Barb’s Burblings

Remember that Mastercard commercial where Red Sox fans say what they’d give for the Sox to win the World Series? Mastercard decided to collect…(from a Comedy Central commercial)

Jerry Orbach, most famous for Law & Order, died of prostate cancer. He was also in Dirty Dancing, of course, but started his career as a song and dance man on Broadway. Among other roles, he created the role of Billy Flynn in Chicago. A sad way to end the year.

I’ll write a longer entry later, but I had to post this article about Brian’s Christmas memories. My mom saw that he had bought his parents a flat-screen tv and surround sound, and she said that I could marry him. Heh.

Scared of Santa
(I don’t think I ever visited Santa as a child, but I’m sure that if I did, I would have had a similar reaction to many of these children.)
The Most God Awful Christmas Displays Ever
(My favorite of these is the fire hydrant catcher. I have no idea how it relates to Christmas.)

My heads hurts. And I’m tired. I think I could easily spend the next hour staring at a wall and be perfectly content. I can’t believe I have to tutor tonight; I am going to be totally useless. Then I have to pack and get Colin to go into his carrier. I plan on spending both legs of my trip to Oregon sleeping. And then I’ll get to Oregon and…sleep.
I’m really looking forward to getting out there. You can’t run away from your problems or the things that trouble you, but it’ll be nice to go somewhere that involves someone else cooking and where I don’t have to work. Or think.
Current song in my head:
“Schadenfreude” from Avenue Q

On that same trip to Hecht’s, I noticed a nice sign up by the formalwear. A tuxedo was on display in front of a large sign that said “Inauguration 2005.” Only in DC.

I had time to kill before my book club last night, so I wandered around Hecht’s for a while. I went to the pajama section and found the best pajamas ever, with Super Grover on them. I got really excited until I realized that they didn’t have them in my size, at which point I got really sad. Because those pajamas were adorable. And I love Grover. Similarly, Target has a Super Grover t-shirt, but never in my size. It’s a curse.

John McCain has said that he has no confidence in Donald Rumsfeld.

Book From Hell is done; we have completed copies and it’s shipped to the 1200 people who ordered it. Book From Hell II: The Rebookening is at the printer; I only have to check the blueline. But I am finding a complete lack of motivation to work on Book From Hell III: History of Hell. Maybe it’s the fact that my vacation starts in a week. Maybe I just spent too much energy on the first two books from hell. And the worst of them since the first, Book From Hell IV: Bookinator, is already driving me insane. Prospects don’t look good. At least I have Happy Fluffy Fun Book to keep me sane.

The teaser for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is now available online. Johnny Depp looks kinda weird, but the movie looks good.