Spanking, like youth, is wasted on the young. 

Vampire Nation.  Finally someone figured out the prana/energy transferrence aspect.

"Black Balloon" - The Kills

The last time I was seriously carded was at age 36.  I credit sunblock.

Yeah, yeah - everyone in colder climes laugh.  It's a freaking miracle in these parts.  And we won't be sweating our wool & velvet-clad asses off tomorrow at Dickens on the Strand in Galveston. 

Happy birthday to Merla & Sam and anyone else I missed.  Apologies - not only am I now banned from RIAS at work as it's deemed a social site, but one of my dearest friends/coworkers finally lost the good fight with her H1N1/pneumonia-weakened bad lungs on Saturday.  It had been a long haul, and I'm glad she's out of pain.  I know how she would have breezed in the door this morning: "Holy SHIT it's SNOWING!!"   Called our 6'4"  UT football hero president a dumbass probably every day and he was crying so hard he couldn't finish the eulogy Wednesday.  I love people like that. 

Now 'scuse me while I make another absinthe and catch up on Suited Rabbit Land.

Yay - another "cool" front tonight, which does nothing but set off another round of storms to slog to work in and drop the temp about 3 degrees.  We have algae growing on the ground in spots.   

Go 50's Warner Bros. and say "or DON'T!" in a stentorian voice.

Happy Birthday EvilduomonkeyTomDerrick!

Those noses were really distracting.  It was like watching a Cyrano fan club meeting.  And Merle got on my last nerve - the dub voice, the character, everything.  

The Republican party controls the insurance industry in Texas, so I know what my opinion at work has to be on anything related to the health care debate, whether it's my opinion or not.    The few times I've been around a political argument and it was obvious I was expected to make a comment, I've said, "You know, if we apologize and go back to England, we'll see Prince William on TV a lot more...." with a big grin.   Got me out of there safely every time.

Linda is a prime example of why fair-skinned people shouldn't get tans.  She's only 5 years older than me. 

There's been a strange golden glowing sphere in the sky all morning that seems vaguely familiar.  The clouds are gathering, trying to smother it.  

Forget that - Headlines was the only reason I watched. 

Here's the latest reason for me to loathe Houston:

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ent/arts/gray/6563161.html

Another gray cloudy day.  the weather prediction has been the same every day going on nine weeks now - "chance of rain/thundershowers".   Guess I should be on the lookout for Twilight vampires to move here from Washington State.

Jay Leno skewered him when he tried to blame behavior on grief over the death of his mother.

Personally I'd be a bit concerned if a neighbor was engaging in a activity considered illegal in 50 states and D.C. that tends to attract a criminal element but hey, that's just me.