I’ve officially seen everything

Or, Google for weddings. Because why not?

Oy

I think it’s great how the companies responsible for my last two phones (which I wanted to love before I ended up hating them) have teamed up (maybe). Godspeed, Nokia and Microsoft, may you continue to make attractive and disappointing handsets that command ridiculous amounts of the market share.

Well played, universe

I asked for a snow day, and I got one.

Now I guess I have to hold up my end of the bargain…

I’m going to root my phone and then upgrade the operating system. Froyo and my phone will soon be best friends.

Stupid winter

I am hating all the snow we’re having this winter. I hate having to wear my cute-for-snowboots-but-still-snowboots everywhere, I hate seeing ugly dirty snow all over. And I hate when I have to go to work in awful weather. Getting around is no fun when everybody is driving 15 mph. The worst thing, though, is getting my hopes up when bad weather is forecast and then having it not happen. Universe!!! If you make weatherpeople, aka your minions, believe that another snowtastrophe is going to happen, it damn well better happen.

In case you haven’t made it to the movies lately

Here are this year’s crop of Oscar nominees…in Legos.

Poker Poker Poker

I’m in fabulous Atlantic City where the boyfriend is playing poker tournaments this weekend. It’s kind of great to be in the midst of this and watch so many talented pros and amateurs (and then there are the donkeys) sit around the tables and try to out-think, out-play, and out-luck one another. As interesting as I find this, I’m learning that the organizer’s table is the place to be. These people have the best conversations and seem to know an insane number of players.
The female poker player who appeared on the millionaire matchmaker show was here. A friend told me about her and I’d figured that she would be Annie Duke (because she’s the only female poker player I can name off the top of my head), but I guessed wrong.
This person is Beth Shak and she’s kind of hilarious. The guys at the table were giving her a hard time for being on tv and looking so different in person (reason: she wasn’t wearing makeup IRL). She also took a jet to Atlantic City on the program, which they found especially amusing, since she was coming from within New Jersey at the time.
She had a boyfriend at the time she was on the show, which is what I find most amusing about the whole thing. She looks to be in her thirties, but her grandfather boyfriend looks significantly older. I guess that a smart, interesting, philanthropic millionaire female poker player isn’t considered to be appealing to television viewers without some sort of romantic hook, which is just a shame.

Cringeworthy, but maybe not actionable

I guess I’m probably the last person in the world to have seen this video, which I’ve been hearing about for a few days. I didn’t know all the details until now, but now I face a different kind of puzzlement: why would anybody want to sue over this? The woman was completely unbothered by the details of her surroundings, until she ended up soaking wet. Why does she think that she has any case? What would be the grounds? Nobody pushed her in, nobody impeded her exit from the fountain. I think it’s time for America to admit that 1) not all embarrassing behavior should be rewarded with attention and 2) not every instance of public embarrassment should end in a lawsuit.

Tell no one

Can you keep a secret?

I haven’t abandoned the Internet, but I’ve actually been pretty busy for the last few days, making a new web site for my library. This is still in rough (rough rough) shape, so don’t show it to all and sundry.  The library’s current site is somewhat eye-bleedy, so my first order of business was to set up a WordPress site. Why WordPress?

1. I use WordPress on all my sites now.
2. It’s ridiculously easy.
3. All files are on the cloud, so I can update from anywhere (including my phone)! Great for snow days, etc.
4. I have no interest in spending a ton of time coding.

Although this initial transfer of data is pretty labor-intensive (especially because I’m trying to decide what’s going to make the move and what won’t), it’s actually somewhat entertaining. I may be overdoing the whole minimalism bit, but I think that this is a definite step up from this. I’m not going for the best web site ever, just something logical and organized and less busy than before. At the rate I’m going, I should be finished by the end of the week. Also, since this is the most time I’ve spend with WordPress in a while, I’ve learned a lot of valuable stuff that I will be able to use on both of my web sites. So: an update in look is in the near future.

(Cue the gleeful, evil cackling…)

If you don’t love this, you have no soul

Steroid Liza

Gentle Reader, have you ever wondered what would happen if a tiny guy with a Napoleon complex channeled Liza Minnelli? Me neither, but I found out today. Without further ado, I present Steroid Liza, aka David Barton.

Actual Liza Minnelli, for the purpose of comparison