Metacentricities

I still read some UU bloggers, and it seems this quiz is going around the UU Blogosphere (That’s Rev. Sean’s link). I figured I’d try it out.

Your Inner European is Swedish!

Relaxed and peaceful.You like to kick back and enjoy life.

Who’s Your Inner European?

I love Freecycle. It’s an amazing community of people who give and get things that they need for free. When I left the valley in 2005, I “freecycled” (it’s becoming a verb!) a lot of stuff. And, in moving back, we’ve gotten a lot of very useful stuff lately on freecycle - a nice grill, some varied furniture. We’ve also given a fair bit of stuff away. It’s a great way to get things you need or want, and a great way to give away things that you don’t need or want, without them going to the landfill. Anyway, today, this came across freecycle - and it’s by far the funniest thing I’ve seen in a while.

From: xxxxxxxxxxx@yahoo.com

Subject:[FreecycleAmherst] WANTED: Husband

Date: May 14, 2007 10:42:21 AM EDT

To:freecycleamherst

Looking for something soft and plushy, not worn out. Must be in good shape, and from a non-smoking household. My current husband is so old and tired and needs replacing. I’ll take any color - I’m not picky. Husband will be used mainly to lie down on the bed with. Surely you have one of these just kickin’ around the house you dont need anymore?

Update: It turns out, this is for a “Husband Pillow!” (Didn’t know these things existed.)

Technorati Tags: freecycle

One of the things I look at, on occasion, is the search terms people use to find my blog. They can be entertaining, or sometimes just plain wierd. So here are a few:

• The obvious, and interesting: “barak obama *” (where * is “faith”, “religious views” or “speech”), “audre lorde”, “oj simpson interview”,“seminary”, “overfarming”
• The humorous: “barak obama antichrist”, “nazarene weekly torah lesson”, “christmas wrong”, “bezerk leisure northampton”, “seminary lesbians undergoing theological stress”
• The puzzling: “1950s panties”, “wikipedia are poinsettas poisonious”, “women leaders of ancient egypt”
• The embarrasing: “guerro negro” (I misspelled it on a post - it’s really Guerrero Negro)

Technorati Tags: search

I didn’t watch the Emmys, well, because I don’t watch television. But due to the wonders of the web, I did see Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart do a hilarious skit at the Emmys.

Get prepared for World Jump Day. The day in less than a week, when 600,000,000 people in the Western Hemisphere are supposed to jump at the same second, and move the earth out of it’s present orbit, into another one, one that is slightly larger (therefore, further from the sun, cooling the earth.)

I haven’t figured out whether these folks are serious. And I also can’t help thinking about that 80s science fiction series, Space 1999, where a nuclear explosion on the moon sends the moon out of earth’s orbit, roaming the galaxy.

Got this, of course, from Treehugger.

technorati tags:environment, humor, worldjumpday

… of something that will get someone in trouble with the copyright police, but for no good reason. This is an inventive, and very funny mashup of Star Wars and Lord of the Rings, called "Star Lords." (Link for broadband only, sorry.)

technorati tags: starwars, lordoftherings, mashup, film

… this link. I promise you’ll appreciate it!

Thanks Caitlyn!

technorati tags: politics, connecticut, georgewbush

‘Nuff said. From BoingBoing.

Remember Zork? I can’t even begin to think about how many hours my twenty-something self spent exploring the text-only adventure world of Zork. I loved Zork. Two friends independently sent me this hilarious post from defective yeti, which is a blog I have come across, but don’t read regularly. It’s hilarious. Even if you don’t remember Zork, you’ll still get a kick out of it. And, sadly, it’s all too true.

Oval OfficeYou are standing inside a White House, having just been elected to the presidency of the United States. You knew Scalia would pull through for you.

There is a large desk here, along with a few chairs and couches. The presidential seal is in the middle of the room and there is a full-length mirror upon the wall.

What do you want to do now?

> INVADE IRAQYou are not able to do that, yet.

> LOOK MIRRORSelf-reflection is not your strong suit.

> PET SEALIt’s not that kind of seal.

> EXAMINE CHAIRSThey are two several chairs arranged around the center of the room, along with two couches. Under one couch you find Clinton’s shoes.

…

technorati tags: zork, georgew, bush, iraq

I came across this story today. Makes you want to go hmmm …