YOU START A NEW HASHTAG #lyricsthathavegota-referencetodoctor-WHO

Gallifrey-o Gallifrey-o Gallifrey-o Gallifrey-o Gallifrey-o and Skar-o PUNTASTIC-OOOO-OOO

I’m just a dull boy no-one re-tweets me HE IS JUST A DULL BOY WITH A SMALL FOLLOWING LET’S BLOCK HIM AND-STAMP ON HIS-BLACKBERRY

I am not on TV, will you follow me? BISMILLAH NO! WE WILL NOT FOLLOW YOU Follow me! BISMILLAH! WE WILL NOT FOLLOW YOU

Follow me! BISMILLAH! WE WILL NOT FOLLOW YOU WILL NOT FOLLOW YOU (follow me!) NEVER NEVER NEVER FOLLOW YOU-OO-OOO NO NO NO NO NO NO

Directmessage directmessage directmessage let me go /And @neilhimself has a devil on a shelf for me, for me, for meeee…(headbang NOW)

NER ner ner ner ne-neddler NER ner ner neddler-ner (etc.)

So you think you can spam me and twit in my eye/So you think you can love me and not @stephenfry

Oh baby - can’t do this to me baby, Just gotta log out-just gotta log right outta here (NER ner ner ner ne-neddler etc.)

(take it down, Brian…)

No-one really twitters/ Anyone can see/ No-one really twitters, No-one really twitters, to me…

(This is where the gong goes....) bonggggggg

Now, some of you may think that as a heterosexual woman (*everybody* had a crush on Stefanie Powers, so that doesn't count...I think) I shouldn't label anything as "gay". Or maybe you think I'm using this in the generic way that so many 20-somethings do. Nope. I don't know the intent behind this, but oh those wacky Japanese! (You know what I mean.)

Just look!

Here.

So, I'm picking up plants from my daughter's school today. Do you think I should try and get them planted today, or should I wait until Thursday (the next break in the rain)?

I just watched Forbidden Warrior (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0371675/) with assistance from the fast-forward. Wow...they actually started production with only half a script? That's what it looked like, at least.

This really made me look back at the fantasy movies of Miles O'Keefe and Marc Singer with great fondness.

Not much this week, as the weather is grim and we went to the Richfield market. Picked up a nice crunchy boule and a muffin and raisin roll for the girls, and then some horseradish spread.

However, I did score a big stack of choose-your-own adventure books at the library book sale.

I was just in Home Depot, where I was told that they no longer sell the cocoa mulch because it was "poisonous to dogs and children". This from a company that sells multiple different forms and brands of poison, all meant to kill things, and which will (if used incorrectly) kill dogs and children.

Dude, if you have anything from Ortho still on the shelf, this is a very lame reason for not carrying my cocoa mulch.

Astonishingly, it makes our media coverage look almost tame. Or not, as I realize I don't watch that much TV (and never FOX News).

Not so much today. Late start, so we went to the Midtown Market. $6 for cheese curds, $5 for cubed mutton. The joys of living in Minnesota, where none of the crops are up yet!

We got to meet a baby goat, and the girls made bracelets and were given noisemakers, so they were happy. :)

So, I just got The Collectible Cookbooks Price Guide from the library. I'm flipping through, I see some old friends, then I see this: http://tinyurl.com/c86qpq


OMG...it has the Monkees in it, according to the price guide! The eBay price is a bit steep for me, but as we are entering garage sale season, if anybody out there sees it, will you think of me and pick it up?

I've been very naughty, and spent most of the last half hour looking at vids I hadn't seen before. Here are a bunch of good ones, all multi-fandom, all generally goofy. Please enjoy, although they are here so I can find them again too! And if you have any recommendations for others, let me know. I'm a little behind....

A Little Less Conversation

Walking on the Ground

Filthy Mind

I Enjoy Being a Girl

Destiny Calling

Come Out and Play

I'm late on this one, but it made me giggle for more than one reason when I heard it.

Vidders Talk Back To Their Pop-Culture Muses

And looking it up online, I got another giggle. "Concealing the identity of one source in this report is in accordance with NPR policy that calls for identifying all news sources by name except in instances where doing so would result in physical or financial harm." Um...one? Unless she's legally changed her name....

I don't think my song has a video, but here:



What's yours? Look here.

Maybe I should have asked which would work better, April 18th or the 25th? Would anybody be interested on either of those dates?