Random Thought – My niece (via Momster’s younger sis Diane & ) Inger is 17…. I can remember when she was born, and wore the candle headdress at age 4! How the heck did 13 years skip on by that fast?

We watched the most thinly-veiled possible telephone ad / infomercial on the tube last night.. Picture This. Poor Kevin Pollak. Ah well, I was happy just to relax on the couch and veg for a little while. Note – It is not a “hilarious coming of age teen comedy.”

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Today’s Harvest – Okra and three kinds of eggplant!

recent listens –

Bjork – odd duck and Grinspoon – gone tomorrow

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Mamihlapinatapai:considered the hardest word to translate.

It describes a look shared by two people with each wishing that the other will initiate something that both desire but which neither one wants to start. This could perhaps be translated more succinctly as “eye-contact implying ‘after you…'”. A more literal approximation is “ending up mutually at a loss as to what to do about each other”.

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at the suggestion of MGK – I’ve added Zero Effect to my netflix.

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1 year ago – college park – drove by looney labs, got chrononauts, nasty smoothie king, collector’s crypt, liberty books

2 years ago – rip webmonkey, skipping dragon*con, personal growth post recap, newt on porch pic

3 years ago – mp, kev, $, Rs, the love god mp3, update info about me, tag cloud, allergy

4 years ago – construction webbing, fonts, celebs, web cam fights crime

5 years ago – braced, zombie pumpkin fights, insanity script, insurance stupidity

6 years ago – dream about graypumpkin at the paint store, little people, domed 3d displays,great ape project, 28 things quiz, sue the teacher trend, mental comfort

7 years ago – cool mini or not, vatic, cool things about moving, smoothies, misc news, age poll, counter testing, chocolate bees, Victorian Sex Cry Generator, what’s for supper, coloring book concept germ

8 years ago – Newtcam’s own page posted