Most ridiculous.

Somebody took that PANIC joke seriously.



Every once in a while I start to miss that Philly accent. Every once in a while.

Snowpocalypse.

Ah Jeez. It's going to snow on the East Coast again and no one knows what to do. Thanks to Steve, I have a detailed set of instructions for dealing with the approaching Snowpocalypse. You may view them here: snowpocalypsedc.com

Okay, okay... but this is real: Survive a Snow Storm: Life or Death Game from Discovery.com. It took me three tries to make it to the cabin.

Joy.

I generally believe that tiny things are better than big or even regular-sized things. You can imagine my delight when I found these itty bitty ice cream cones at the store:


I had to scoop the ice cream with a melon-baller! My kid loves them and, as a bonus, doesn't make a big mess like she does with ice cream in a bowl. I consider this to be a tiny epic win.

Elevensies.

LaTasha sent me this most excellent Cheezburger:


Thanks, Tash. You know that I do like my Elevensies.

Did you know...

... that while house cats have vertical pupils, animals classified as Big Cats have round ones?


Well, now you know.

Photo via fuckyeahalbuquerque

"Let's play some more!"

I'm going to say that my kid's Barney music toy (in the next room, which is empty save a sleeping child) just started up because it's in a plastic bin next to the heater. Obviously the heat caused the plastic to expand, which pushed a button and turned the toy on. Obviously.

When did this become a sci-fi blog?

Hues.

I'm sure by now everyone has heard the story about how I chose my daughter's name from a shirt color in the Eddie Bauer catalog. Despite my husband saying that we "can't be those people" and name our second child a color name, I'm drawn to names like Ruby, Violet... heck, I even like Scarlet. Today, while picking crayons up from the floor, I found a true winner:


Hey, if Crayola says it's a color, then it's a color. It's not a TRADITIONAL color, though, so I think I can talk my husband into it. We'll call her Mac for short.