“Grey in L.A.” by Loudon Wainwright III
And I suppose that they’ll close canyon roads
And the freeways will all start to clog
And the waters will rise, and you won’t be surprised
When your whole house smells like a wet dog
Month: April 2011
Monday various
- Novelist proposes to girlfriend in print. I suppose there are worse ways to go about it. [via]
- The house from H.P. Lovecraft’s story “The Shunned House” is for sale. I don’t think I’ve ever read the story in question. I know I don’t have $925,000 to spend. [via]
- Super Mario propaganda posters. I like these, although I do sometimes wonder about my generation’s continued obsession with all things Super Mario. [via]
- Tom Baker’s touching tribute to Elisabeth Sladen. [via]
- And finally, China Mieville’s re-interpretation of Marley & Me is…interesting.
Easter parade
It was a quiet day at home, spent celebrating Easter with my parents, sister, and brother-in-law. We had a nice midday meal of filet mignon and some gorgeous, if a little too hot, weather all day. It’s only within the past hour that it’s started to rain again, hopefully cooling off but not returning to the genuinely chilly weather we had all last week. Today we actually took the covers off the air conditioners, and even used the one in the living room for a while.
Beyond that, I did the Sunday crossword, watched the latest episode of Doctor Who (which I think I may actually want to watch again), and went to the local nursery to buy my mother a plant for Easter. About it, really.
Song of the day
“Rocky Raccoon” by the Beatles
A de-lovely evening
“Anything goes in. Anything goes out. Fish, bananas, old pajamas, mutton, beef, and trout.”
Those are the lyrics to the “Anything Goes” recalled in this Monty Python sketch, though thankfully not the lyrics from the version I saw this evening, along with my parents, sister and brother-in-law. We had a lovely dinner out, followed by the show, which was great fun.