So, what are you doing Memorial Weekend? That's this weekend, incidentally: Saturday through Monday, May 24-26. I'm only asking because on those three days, Pirates For Sail will be performing at Virginia Renaissance Faire! We're doing three shows each day on the main stage, so come see us and buy our CD!
In case you missed it, here's our public service announcement for International Scurvy Awareness Day, to give you a small idea of what you'll be in for. Please take this very important message to heart.
The release of Deathly Hallows is only two days away. I've got Half-Blood Prince fresh in my memory. Here's my post from when I'd just finished reading it the first time (good lord, was it really two years ago?). Join me, if you dare, behind the cut, for some speculation and predictions about Book 7.
Does Man yet survive in this new world, or has the globe been subsumed by Wells's Morlocks? Perhaps you have truly mastered the art of lighter-than-air flight, and have constructed bright, shining cities on the surface of the very Moon itself? I hope you did not meet with excessive resistance from the natives. Please reply with all haste, as we are all eager to learn of our destiny in the impending Twentieth Century and beyond.
God save the Queen, Galvanic Ether Telephonograph of 1897
(Inspired by this (now-deleted) MetaFilter thread)
Hello, friends. We have come to a sad realization: our recently acquired fourth cat, Nic, is not fitting in with the already present feline household dynamic. We think that he and our other cats would all be happier if he were to move to a different home. We hope that you, or someone you know, will be able to provide that home.
Nic is a neutered male, approximately ten months old. He is in excellent health and up to date on all of his shots. He has a very sweet temperament and loves to cuddle. His purr is remarkably loud. Nic would be the perfect cat for a currently catless household.
We will ask for an adoption fee of $200 to help defray the medical costs of neutering (May 8) and vaccinations (April 24 and May 6). Thank you for your understanding.
Can you give a home to this adorable cat? We hope you can.
Are you poor? Tired? Hungry? Are you devoted to the cause of freedom? Join the Zapacontra revolutionaries in their glorious rebellion against the corrupt Presidente Vergagordo!
Signed, Subcomandante Largos
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Are you bored? Tired? Hungry? Are you devoted to the cause of comedy? The producers of El Presidente need extras this Saturday to play Zapacontra rebels! Filming will be from 10:00 AM until 7:00 PM on April 21, in downtown Baltimore. The food and booze will flow freely, and Sean, the director, is a terrific cook. Reply here if you're interested, and I'll give you the details.
What if I told you that some guy on the Internet is watching the crappy first-season episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation and writing lengthy, witty blog entries in which he mercilessly mocks the hell out of them?
Now, what if I told you that that guy is Wil Wheaton?
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