http://www.muddle.org/amphigouri varnished nonsense Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:47:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Uh, what? From Craftzine: Fetus Cookie Cutter 'No holiday baby shower would be complete w/o fetus cookies' ?? I beg to differ. Yick. Oddly, I find myself less ooged out at the thought of eating fetus-shaped cookies at a viewing of Kubrick's 2001, which is the first thing that crossed my ... http://www.muddle.org/amphigouri/2008/11/13/fetus-cookies.html Ok, so I'm not the star of my own Oakhurst milk commercial like some members of my family were, but I still made an appearance in one of the Maine news broadcasts over the weekend. Red helmet + denim shirt = me. Also is me to the far right of the ... http://www.muddle.org/amphigouri/2008/09/08/hey-im-on-tv.html Preview of the latest from Joss Whedon (of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, and Firefly/Serenity fame), a 3-part musical comedy entitled Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog, starring Neil Patrick Harris, Nathan Fillion, Felicia Day, and Simon Helberg: update: Act I is available online now. http://www.muddle.org/amphigouri/2008/07/15/joss-whedons-dr-horrible.html Have upgraded this site to WordPress 2.3.3 in anticipation of the next WordPress release (Any Day Now), which looks like it'll have some slick administrative UI enhancements. All-in-all, the 2.3 upgrade went more smoothly than I expected; followed the instructions (and clapped for joy after discovering my awesome hosting service, ... http://www.muddle.org/amphigouri/2008/03/27/some-site-updates.html So, screw all the things I had queued up that I wanted to post before this; this is a 30-second post, those ain't. :) For the record, I'd be one of the librarians peeing myself. Well, maybe not peeing, but definitely giggling. http://www.muddle.org/amphigouri/2008/03/07/the-librarian-song.html Hah! "Thus, pedantic didacticism makes cowards of us all." http://www.muddle.org/amphigouri/2007/11/21/hamlet-prince-of-youtube.html I'm happy to see that the Horta made the list. For some reason, that's the creature that I most remember from classic Trek (well, aside from the Tribbles). Always made me think of pizza. Wired.com: ST Monsters Gallery http://www.muddle.org/amphigouri/2007/11/20/10-cheesiest-star-trek-classic-creatures.html This morning I woke up early, snerking at a still-fresh dream. I could be hip, suave, and svelte, in my dreams -- in the past, I've even been able to fly -- but no, these day's my subconscious still knows I'm a nerd. In this particular episode, after a chain ... http://www.muddle.org/amphigouri/2007/11/08/even-in-my-dreams-im-a-nerd.html Today's useless online quiz: Which Peanuts Character Are You? You are part Charlie Brown. You are always optimistic and persistent, and everyone appreciates your simple sweetness. Sometimes, however, your anxieties get the best of you, and life's mysteries can confuse you. You are part Schroeder. You are brilliant, ambitious, and ... http://www.muddle.org/amphigouri/2007/10/08/if-i-were-a-peanuts-character-id-be.html I first read Hamlet when I was in high school during the year Dad was my English teacher. I loved it. Studied it again my first year at Colby for a Freshman Seminar course on "The Fate of Being Human", and have seen three movie versions of the play (hate ... http://www.muddle.org/amphigouri/2007/10/03/todo-in-2008-go-to-england-take-in-some-rsc-productions.html