"Finish this phrase for me. I ain't sayin' she's a gold digger. But she ain't messin' with with no broke ..." "... fool?"
"Do you understand how rap works, Councilman?
I'm sad about Kanye West's mother and the timing is interesting since we just bought his latest CD yesterday. I even took the time to load his CD onto my iPod before leaving on our trip today.
Now I just hope he and the rest of his family are doing okay. I can only imagine how hard it must be to lose your mama.
In our five hours on the road Friday, Curtis and I were chatting about blogging and he noted that he didn't know of a lot of other guys who blog. We both could think of plenty of tech-bloggers, but didn't have long lists of men who blog about their lives. So I started browsing through my RSS feeds to find all the men in my "must read" folder and the list was alarmingly brief. With the exception of my friends I know personally, I can list: Wil Wheaton - I love Wil! I wish I could find more people like him on the internet. Jason Kottke's kottke.org - a collection of interesting items. Cute with Chris - He's Canadian and talks about kittens. What's not to love? Laid-Off Dad - No longer laid off, but still a fine read. The Sneeze - I admit to skimming his sometimes, but he's still entertaining. Kevin Smith: My Boring-Ass Life - Usually interesting and always verbose, he's a worthy read. Warren Ellis - You need a note from your mother before you're allowed to read this. No, you need a note from your therapist before you're allowed to read this. Geoffrey Chaucer Hath a Blog - He doesn't update much, but if I had to write like that, I wouldn't update often either. Sweet Juniper - This is actually a joint blog by Dutch and his wife Wood about their lives and daughter Juniper. It's great to see their two perspectives on the same topic.
The first BlogHer in 2005 asked where all the women bloggers were at, but now I'm wondering where all the dudes are.
2) We did a lot of snacking yesterday in that most of these dishes were used before feast and that doesn't include the water pitcher (also purchased from
I was later than others getting to site because I had to get my nails done at 9am. This wasn't a "let's pamper ourselves after a long week" kind of appointment but more of a "I'm overdue for a fill on my acrylic nails and have to get them shortened before I go out of town again" kind of appointment. My regular nail tech (whom I love dearly as she's the best nail tech EVER) is out having surgery so I had to go to a substitute. She followed directions relatively well in that she kept the acrylic thin, but when I told her I wanted the tips square she took me rather literally. My tips looked like I had just pushed my fingers up to a belt sander to shape them.
When I showed up on site yesterday, I felt a bit rushed to get into the swing of things. Many years ago, I showed up later than I would have liked to one of my own baronial birthday events as Baroness. Niobe (who was Queen at the time) asked me if everything was okay when I got there and I told her I was delayed because of an outfit I needed to finish. She smiled and said, "it's more important that you're here than what you wear while you are here." She was gracious and kind as always, but I felt foolish and completely overwhelmed by my responsibilities as a Baroness. I had let my own priorities and projects overshadow my obligations to everyone else.
I still have that outfit from ten years ago and it's still not finished. But yesterday I had new priorities. It was nice to know that I didn't have obligations (not working the front gate, not cooking food, not holding any office and definitely not wearing any coronet) but at the same time I managed to find several services to provide on my own terms (our day board of hot tea and snacks was a big hit).
I'm figuring out what parts of the SCA I like and what parts I don't have much use for. It's like everything is old hat and completely new at the same time. I may finally be getting the hang of being helpful without sacrificing my own fun.