http://www.blood-and-thunder.com Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:58:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Against everybody’s better judgment, we boxed up the cat and took him to the vet for a distemper shot and general inspection today. He was fine in the carrier, he was fine in the car, he was fine in the waiting room. (We has to sit while they ... http://www.blood-and-thunder.com/index.php/2008/08/19/the-duomo-seen-from-the-belvedere/ bondgirl, via the Request Line: “I would like a series of brief reviews of the movies that would be made if producers deferred to your opinion on such matters.” Movies would change thusly: * More comedies in which the intended humor is more based on bizarre reactions to entertaining situations and jokes ... http://www.blood-and-thunder.com/index.php/2008/08/12/screening-comments/ Brand Steakhouse, now open in the Monte Carlo, has on the menu an eight-point-six pound porterhouse steak. I cannot even think that sentence without seeing in my head me, Notorious, JP, the Doctor, the Mongoose, Big, and Dragon, all dressed to the nines, swaggering through the MC’s ... http://www.blood-and-thunder.com/index.php/2008/08/02/the-eleven-of-us-cats-against-this-one-city/ Notes from a new user of Facebook: * Even though I know how it works, I find it creepy when they know who I know. I registered, and it reported a handful of my friends to me immediately. I was warned, ... http://www.blood-and-thunder.com/index.php/2008/07/30/set-it-and-forget-it/ I’ve been listening to the CBC’s podcast series “How To Think About Science”, and I find Simon Schaffer’s below example (in response to host David Cayley’s setup) hilarious. I can’t quite put my finger on why, but I think it’s a combination of this being a double-tedious election ... http://www.blood-and-thunder.com/index.php/2008/07/23/reason-1-why-i-love-science-talk-radio/ We ran a 5K. Notes follow: According to the brochures and signage, the run was “for kids”, but I had to give my money to a guy to a seedy-looking guy with a walrus mustache. I would rather have given it to the titular kids directly, but whatever. ... http://www.blood-and-thunder.com/index.php/2008/07/20/ty-arent-you-going-to-give-babe-ruth-credit-for-anything/ I have not forsaken you two who still visit. I’ve just been busy and distracted and strained. The merriment returns shortly. (Requests?) http://www.blood-and-thunder.com/index.php/2008/07/16/when-the-weather-is-fine/ Move over, my fellow health-kickers — time to make room for another rider on our virtuous little bandwagon. This one does triathlons…. http://www.blood-and-thunder.com/index.php/2008/07/09/the-big-finish/ This Saturday is called the Barbecue: She that outlives this day, and comes safe home, Will stand a tip-toe when next year the day is named, And rouse her at the smell of smoke. He that shall live this day, and see middle age, Will yearly on the vigil prepare his appetites, And say ‘To-morrow is ... http://www.blood-and-thunder.com/index.php/2008/07/02/god-speak-this-amen/ (Part One.) As a newly-empowered person of super, I have some decisions to make. First and foremost, I need a name. The name must meet two criteria: 1. It must bear some connection, however faint, to my new power. 2. It must lend itself easily to a cool-looking costume. 3. It ... http://www.blood-and-thunder.com/index.php/2008/06/24/now-superman-that-ho/