Soooo....

[CoasterMatt]

Here's the ornament that I nearly impaled my leg with - in the picture, you can see discoloration and a congealed bit of blood on the ear of the beast.
It now safely lives in the Nuclear Muffin Test Kitchen, where it will guard the Atomic Cookie Blast Furnace in perpetuity.

[alphabassettgrrl]

That looks quite dangerous, Matt! I hope your leg heals quickly.

[Morrigoon]

Holy shiznit... too bad this sucker doesn't have a reputation for holding up in the wind, or I'd totally replace my broken umbrella with this. Saw the same thing in the store today, marked down to twice the price of the online one.

Backyard canopy

[BDBopper]

I am so psyched! My political hero and champion, Mike Huckabee will be filling in for local, syndicated talk show host, Neal Boortz ON MY BIRTHDAY!!!

I am all smiles!! What an awesome way to kick off MY day!

[Sohrshah]

My boxes of DVDs and Video games have begun to arrive!! It's like Christmas!

[lindyhop]

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

Is there a property manager you could talk to?

No, it's a condo complex with a lot of people complaining but no one really in charge. If I hadn't been trying to get to an early morning meeting I would have herded the dog back to their door which was wide open but with no one in sight. Then I could innocently ask, over the barking, did you know your dog is loose?

[Gemini Cricket]

Originally Posted by lindyhop

No, it's a condo complex with a lot of people complaining but no one really in charge. If I hadn't been trying to get to an early morning meeting I would have herded the dog back to their door which was wide open but with no one in sight. Then I could innocently ask, over the barking, did you know your dog is loose?

Ugh. Sorry, lindyhop...

By the way, I was wondering something. Will there ever be a swanking where we get to see lindyhop do the lindy hop or the shim sham at the Carnation Plaza at Disneyland? I'd love that to happen.

[Prudence]

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

By the way, I was wondering something. Will there ever be a swanking where we get to see lindyhop do the lindy hop or the shim sham at the Carnation Plaza at Disneyland? I'd love that to happen.

I've been wondering that too! (And if it's the shim sham, I almost remember that one!) But I really wanna see lindyhop do the lindy hop.

[alphabassettgrrl]

School starts Monday and I'm so not ready.

Vegas was awesome and I liked seeing Jonathan Coulton in concert. Skullcrusher Mountain is my new theme song. And zombies are cool. Especially when they're going up onto the stage and attacking the singer. Richard Cheese is strange. I miss the Star Trek thing already and the aliens wandering Quark's bar. The Andorian was probably 40 but she still looked good. Straight, though. Didn't stay to talk to me much.

Feeding squirrels is fun.

[lindyhop]

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

Ugh. Sorry, lindyhop...

By the way, I was wondering something. Will there ever be a swanking where we get to see lindyhop do the lindy hop or the shim sham at the Carnation Plaza at Disneyland? I'd love that to happen.

I'm usually in Pasadena on Saturday nights because there's a better balance of leads and follows. But Pasadena is dark September 6 so I'll probably be at the Park.

The Shim Sham is a lot of fun. It always comes up during a band break when some people are dancing (to recorded music) but a lot are just hanging around waiting for the band to come back. Then the Shim Sham starts playing and everyone jumps up to dance the same steps and then we all go back to our separate corners again.

If you want to see lindyhop Lindy Hop if would help if you could scare up a few more leads. There's always more women...