True.

Somewhat related: Clients from Hell.

the web is a funny place

... and that's a good thing because right now, our older cat Max is home recovering after a brief stay at the vet hospital. Sigh.

So, on to the funny:

Despite the fact that Roger Ebert no longer sits in a soundstage version of a theatre balcony to dish out reviews, he still posts them online and frequently makes me laugh out loud, like today's review of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. He sums it up like so:

If you want to save yourself the ticket price, go into the kitchen, cue up a male choir singing the music of hell, and get a kid to start banging pots and pans together. Then close your eyes and use your imagination.

I had never heard of the Voynich Manuscript before reading this xkcd panel... but it makes perfect sense to me now:

Bad parking giggle

Damn. Now I really want a torch to carry in the van...

Gory Giggle

Today's xkcd amused me....


... but then, I am often amused by the very dark. Some of my favourite films -- War of the Roses, Shallow Grave, Heathers -- are very dark comedies. It seems that my sense of humour has rubbed off on Kiddo, she has laughed out loud at some very inappropriate scenes (in Gremlins, for example); she's got a bit of a Wednesday Aadams mini-goth-girl vibe going (actually, she loves all things Ruby Gloom). It's one of the many things I love about her.

[Go ahead, put a little dark in your life. Add these movies to your collection!]

Fun with Google Maps

Anyone who knows me knows I'm a Google fan through and through (I don't completely buy their 'Don't be Evil' motto but I do use many of their products -- Google kinda owns my life).

Google Maps is something I use at least weekly -- lately almost daily to check out the location of various homes for sale. Our last few road trips (aside from the Island one, oddly) have been navigated almost entirely using Google Maps....

...so, of course I laughed my tookus off reading XKCD's take: