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October 31, 2006
Little Dude's Christmas Wishlist - Yeah, Already!
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October 30, 2006
The Wonder of Jack Nicholson
With nothing to do while convalescing through my cold and back problems, I've spent a ridiculous amount of time watching TV. Yesterday was odd, to say the least.
I went from watching part of The Shining (before falling asleep again) to watching an episode of the The Andy Griffith Show. One episode of TAGS had a guest appearance by none other than Jack Nicholson. Seriously. It was entitled "Opie Finds A Baby".
The Jack of The Shining against the Jack from TAGS made for some really odd dreams, natch.
Other notes: I don't know how many of you saw The Shining, but I remember it as one of the better psychological thrillers of its time. Having read the book, I knew what to expect. I knew there'd be enough jump-inducing moments to keep me latched on to a date's arm. But I wasn't prepared for the scariest aspect of all: Shelley Duvall. She has always creeped me out. Yet, Jack set the bar incredibly high for any would-be arched eyebrow everyman monsters in the future.
My bad...I missed another Nicholson episode of The Andy Griffith Show: "Aunt Bee, the Juror," in which Jack plays a man accused of stealing a TV set.
Posted by Da Goddess at 05:29 AM | Comments (1)
October 29, 2006
New Face of Blogcritics
Blogcritics has a new look. It's pretty damn sharp, too. Now, if only I could get a makeover for the house...
Posted by Da Goddess at 09:18 AM | Comments (0)
Expected Outage and Unexpected Outrage
Just so you know, I'm having all sorts of difficulty with renewing this domain name. The registrar has some weird new policy wherein the name registered with them since its inception suddenly must be "transfered". It's already failed to transfer once.
I'm not altogether thrilled with the registrar for a number of reasons, but this latest bit of nonsense has pretty much made them an enemy of Da Goddess. Ah, well, what's a girl to do? All I can do, really, is to let you know what's going on, right? Right. So there you go.
Now, as frustrating as this silliness is, it doesn't even come close to the nastiness I've encountered with a javascript spreading heinous malware. Sites as benign as Pogo.com and MSN games have managed to wreak havoc with the computer. I have a couple of great security systems in place, which quickly identified the malware. However, when attempting to remove the malware, I lost my desktop, start menu, and task bar. I've searched the technogeek forums for answers and means of restoring what I've "lost", but none offer anything remotely simple enough for me to comprehend. Yes, I'm a technotard and have admitted this many times before.
Using task manager, I can see all my documents and other files, but can't really access them. I can't get to the control panel, can't find the tools necessary to fix the damn problem, and I can't find my marbles anymore. I hate losing my marbles. Grrr.
I hate Gromozon for screwing with me. And I hate being too dense to find my way out of this paper bag.
I expect I'll be reinstalling Windows in the next couple of days, probably while this site is down because of the domain transfer issue.
I'd probably be much less irritated if I weren't mid-flare up with my back. But, that's how it goes, I guess. Yeah, like pain and not being able to pee when I want isn't bad enough...I get computer BS as the bright red cherry atop the crap sundae.
The good news is -- I'm no longer suffering from "boreditism" (LD's word for boredom). And, as a bonus, if the site's down, I can't get spammed.
Posted by Da Goddess at 02:31 AM | Comments (5)
October 25, 2006
Matilda the Hun
I guess it was the fever, or perhaps the repeats of Roseanne while I couldn't sleep, but I got to thinking about some of the people I met when I worked retail many years ago. One of the most memorable of those folks was none other than Matilda the Hun aka Queen Kong.
For the uninitiated, Matilda the Hun (which is how she introduced herself to me) wrestled for the Glorious Women of Wrestling (G.L.O.W.). Now, I've never been a fan of wrestling, but I was absolutely fascinated by this redheaded Amazon in the brightly colored tights who stood before me. Yes, she shopped in "uniform".
It was sheer luck that I was manning the register that day. I was supposed to be at lunch, but one of my cashiers had snuck out early, along with half the sales staff. It didn't much matter to me. It was a quiet day and I was caught up on credit application processing, account reconciliations, and all the other managerial tasks I had each day.
So, there I was, standing at the register and organizing the work area when Matilda the Hun arrived. She had a small group of people with her (it was the 80s and the height of wrestling excitement) and made her way through the store. When she finished selecting her merchandise, the group approached me. Since we were basically the only people in the store, we had plenty of time to talk. And talk we did. I still remember her laughter and the way her hair caught the sunlight through the windows at the front of the store. Red hair does that, you know.
Anyhow, there's a small snapshot of my past life. And for the record, Matilda aka Queen Kong was never on Roseanne. That was Dot Jones as The Black Widow. Again, it's probably the fever making these weird connections, but they make sense to me.
And, yes, I know...she's also well-known in fetish circles as Queen Adrena.
Posted by Da Goddess at 04:38 AM | Comments (0)
October 24, 2006
Playing With Food
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Blue Heron with Snake
One of my favorite shots spotted on Flickr. I wish I could capture a moment like this!
My hat's off to Ken Powell for his brilliance and great fortune.
Posted by Da Goddess at 06:22 AM | Comments (0)
October 21, 2006
The Dustman Returneth!
Welcome home, Doc!
Posted by Da Goddess at 09:21 PM | Comments (1)
October 09, 2006
Happy Leif Erikson Day!
Ericson, Ericsson, Eiriksson, however you spell it.
I almost wished everyone a happy Leif Garrett day, but realized a full day celebrating the life of a teen idol from the 70s was rather silly, and would have been much easier than figuring out WHICH spelling is the proper one (every site or resource gives a different opinion and all claim to be right). Of course, it wouldn't be all that silly if we were talking about David Cassidy, but that's another story completely.
Anyway, you can thank Lydon B. Johnson for declaring Oct. 9 Leif Erikson Day back in 1964. Apparently, Johnson thought the first European to set recorded foot on North American land (after Bjarni Herjólfsson, that is) was worth noting.
Posted by Da Goddess at 05:14 PM | Comments (1)
October 03, 2006
Got Boobs?
Boobiethon 2006 officially kicked off on Sunday and will run through October 7.
If you have breast tissue, you should care about the progress made in fighting breast cancer. And, men, this includes you! No one is immune!
Posted by Da Goddess at 06:15 AM | Comments (0)
10
Happy Birthday, sweetie!
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California Sunsets
Little Dude and I went chasing a sunset last Friday. I was quite taken by the wispy clouds all afternoon and when the sun hit that certain point, it promised to be pretty fantastic. We drove out as far as we could through the one development nearest us and what we saw held us spellbound for a long time. The lines down the middle of the center cloud are actually sunbeams, as pointed out to me by my son.
Uncropped, unedited, this is what we saw.
Posted by Da Goddess at 04:40 AM | Comments (0)