My Chinese sister is selling her house in Mystic, Connecticut, and asked me for some help, at least with morale: I need a song to the tune of "Who Will Buy?" from "Oliver!"....pertaining to my current real estate situation....I stumble around aimlessly with it and am turning to you for professional assistance. ;) Ever willing to help... and with her permission, here it is -- written from...

Here's a great e-mail written by Bill Gates five years ago. I observe that much of what he complained about has yet to be fixed. ...using the download page to download something was not something they anticipated. Link from thnidu .

(From many places on my flist, most recently thnidu . I prefer this version of the two I've seen recently.) Rules: Post 3 things you've done that you believe nobody else on your F-list has done. Indulge in remorse if someone calls you out on a listed item. Run programs on a Bendix G15. (There may be one or two old-timers who can call me out on the drum, vacuum tubes, or germanium...

National Airport, Arlington, VA, 4:11 PM: Heading home after finally getting to see the Songbird in DC (she picked me up at the National Airport terminal around 11:30 Friday night), I reflect on the father I left behind in Louisiana (still going at 72 and able to make a piece of wood do just about everything but sit up and beg), as well as on the other fathers in my life. My younger brother Doug...

Before the weekend totally recedes over the horizon, I should wrap up my Balticon report... They say that no con schedule survives contact with the fans. Balticon Monday was a good example of this. First, there was the discovery that UT and John Palencar both turned up for Kaffeklatches at the same time. I'm not sure whether *I* missed a memo (which is possible; there were many e-mails flying...

Discovery Channel "I love the world" ad . (via thnidu , but someone else had sent me the link earlier) Brilliant! It's got astronauts, spiders, Mythbusters, Stephen Hawking, and more. So sweet, so catchy. Warning: This song was stuck in my head for weeks ! Why it's important to know your history (via querldox ) Kevin James, a right-wing talk show host in L.A., makes a total fool...

Some old, some new. As usual, some of these are to share and some are just to help me keep track. And all of 'em are so I can clear off some saved tabs-- my browser is just craaaaawling at the moment! Aspie quiz (via quezz ) The goal of this test is to give a reliable indication of autism spectrum traits in adults. Gary Westfahl article on Asperger's and science fiction (via thnidu...

I found this on thnidu 's page. It was originated by maverick_weirdo . It seemed like an interesting exercise. Here is a list of all 259 songs that have received at least one nomination for (and, in some cases, won) the annual Pegasus Award. Repost in your LJ and: * If you've heard the song at least once, put it in italics * If you've sung along to it in public (at least the chorus...

I've used the Memories feature to list all the posts in memory of Lois that I have seen, with many thanks to madfilkentist   for his incremental listings. The list is here . (cross-posted to my journal, )

Who posts the most in my journal? (with thanks to thatcrazycajun ) Total comments: 72 1 sffilk 22 2 filkferengi 9 3 thnidu 7 4 captserek 6 5 Anonymous 5 6 mdlbear 4 7 autographedcat 3 8 kayshapero 3 9 capthunter 2 10 thatcrazycajun ...