Friday, November 18, 2005

Small Town Misfit: "A selection of police blots from small-town papers"

Almost as amusing as Overheard in New York, except, you know, less urban.




Who do you look like?

Whoa. This is the coolest thing. Upload a photo of your face to http://www.myheritage.com/ and the software will tell you what celebrities you resemble. It has to be a clear photo of your face otherwise it doesn't work.

Me:
Nina Hagen 71% match (well, at least it's a nice ego boost, if not actually true. I'm a sucker for compliments.)
Asia Argento 67%
Anne Rice 67%
Uma Thurman 65%
Keira Knightly 65%
Hilary Swank 65%
Annete Benning 65%
Bjork 64%
Sandra Bullock 62%
Emma Watson 62%

I have been told in the past (lots of times) that I look like Bjork. And I've been told I resemble Annete Benning a couple of times.

A totally different photo got me matched to Lindsay Lohan at 72%. It's totally the cheeks.



Wednesday, November 16, 2005

I am in love with House, M.D.

I have this thing about getting crushes on fictional characters. Over the years, my crushes have included Fox Mulder, Dr. Joel Fleischman, Charlie Epps, and Christopher Dollanganger.

If I also include the two or three real-life guys I've been seriously smitten with, I've figured out (at least one of) the common traits among them. I have a thing for brilliant, arrogant guys. (Charlie's only arrogant when it comes to his career, but still...)

I'm doomed.







Tuesday, November 15, 2005

CNN.com - 'Wrap up' advice to stop colds - Nov 14, 2005: "British researchers into the common cold say 'catching a chill' really does help colds develop -- and are advising to 'wrap up warm' to keep viruses at bay."

This really bothers me. I have this ridiculous need to always be right. Which doesn't mean that I insist on being right when I'm not. Instead it means that when I find out I'm wrong, I feel like I have to correct myself. I don't know how many people I've told, "no, being cold doesn't give you a cold." I feel like I need to go find everyone I've ever said this to and admit that I was wrong. Eh, posting this will have to do.



Friday, November 04, 2005

That Fat Bastard: Why the Dirty Librarian thing?

Librarians have a thing about their image. That Fat Bastard says we're "secretly pleased" about the dirty librarian fetish. I don't think it's such a secret!



ABC News: Improve Your Odds of Kicking the Smoking Habit: "Improve Your Odds of Kicking the Smoking HabitHelp Lines, Nicotine Replacement Products Increase Chances of Success

SEATTLE, Nov. 3, 2005 -- Every year, millions of Americans try to quit smoking, and millions fail. It's not surprising -- researchers say most are going about it all wrong. "


No kidding. A while ago, I tried quitting cold turkey. I lasted about a week. I was a complete wreck. I couldn't get anything done. I'd burst into tears. It was torture.

I have a new plan. My mom goes away to housesit for a friend in a very small isolated town for three months in the winter. I'm planning on quitting the week before I go visit her for a week. I read that the second week is possibly worse than the first. And this time I'm using the patch! So, if I'm still a wreck the second week, at least I'll be on vacation with little responsibility and my mom to deal with me being on an emotional roller-coster. Poor Mom.




Wednesday, November 02, 2005

Holding my nose, closing my eyes, and jumping in. Which is a weird analogy considering that I don't know how to swim.

I've been thinking of starting a blog since before "blog" was a word. I've been working on websites in some manner since about 1996, yet never had my own. I thought about it, though.

I thought, "How cool would it be to just have a page with my random thoughts. And then put links in the text to stuff I was talking about or to past postings that had to do with the current one..."

The first time I saw something similar to this was at The Misanthropic Bitch, which is amazlingly still around.

Yeah, so I'm finally getting around to it. And in honor of nanowrimo, I've decided to just jump in and stop planning it in my head.