That’s Gustavo Kuerten drawing a heart on the clay court after winning the French Open. Happy Valentine’s Day!

It is time for another round of referral log reference questions! A question that many people come to my site seeking an answer for is “What happened to Wayne from What not to Wear?” I do wonder why people are researching what happened to Wayne when they could just worship Trinny and Susannah of the [...]

I’ve decided that having an ipod would make me a better librarian. I don’t know if I want one of the pretty tiny colorful ones or one of the older models. Having an ipod would make me a better librarian because I listen to music all day at work (not while I’m on the reference [...]

My little sister sent me a link for Shmaltz, the Chosen Beers featuring Genesis Ale and Messiah Bold.
You can watch a commercial, “Two Jews Walk Into a Bar”
Also in the tradition of religiously themed beer, you could drink some Pologamy Porter “Why Just Have One!”

It is sort of hard to have a restful vacation, when you find yourself awake at 3am coughing up your lungs : (
I’ve enjoyed not working for the past few days, but I’d have enjoyed it more if I hadn’t caught the lingering cold from hades. I’ve been resting up, saw Return of the King [...]

Via Mefi, Once more with Hobbits features songs from middle earth using the music of the Buffy musical episode “Once more with feeling.”
I like “I’ll never tell” as sung by Gimli and Legolas:
LEGOLAS:
He’s short
GIMLI:
He’s pretty
LEGOLAS:
He thinks his jokes are witty
GIMLI:
He hums some elven ditty
As we run along
LEGOLAS:
He’s gross, and hairy
GIMLI:
He acts like he’s a fairy
LEGOLAS:
He’s [...]

Why when I search amazon for x-men am I presented with the following list of products?
X2-Xmen United dvd (fine)
Men’s performance fleece pullovers from old navy
Coat from timberland
and a Jersey for the Denver Nuggets?!!!?
I’m sort of insulted that Amazon thinks people looking for X-men are fans of the Denver Nuggets.

Ah, back from Thanksgiving vacation! And I don’t have to teach any classes for many weeks, this feels very luxurious.
Much more bloggery tomorrow.
Mark Millar and Grant Morrison Simpsons style deathmatch via link machine go

I’m flying back tomorrow, I’ve had a very relaxing thanksgiving and after hauling my laptop across the country, this is the first time I’ve taken it out of the case. My RSS reader has over 1000 stories I haven’t read yet.
Instead, I made my way through some books (finished the first part of Quicksilver, and [...]