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Month: April 2007

Secret Message #13: It Opens All Doors

Secret Message #13: It Opens All Doors

Opportunity knocks! Yet another month of posts, and I’ve been painting a picture all the while. You all know what this means now. There’s another Easter Egg! So, yes, an Amazon gift certificate is up for grabs. There is, however, one twist. Actually, two. First, I’ve added red herrings that also act as additional clues. Second, the reward will now vary in amount every month, and the amount will depend on a blog-related variable known only to me. This month,…

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Retiring For a Little Bit

Retiring For a Little Bit

I was late with last night’s post, and I’m crazy to be up checking e-mail and writing this post right now, but I’m having one of those migraine couple of days—had it all day yesterday, and still have it now. I meant to post something cutesy today, according to schedule, but I feel like vomiting—the pain is so bad. So I’ll save it for another post and for now bid you all a See You Later. Share this post:

How To Make Alien Barbecue

How To Make Alien Barbecue

The ingredients are the following: Aliens—lots of them, in the masthead and on holidays. Mondegreens—because with aliens, there is often a lot of miscommunication through mishearing, mistranslation, and Miss Malaprop-ism. Life Lessons—learned with the proper mangling of proverbs, idiomatic speech, and famous quotes, yet another by-product of alien mis-communication. Photography—that we may document our world, to show to the aliens. Fauxtography—that we may document their world and our interactions with the alien life form, since regularly photography has been yet…

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I Meant To Post This Earlier

I Meant To Post This Earlier

…but Happy Earth Day! I hope everyone worked on making their ecological footprint a lot smaller today. In my effort to save the world, I recycled my food and had leftover soup for lunch. From the experience, I was able to collect some tips and tricks to share with you all. First lesson of the day: when making bisque, puree the stuff first, then heat it up, instead of the other way around—and when you puree, don’t overfill the container…

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