"Solidad was your mother's name / she fell in love with my Juan Luiz / they may be gone"

[larryhammer]

But I am still your abuelita ... of links!

• Two words: LEGO harpsichord. (via)
  
  
• Two more: Flower girls. (via)
  
  
• Another two: Icon envy. (via)
  
  
• Several more: On reading pornography in old age.
  
  
• Been there, done that: "At three in the morning I looked at my clock and thought, 'Good god! What on earth have I been doing for four hours?!' I looked at my screen. Plot summaries of Power Rangers episodes. Damn."
  
  
• Speaking of Wikipedia: some random Japanese children's folklore.
  
  
• A concept I needed a name for: Macho Sue. (via)
  
  
• A concept whose time has come: "Child Trader is now the nations 4th largest child exchange network."
  
  
• A partial explanation for the Pioneer Anomaly: "30% of the force can be attributed to heat radiating from the probe." (via)
  
  
• A partial example of proto-breakdancing: classic Russian military style. (via)

If I found the strength to speak, would you want to hear?

---L.

Comments

[marith.livejournal.com]

Well, the Child Trader one does take the cake for chutzpah. I wonder how many people have actually given them ccinfo.

[larryhammer]

There's enough people unable to hear the sound of a tongue being inserted in cheek that it wouldn't completely surprise me if it hasn't happened at least once. Look at all the people who thought Bonsai Kittens were real.

---L.

[palomapus.livejournal.com]

My middle name is Soledad. I always wanted to be called by it, too!

[larryhammer]

I didn't know that! Why didn't you try using it?

---L.