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Speaking of cosplay
Before I fire up photoshop and do lots of work, has anyone made any of the gangs costumes in Second Life? I think I may start with Slep's latest, and go from there. Maybe Zeetha.

So who's the mystery blonde....
http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20080716

On one side of the crowd scene, hidden in plane sight, is of course Theo and Slepnier.

But across from them, observing from a window, obscured by shadows is someone else who doesn't appear to be in the swing of the mechanisburg joy the crowd is.

Is she a someone? Or just put there to keep the area of the page being a big brown swath?

Yay cosplay!
Agatha at Silicon 08

Lindsay Kemp Signing Autographs in Japan a Few Days Ago

Y'know....
...I just noticed something rather odd. Might have utterly no significance, or then again it just might. Did anybody else catch the VERY strong resemblance between the face on Castle Wulfenbach's prow and that of Der Kastle's avatar? Check it out: Castle Wulfenbach; and Der Kastle.

Interesting, isn't it? Tusks and all... no insignia on the Wulfenbach face's forehead, or I'd *really* be suspicious-- no, scratch that, I am anyway. What do y'all think?

Current Mood: thoughtful
Current Music: The Mandelbrot Set (Jonathan Coulton)

Fat, Drunk, and Stupid Is No Way to Go Through Life, Britain
British boomers to teenage drunkards: stop using up all the limited health care resources!

Now that I've regained consciousness after the debate
I just made a donation to Planned Parenthood in honor of Sarah Palin. If you have the means, I recommend you do the same.

A notification will be sent to the address for the McCain campaign:

Mailing Address
John McCain 2008
P.O. Box 16118
Arlington, VA 22215

Full disclosure: I stole this idea from another blog, but I forget whose, and forgot about the whole thing until earlier tonight. Though it took some time to regain consciousness after, like, passing out from utter disbelief.

Current Mood: enraged

Congratulations
Congratulations, Phillies!

Congratulations, Obama!

Congratulations, drunk neighbors setting off fireworks!

The Unstoppable, Unflappable, Unsurpassable Higgs
So.... I was wondering. Just what does it take to shock or surprise Higgs? The only example I've seen in the comic is when he was confronted by an angry/insulted Zeetha in the middle of the jaeger bar brawl here: http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20080609.

For instance, I suspect the whole party in the current scene will (drunken sparks, zeetha, et al) will *all* end up in der Kestle. Bets on Higgs' reactions while they make their way through the traps to Agatha?

Current Music: medivael baebes

When I was a little monkey
Visiting my family this weekend, my brother talked about the time our family owned a monkey. For real. An actual monkey. I was too young to actually remember the monkey, which is a shame because that's the kind of thing that would have made for cherished monkey memories. At the zoo some little jerk of a monkey, however, did grab my hand and refused to let go. But that is not a cherished monkey memory. I am still haunted by that monkey.

My brother was convinced that there was a photo of me standing next to the monkey, mimicking it. Apparently the monkey despised my sister-- crapping on her head at every opportunity-- but was like a big brother to me. This spawned a search for the elusive monkey picture which, in the end, turned out to be a figment of my brother's imagination. I think I was so essentially simian as a child-- I can recall being called a monkey, especially because I could shimmy up trees as fast as the grownups could walk across the lawn-- that my brother conflated memories of me with the monkey. This is the photo my brother was referring to, except there was only one monkey: Me.

The essential fact of my idyllic childhood was that I thoroughly enjoyed it because I essentially swung from tree to tree-- a happily frenetic ragamuffin who roamed through our little suburban forests without any sense of time or social expectation. I was a boy Tarzan with pop tarts and baseball cards.

Dear Phillies,
We've spent some time together lately and I have to admit that you are growing on me. I've really enjoyed spending time with you-- I have!-- but I am not sure I am ready to give myself fully to you because I feel like you have not fully given yourself to me yet. I am afraid that a few laughs and some heavy petting is not enough to sustain my passion. It is time, I think, for us to bring our relationship to a whole new level. I guess what I am saying is that it is long past time that you "put out." A fella can only take so much teasing before he loses interest. Show me how much you love me. Show me that your feelings are strong enough to go the whole way. I want to make a woman of you... by you, uh, not choking like usual. Or something.

I know you were raised a certain way. All Philadelphia teams are raised this way. The Eagles seem committed to virginity for life. But you and I-- I think we have something special.

Vegas, baby, Vegas

pixiecrack, the World's Best Danielle™, organized a trip to Las Vegas ( a description of which is cut here for your protection )

Dollar Store Crafts: $5 No Sew Candy Costume http://ping.fm/rMAwD

fresh/dried herbs?
Hi crafty peeps!

I'm wanting to make all-natural skin toner/facial rinse kinda stuff ... but all I have in the house at the moment is dried lavender and dried sage. (I've already made a lavender/sage toner, and I like it, but I want to try it with other ingredients, too!)

I was hoping some folks in the area might have had a garden explosion and be stuck with more than they can use -- kitchen stuff, flowers, what have you.

I'd be happy to trade some of what I end up making for some extras from your garden. They don't have to be perfect or pretty! It never hurts to ask, right? :)

Thanks!
Aimee the NewroticGirl

Current Mood: hopeful

Why and How We Are in This
I sat next to two women at the park today. One was describing her multiple online business ideas which she was beginning to work on while her child was in nursery school. She would prefer to work in the career she was trained for, but would do these things until her child was in school fulltime.

The other explained that she needed to stop all that and make absolutely certain she earned no income and didn't look like she was capable of doing so or she risked having her support payment drastically lowered.

This is pretty much all I have to say about Horace Phair.

Hooray for the runcible gun!
What a fabulous tribute to Edward Lear, a mad inventor in his own right! Mr. Lear actually used "runcible" pretty loosely, not only to refer to spoons, which weren't always three-pronged, but sometimes looked like this:

He also used the word to refer to a hat, a cat, a goose, and a wall. A hand-cranked runcible gun is definitely within the realms of possibility!

Current Mood: pleased

Going West

http://xkcd.com/489/

Listen, they request that you stop submitting a listing for your house labeled 'WHERE YOU BROKE MY HEART'.

Showtime!!!
Hum, looks like Zeetha got the memo. This is gonna be fun!!!

Girl Genius Comic for Wednesday, Oct. 15
( Wednesday October 15, 2008 )

This Halloween weekend, Phil and Kaja will be at Steam Powered: The California Steampunk Convention. Please visit them in the vendor area if you're there!
( <3 )

Tapas
Tonight, in celebration of our second anniversary, Yoko and I went to Bar Ferdinand in Northern Liberties for Spanish food. It was amazing.

RISIN UP! BACK ON THE STREETS!
Older minion has returned from boxing and is now regaling us with "Eye of the Tiger" on the piano.

You All Think I'm Kidding About the Robot Exoskeletons!
Not only am I not kidding, but they work by SENSING YOUR BRAIN SIGNALS.

Sigh
Older minion has started training at a boxing gym. I taught him my EXPLOSIVE UPPERCUT TECHNIQUE before he headed out today.