The Logic Suggests...

Just a taste of logic for our friends in Camp Abstinence-Only Education, who may have visited camp Pray the Gay Away.  This makes sense to you, right?

Inspiration! Harry Potter Quotes

Hagrid is one of my favourite characters in Harry Potter.  He's got that gruff, scary exterior with a puppy-dog interior thing going on.  He is strong of heart and loyal and loves so very much it is inspiring.  He also said this:

Harry Potter Quote from Jessica Wolff

Find this and other printable quotes from Harry Potter on the lovely Etsy shop of Jessica Wolff!  (PS: What a great name! Makes me want to go by the English translation of my last name and be a Lion.)

Me & Ryan Gosling at a Birthday Party

Ryan got a bit snuggly at my friend's birthday party, while I was putting some chapstick on.  Don't worry, the PDA didn't get any more than that, he just likes to cuddle up once and a while.  (Oh, and if you're wondering why he looks so much smaller than me, we were goofing around with the machine from Honey, I Shrunk the Kids.  Because you have access to things like that when you hang out with Ryan Gosling on the regular.)

Cute! Cat Door Stretches

Gertie lies in the funniest positions sometimes.  At the base of the door, naturally.

BONUS! Here is a four-way version of the gif I tried to post last week.

Singalong! Last Kiss by Del Shannon

The Pearl Jam cover of this song was reallllly popular the summer I was living at my aunt's house in Vancouver.  Let me tell you, this song got to me big time.  The slow, heart-wrenching vocals made me get all teary-eyed every time I heard it.  Kind of an odd choice for a summer hit, but heck, we all need a juxtaposition now and again.  Then I heard the original version by Del Shannon.  It's light, upbeat, and happy sounding.  That's right, a song about a teenage boy who gets into a car accident with his girlfriend and holds her while she dies sounds happy.  Weird, but maybe more fitting for the summer.

LAST KISS

Del Shannon

Oh where, oh where, can my baby be?

The Lord took her away from me

She's gone to heaven, so I've got to be good

So I can see my baby when I leave this world

We were out on a date in my daddy's car

We hadn't driven very far

There in the road, straight ahead

A car was stalled, the engine was dead

I couldn't stop, so I swerved to the right

I'll never forget the sound that night

The screamin' tires, the bustin' glass

The painful scream that I heard last

Oh where, oh where, can my baby be?

The Lord took her away from me

She's gone to heaven, so I've got to be good

So I can see my baby when I leave this world

When I woke up the rain was pourin' down

There were people standing all around

Something warm runnin' through my eyes

But somehow I found my baby that night

I lifted her head, she looked at me and said,

Hold me darling, just a little while

I held her close, I kissed her our last kiss

I found the love that I knew I had missed.

Well now she's gone

& even though I hold her tight

I lost my love, my life, that night.

Oh where, oh where, can my baby be?

The Lord took her away from me

She's gone to heaven, so I've got to be good

So I can see my baby when I leave this world.

Learning! Why Net Neutrality Matters

If you're like me, you've heard terms like "net neutrality" bounced around from time to time and basically known that it's supposed to be good but that's it.  This great video from College Humor* not only explains the term clearly, but also why it is in jeopardy.  Watch it!

Then (if you're American) go to www.dearfcc.org and sign the petition to stop them.  It's a really easy, well-laid-out form.  Probably the best online petition I've seen yet.  I wish I could sign it!

If you're not American, share this with your American friends, because if they do this it's going to eff things up for everyone. Plus, Canadians know that Harper loooooves to be a copy cat.


*It feels really wrong to write "Humor" the American way, but that's their name, so I probably should.

Inspiration! Rewriting Offensive Lyrics

My friend Keri sent me this image on Pinterest and it made me so happy. I have been imagining doing something like this with Blurred Lines for some time.

And to answer my cousin'a comment about it taking the fun out of the so g, if misogyny is part of fun we have a problem. 

Cute! Stop-Motion Cat Gif

I just downloaded the new app from the ladies of A Beautiful Mess, Party Party. It is awesome! Among other things, it makes stop-motion gifs for you. Naturally, my first test was on Gertie.  This gif worked on my phone but I'm not sure if it's going to work here, so this is also really just a test.  Let's see what happens!

UPDATE: The gif is not gif-ing.  I probably did something wrong.  Anyways, enjoy this strangely framed picture of my cat!

Singalong! 1979 by The Smashing Pumpkins

I'm trying to think of a clever introduction to this one, but I just like this song and it popped back into my head. So! Here is some Smashing Pumpkins for you!

