This photo of the Swedish things on my desk shelf at work is for my friend rodluvan in Sweden.  :)

The second most thrilling piece of art I have ever purchased: 

Since coffeechica  nudged me, I figured I needed to post here!

This video is for the young lad burr86  who has never heard this song.

I'm updating far more regularly on my blog art is the new religion, please visit me there!

Jay reminded me about the Planet Unicorn series, so I had to catch up on the latest episodes.  This episode about "America's Next Top Model" is my new favorite:

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I just figured out I can customize my Windows Live sidebar thinger on my work laptop.  At first I thought, woo great, now I have a clock and the current temperature on my desktop (boring!)  But then I browsed through the widgets you can download and discovered this ugly but handy little guy (thanks to Michael for making it):

Oh hai, internet radio at my fingertips!  You can customize your buttons, which I've done for about half of them so far.  This means that I can click around to BAGeL, KEXP, KCRW at will by the click of a button!* 

 

Other than BAGEeL, KCRW and KEXP - oh, and I'm about to add SOMA - what are the other wonderful internet radio stations I need to add?

And does the KEXP stream cut out intermittently for the rest of you like it's doing for me?

*I'm sure there are five more elegant options that I don't know about and that Macs handle this much better than a PC, blah blah blah, but I found this option and it made me happy so don't burst my bubble!  That said, I'm open to suggestions.

 

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After I've opened about 40+ tabs in Firefox, it gets me wondering...

Also wondering: why don't they make commercials as awesome as this anymore?

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I visit dictionary.com several times a day when I'm writing -- I'm kind of addicted to looking up the exact definitions of words.  (Did you know that "ravel" and "unravel" have the same definition?  This thrills me.) 

But lately I've been getting really annoying pop-under ads when I click anywhere on a dictionary.com page.  Um, no thanks!  I need a different solution.

What online dictionary do you use?

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This is for burr86. I don't exactly remember this remix...

How well do you know American history? Take this quiz: Do you have what it takes to become an American citizen?

I scored 85%. Not too bad, but not great either!

Request #1: I need a userpic that says: SADDLE UP THE DRAMA LLAMA

Request #2: I need this to be made into a userpic.

I miss the office dogs! 

Rudy, Maddy, Mocha, Bliss, Pista, Ellie...I didn't see any of them at work this week.  I guess they're all enjoying a well-earned vacation.  I hope they come back next week, because I miss them.

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Poll #1003422 Help me out here
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All

How well known is the phrase "dropped it like a hot potato", as in: "She dropped that boy like a hot potato"?

In today's news post, I offered bear hugs to a few random commenters. After reading the comments so far, I wish I could give one to everyone! Hang in there everybody!!

BIG BEAR HUGS TO YOU ALL!
(And, a round of applause to chasethestars for creating such adorable v-gifts.)

Thanks SpinVox!

I used the balloon pump to "pompe a ballon" then tossed it over to Lilia and vespa59. It was all fun and games until vespa59 popped it with a pair of scissors. Boo!

I was feeling a little stressed out just now, but then Jeff sent me this with the description "next tour opener".  And I felt a whole lot better.

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Poll #981891 Settle This For Me
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Which phrase is the right one?