Life on Queen Street

Who knew?

So, it's cold and snowy in both Washington and Toronto. This makes amberlynne cranky. It makes Queenie cranky.

The cold and the snow makes Amberlynne want a cheeseburger.

Her flist agrees.

There - empirical proof: snow causes cheeseburger to happen.

My day was like this… only without the sex.

The first time I read this I thought it said “Nancy Pelosi hospitalized with broken pelvis” and thought it was funny. I don’t know why, I just did. Nancy Regan with a broken pelvis, however, is not funny. Poor old lady.

Incredibly cute baby overwhelms with incredible cuteness. And there goes my biological clock… where’d I leave the snooze button?

The Whedonites have finally gone too far: no way in Hell (or Hellmouth) is Buffy tougher than Ripley. This means war. Let’s see how tough you are with a Xenomorph around your neck, kid.

Jezebel says “The Truth Might Not Be Pretty But Obama Makes You Like It Anway”. I say ask Stephane Dion how well the truth worked for him.

Then again, Jezebel also takes something like 1,000 words to comment on a New York Observer piece about the attraction of fictional characters like Don Draper, the sexist, boozing, womanizing, emotionally stunted protagonist of AMC’s soaper Mad Men, when four would have done just as well: girls like bad boys.

Not necessarily the sharpest obsevers of contemporary life, Jezebel, is what I'm saying.

Part embittered Republican anti-Bush screed, part review of Oliver Stone’s W.

NOOOOOOOOOO! KILL IT WITH FIRE! NUKE IT FROM ORBIT! SAVE YOURSELVES!!!!

Henson goes dark with adult puppet movie – as long as it’s better than The Dark Crystal, I’m in.

Where Canada’s election ranks in the Guardian’s consciousness – 250 years of faithful loyalty to the Queen and what does it get us? Fifth billing after Michelle Obama’s itinerary. xp

Martin Kettle on why Britain should have been paying more attention (Nota bene - “hung parliament” is British idiom for a minority parliament). And the Irish Taoiseach is Brian Cox Cowan (50 %).

Spanish politicians respond to Basque separtists with… Iron Maiden?

Once upon a time, I really loved Frank Cho – now I just want to smack him around with a copy Blacklash (violence may not solve anything but sometimes the fantasy makes me happy). While I’m at it, I kind of want to hit the Marvel editorial board that wouldn’t let him have his Shanna series (contradictory? A tad).

English national side avoids tripping over itself to defeat insignificant opponent in World Cup qualifier

What I would give my friends for Xmas if I wasn’t such a cheap bastard.

Finally… EW tells me today is National Grouch Day. That explains a great deal.

Oh, and can anyone tell me how to embed images in text on LJ?

eta - lj added some interesting formatted when I cut&pasted from Word but the links should work now.

Also: Kirk and Spock the Abrams version - I would need a negative integer to express my lack of interest in this movie but ignoring it makes me look less than au courant on pop culture.

The All-Father talks Avatar with Strombo.

And, filed under "essays I don't need to write anymore" - Slate on Red Dawn (spoilers) - guess who's playing the plucky insurgents now?

Two essays on the renewal of religous life in America that have nothing to do with the Sisters of Nazareth's prophecy that I'd be back.

Finding the perfect cover of "It Aint Me Babe" for the mix I'm making during a review of my iTunes library.

*bounces*

edit - thanks to Roxy for catching my bad html.

Jennifer Lopez a better movie cop than Michelle Rodriguez?

Are you on crack, TV? What the hell?!

And when did Nicole Kidman ever play a "woman in uniform" - seriously, I'm trying to remember and coming up blank.

The word "character" gets thrown around a lot in political debate, paticularly when discussing the merits of various candidates. What is meant by "character" is rarely defined but I imagine it would look something like John and Kathleen Edwards in Chapel Hill, today.

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Verisimilitude is one thing. Studying pictures of dog fights until you vomit is another.

eta: I think I may have also just become anti-fox hunting. Gah.

Totally needs a better bra. Seriously, it's making me tense.

Also? I just realized that I cropped that icon at an unfortunate place.