1979

The Smashing Pumpkins

Shakedown 1979, cool kids never have the time

On a live wire right up off the street

You and I should meet

Junebug skipping like a stone

With the headlights pointed at the dawn

We were sure we'd never see an end to it all

And I don't even care to shake these zipper blues

And we don't know

Just where our bones will rest

To dust I guess

Forgotten and absorbed into the earth below

Double cross the vacant and the bored

They're not sure just what we have in store

Morphine city slipping dues down to see

That we don't even care as restless as we are

We feel the pull in the land of a thousand guilts

And poured cement, lamented and assured

To the lights and towns below

Faster than the speed of sound

Faster than we thought we'd go, beneath the sound of hope

Justine never knew the rules,

Hung down with the freaks and the ghouls

No apologies ever need be made, I know you better than you fake it

To see that we don't even care to shake these zipper blues

And we don't know just where our bones will rest

To dust I guess

Forgotten and absorbed into the earth below

The street heats the urgency of now

As you see there's no one around

Learning! Bacteria Adapt Way Too Quickly to Antibiotics

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We already know that bacteria adapts to antibiotics and that's a bit of a dangerous deal since antibiotics are the only thing we really have so far to fight bacteria, so if it adapts too much it will kill us all. In fact, I am 100% sure that is how we will either enter an apocalypse, zombie or otherwise.

Scientists recently decided to look into this further, and it turns out that bacteria will actually adapt to a new antibiotic within days, but remain dormant and wait for the antibiotics to run their course before activating again. Because they are survival machines.

To me this means we're even more screwed than we realized, but the scientists seem to think this could be used to develop better ways of fighting bacteria. Let's hope.

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Inspiration! Aphorism Cards

These just make me happy because they are kind of the reverse of your usual inspirations.  And yet?  So good.

Aphorism cards made by The School of Life and could be some kind of excellent gift.

Cute! Grandma Time

Today is the funeral for my dear Grandma, so I'm going to share some cuteness from her.  This is me and my Grandma at a family reunion when I was 2-ish.  Cute, right?  Also, remember these days when you took the picture on film and that's what it was?  And sometimes a weird lighting thing happened at the bottom and you just had to live with it.

Singalong! Summer Girls by LFO

It's full-on summer in Vancouver now which means lots of clammy, sweaty skin and bike riding. This song has been running through my head as I bike around town, and I can't help but wonder if Abercrombie & Fitch paid to be so well featured in the song.

SUMMER GIRLS

by LFO

New Kids On The block had a bunch of hits

Chinese food makes me sick.

And I think it's fly when girls stop by for the summer,for the summer

I like girls that wear Abercrombie and Fitch,

I'd take her if I had one wish,

But she's been gone since that summer..

Since that summer

[Verse 1:]

Hip Hop Marmalade spic And span,

Met you one summer and it all began

You're the best girl that I ever did see,

The great Larry Bird Jersey 33

When you take a sip you buzz like a hornet

Billy Shakespeare wrote a whole bunch of sonnets

Call me Willy Whistle cause I can't speak baby

Something in your eyes went and drove me crazy

Now I can't forget you and it makes me mad,

Left one day and never came back

Stayed all summer then went back home,

Macauly Culkin wasn't Home Alone

Fell deep in love,but now we ain't speaking

Michael J Fox was Alex P Keaton

When I met you I said my name was Rich

You look like a girl from Abercrombie and Fitch

[Chorus:]

New Kids On The block had a bunch of hits

Chinese food makes me sick.

And I think it's fly when girls stop by for the summer, for the summer

I like girls that wear Abercrombie and Fitch,

I'd take her if I had one wish,

But she's been gone since that summer..

Since that summer

[Verse 2:]

Cherry Pez, cold crush, rock star boogie

Used to hate school so I had to play hookie,

Always been hip to the B-boY Style

Known to act wild and make girls smile,

Love New Edition and the Candy Girl

Remind me of you because you rock my world

You come from Georgia where the peaches grow

They drink lemonade and speak real slow

You love hip hop and rock n roll

Dad took off when you were 4 years old

There was a good man named Paul Revere

I feel much better baby when you're near

You love fun dip and cherry Coke,

I like the way you laugh when I tell a joke

When I met you I said my name was Rich

You look like a girl from Abercrombie and Fitch

[Repeat Chorus]

[Bridge:]

In the summertime girls got it going on,

Shake and wiggle to a hip hop song

Summertime girls are the kind I like,

I'll steal your honey like I stole your bike

[Verse 3]

Bugaloo shrimp and pogo sticks

My mind takes me back there oh so quick

Let you off the hook like my man Mr. Limpet

Think about that summer and I bug,cause I miss it

Like the color purple,macaroni and cheese,

Ruby red slippers and a bunch of trees

Call you up but whats the use

I like Kevin Bacon,but I hate Footloose

Came in the door I said it before,I think I'm over you

but I'm really not sure

When I met you I said my name was Rich

You look like a girl from Abercrombie and Fitch

[Repeat Chorus]

[Bridge:]

In the summer girls come and summer girls go

Some are worth while and some are so so,

Summer girls come and summer girls go

Some are worth while and some are so so,

Summertime girls got it going on

Shake and wiggle to a hip hop song

Summertime girls are the kind I like

I'll steal your honey like I stole your bike

[Repeat Chorus]