The common theme in these stories is an old one: we really seem to want something easier than eating reasonable quantities of appropriate food and getting plenty of exercise.
Make a Ukulele Lady Out of Me
A very entertaining ukulele lesson with many useful tips.
Ukulele is the miracle music instrument . The ukulele sound won’t interrupt the talking of business or the whisper of lovers.
If you softly hold a baby or cat under your arms, usually some people will smile and say “How pretty this baby is! or How cute this cat is!” On the other hand, the ukulele will not make people so excited.
If your family and friends’ faces turn bitter, you don’t have to worry. If you are a poor player, just back up slowly and fade away.
Eye-catching headlines
I’m not the usual knitting-minded contributer at this blog, but I had to investigate this project: “Knitted breasts help new mothers”
Try the stuffed celery
The current episode of the Ken P. D. Snydecast contains a quite entertaining discussion of the menu (and staff) of the Musso and Frank Grill in Los Angeles. And indeed, as discussed, their menu is straight out of the fifties. The actual fifties, not the Happy Days fifties. Chiffonade salad! Imported sardine sandwich! Creamed spinach!
The Secret Hour Review
Midnighters Vol. 1: The Secret Hour, Westerfeld. Yes. Written for a younger audience than Peeps and The Last Days, but I found it no less compelling. I was disappointed in the mathematical error made by the master trigonometrician, and I imagine I should be troubled by the implication that there’s something magical about Greenwich, if only on principle, but these defects did not diminish my pleasure in any serious way.
Can't even pretend surprise
Joss will not be doing Wonder Woman.
The Campfire Collection Review
The Campfire Collection: Thrilling, Chilling Tales of Alien Encounters, ed. Hyams. Yes. The final section disappoints (other than the Tiptree story, of course, which I optimistically fancy to be dated), but the rest of the stories are solid—in many cases classic—SF. I do need to check the credits to They Live, or Google for lawsuits.
Update: The acknowledgment is right there in They Live‘s credits.
Flavor Forecast: Dark and Stormy
The fine folks at Taquitos have commented on McCormick’s ’07 flavor forecast. That comment is “ew.”
Overworked but always cheerful Miss E. Bernice Gibson
Longtime listener, first time caller Elsa submits historical pictures of Wisconsin library students. For cute! My own library education involved fewer costumes.
Typos are funny!
Because New Yorkers conspire to taunt me with their wonderful restaurants, here are an assortment of menus to peruse. The Comfort Diner, for example, offers “Herb Crusted Salmon ( Low Crab ).” I think it is terribly considerate of them to offer menu items with a minimum of crab.