Husband still hasn't been able to get into the fields to start planting, due to all the rain. This sucks because apparently the later they plant, the lower the yields, which means a lower income for the year. Blah. Go away rain, yeah? Just for a few weeks. Then come back over the summer. Kthnx.

 

Reading... I'm currently sucked into a girlie-sci-fi series that Felicia Day

recommended (via Twitter and via Goodreads... how cool is THAT now?) Right now I'm only on the first one, Gabriel's Ghost by Linnea Sinclair. And loving it. I think I needed some fluff to read since I'm

also (still) working my way through Trick or Treatment by Singh and Ernst.  Why does it take so long for me to read nonfiction? And does everyone encounter this problem?

Anyway, they're good books. Especially the Trick or Treatment - I think it's something that everyoen should read, since it's so hard these days to discern "real" medicine from the quakery. 

 

 

 

What else?  Still planning my fun-exciting trip to England this autumn.  At some point I'll blog in detail about all the places I'll be going and the people I'll be seeing.  It'll be a long, grand adventure, and I can't wait!

And finally, since no blog post of mine can be without a little bit of Tim Minchin, enjoy this nice audience-vid of Tim performing Bears Don't Dig On Dancing at the Melbourne Comedy Festival.

 

 

 

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Tim Minchin came out with his favorite picks from the dancing-bear-videos-competition at last!  I love the comments he makes on all of them - and as my friend Alison says, "he totally busted out the caps lock" on mine. :-) I am pleased, I feel the love.

Now to wait and see if our vid makes the final cut. Antici-

 

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Who knew dressing up in a bear costume and dancing around downtown could be so much fun?  This is my video submission for Tim Minchin's "Bears Don't Dig On Dancing" contest.  We knew we weren't elegible to win the grand prize, but just getting into the final music video would be excellent-cool.

HUGE HUGE thanks to Mr. Todd P. for his fantastic skills in making this music video so awesome.

 

 

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Tim Minchin has some new fun up on his website.

Okay, so you know that secret wish that we ALL harbor, deep inside... you know what I'm talking about.  It's that desire to put on a bear suit and dance in front of people.  Yeah, THAT secret wish.

Our dearest Tim Minchin is giving you the chance to make that dream come true!

If you live in Australia (or happen to be there during his tour there over the next couple of months) you can win two tickets to one of his shows, PLUS the opportunity to don the bear suit and dance up on stage WITH TIM! WOW!

However, if you aren't going to be in the vicinity of the Down Under area, you can still participate!  A music video will be made from some of the best/most amusing entries.  Read all the rules and such in the linky-thinamabobby. And get on that bear suit, you hairy fuckers! We know you dig on dancing.

(Bonus for anyone NOT interested in dancing in a bear suit - there's also a free download of Tim's 'Bears Don't Dig On Dancin'' song if you follow the link as well.  It is very cool.)

Spread the word!

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CJ will love this one... it's got all his favorite things in it - bears, furries... the works!

 

And a particularly well-written interview with our beloved Mr. Minchin is here:

‘These are the ideas that I’m interested in, so I’m going to talk about them, if I can make them entertaining, funny and still actually say something then I’m doing my job. If I died knowing I’d turned a whole lot of kids against God I’d be a happy man.’

--- from TimeOut London