Nerdiness revealed. Reveled in.

I mentioned elsewhere online, and many times to innocent bystanders aloud, that I have a serious thing for the writings of Neil Gaiman, and incidentally also for his website*. Turns out he was on NPR, and I missed it. Luckily, there does appear to be a God, and this interview has been safely catalogued on the internet for our listening pleasure. And such a pleasure it was. Please listen here.


There is a HHG fan club. Did you know? Hitchhker's Appreciation Society ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha.


On the topic of awesome websites, Ok Go has a pretty great one as well. I recommend it. I have taken the liberty of linking you to their "videos" page, which, horrifyingly, is missing my original favorite Ok Go video ever*: The Ping Pong Instructional video. I have located it elsewhere:




On an entirely different note, I have been listening to more country music radio than usual lately. Here in my lovely city we are blessed with two whole country music stations, which provides a lot of commercial-avoidance opportunities. (When this fails, I also flip through the alternative stations, the indie station, and the Christmas music station. If those all fail me, there's always NPR. As a last resort, cds, or silence.) I have begun to mentally compile a "this is my dream for my life" song list. So far it mostly includes a song entitled "Redneck Yacht Club." Don't judge me.

You can look it up if you want, but I am choosing not to inflict Craig Morgan's obnoxious head-bobble on you against your will.

The other song, less firmly decided, is Sugarland's latest song, "Stuck Like Glue." This one I'm not linking you to because the official video is one of those that doesn't follow the actual message of the song. Look it up if you like. Just so you know, if you are one of those who isn't a fan of the genre, Sugarland tends to be less annoyingly country than many other bands.


























*I've linked you to the "Cool Stuff & Things" page, which is the coolest page in my opinion. I feel that I should point out that it will show you different cool stuff and things each time that you click it.

**I say "original favorite" because my favorite changes with pretty much every successive Ok Go video release. I can't help it.

I remembered!

Here are the other two things I meant to share:

First, a video on one man's hopeful view of the future of local transportation:


(Trust me--it's really cool.)


Second, a video shared with me by my friend John. I have never heard of this artist and his style isn't usually my thing, but I pretty much love this song:




Lastly, here's that picture of Stephen Colbert. I just feel like it needs to be here in the flesh.

Things from this weekend:

A most excellent blog about momming which I saw linked...somewhere. Possibly the Heather Cushman-Dowdee facebook page?


I don't want to come across as, and more importantly, don't want to be a conspiracy theorist, but I do have some trouble swallowing some of the things that come out of the mouths of medical practitioners. And then, look! An article by a doctor on how doctors sometimes get misinformation from biased or outdated studies! Well imagine that. I will say that I find the article title rather obnoxious and off-putting, but please give it a chance.*


There is a website that sells tomato-scented things! Like cologne! And room spray! And bodywash! How could I ever have doubted that life was worth living? (They have tomato-seed scent, as well. I think I might have died and gone to heaven sometime this afternoon. I want this one too. Apples and geraniums? Yes, please.


This video makes a good point. These stories have all** been "Disneyfied" to remove such offensive themes as murder-by-rape and suicide and heartbreak and all that, and mostly that's okay with me. You can't really remove a lot of this stuff, though, without removing the story from the story. So:


Disclaimer: I love Disney. Also, sarcasm. But I'm not being sarcastic about loving Disney.





















*I... haven't finished reading it. I keep getting sidetracked. Thus far, though, it's good.

**I am referring, of course, to the Disney princess canon.