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It’s not April 1, it’s in a usually reliable tech news source.
Um, I’m at a loss. Make your own joke:
(Look for the rest of my UK trip report, and last weekend’s housefilk, later in the day)
I had really hoped that my mother would be coming to visit us sometime during the Christmas holidays. kitanzi still hasn’t met her, and is looking forward to it; for myself, I haven’t seen her in quite a long time, though we do speak on the telephone frequently. But with this thing and that thing and the other thing, it didn’t happen. Then the first week in January, I had houseguests, then came GaFilk, so Mom made plans to come down last weekend.
Well, last weekend there was winter weather, which, while not bad down here, was enough up in North Carolina that she decided to postpone her trip until this weekend. After all, there was no urgency attached to the visit, and this weekend was just as good as last.
Last night, she called to let me know they’d had four inches of snow dumped on them last night, and thus she was postponing again until next weekend.
Which is fine, really. I’m just struck by the fact that, living in the Southeast as I do, this is the first time I’ve ever had someone not be able to come and see me until “after the thaw”.
Tolkien fans will not want to miss this:
What if LOTR had been written by someone else?
(Note: This is not the old set of pastiches that have been ciruclating for some years. Go look, they’re fun.)
Ok, this is entirely too funny:
In discussion last night about the “God says…” billboards, we came up with the notion of a “Cthulhu says…” billboard campagin. Among the suggestions:
“Got ketchup?” –Cthulhu
“I save. I may want a midnight snack.” –Cthulhu
“Have you read my book? Big mistake, bub.” –Cthulhu
“What part of ‘I would run if I were you’ did you not understand?” –Cthulhu
“Big Bang? No, Big Buffet…”
Feel free to add your own. 🙂