umm... not a good look

I perused my "to do" list today, then got side tracked black dynamiting myself instead. (It's from a website to promote the movie Black Dynamite, a spoof of 70's "blaxpoitation" films. You upload your photo, then add stuff and it generates a name.) Here's my result:



You, too, can put off important tasks and get side tracked here:
Black Dynamite YoSelf

check out the pretties

Offspring #1 has just launched a shop on Etsy, the "global marketplace" of handmade items. She created some nice earrings which you can see here. Don't feel obligated to buy anything, but do feel obligated to visit her site! :)

I'm SUPER! (and you can be too)

I ran across this cool, time-wasting website called The Hero Factory. You pick from a number of body parts, costume choices, accessories, colors, and weapons. The 'super hero you' (or whomever you've created) then gets displayed on the cover of a comic book.

I don't really get excited about weapons, so I chose to hold a stick -- which I thought could be used either for hiking or poking people for fun. (And there's the whole roasting marshmallow angle too.) Apparently because of this choice, I became Baroness Von Splintery Splinter. I guess that works!

yes marble can

Marble was a big Hillary supporter, and he had a rather lukewarm reaction when Obama won. (Of course he sleeps a lot, so it's hard to tell one emotion from the other.) But now that Hillary is going to be Secretary of State, Marble is ridin' the Obama Express. He even made his own Obamicon (after stealing the idea from Processing Counselor.)



All you cool cats out there can make your own here.

let's meet in the middle

Cool website alert! At Meetways.com you can find a "point of interest" (such as a coffee shop or restaurant) at the exact halfway point between two addresses.

So, for example, if Diane and I wanted to get together for coffee halfway between her church in Minnesota and my clinic here in Longview, WA, Meetways tells me we could meet in Harlowton, Montana. I think the Cornerstone will fit the bill. Look at these friendly people waiting to serve us!



If Presbygal and I decide we want to have lunch, it looks like we could meet at the Honey Lake Campground Restaurant and General Store near Milford, California. I googled a picture from Honey Lake. Hmm... hope this isn't the place, because it does not look promising.



Back to the drawing board...