Go to the Google home page right now and click the gold arrow (or you can do it below if you like, but there's a nice image collage there as well), to see a great little 80's-video-game-inspired animation to salute what would have been Freddie Mercury's 65th birthday using the Queen track "Don't Stop Me Now." Freddie passed away in 1991, but the driving force behind Queen will always be remembered.
I'm not sure about anyone else, but Night at the Opera was the soundtrack for many a weekend night back in the 80's for me...
I am conflicted whenever I go to the grocery store. I like using the self-checkout and bagging my own groceries, using my own bags that I bring and thereby cutting down on the use of plastic. As a matter of fact, a nearby city (Long Beach, CA) has actually banned plastic shopping bags, and my own city is considering the same measure.
However, the stores seem to want you to use their own reusable bags and no others. If I put any other bag other than the ones with their name on it, I get the same message Richard Watterson does below (from the episode "The End" in The Amazing World of Gumball).
There's usually a button that says "I'm using my own bags" but when I press that it usually locks the whole system up, and one of the store people has to come over and enter a code before I can continue.
IT SHOULDN'T MATTER WHERE THE BAG COMES FROM TO PUT YOUR DAMN GROCERIES IN IT!
I suppose I could avoid all this and wait in line fo ra regular checker, but I kind of like doing it myself (less the above headache). Plus I kind of get a kick out of using a Trader Joe's bag at Albertson's. ;p
Gulp. The world's largest stop-motion animation shot on a Nokia N8. from Nokia HD on Vimeo.
Gulp. The making of. from Nokia HD on Vimeo.
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tikistitch was kind enough to come down and meet me at the airport and chat between planes; we got some dinner and I hope I didn't babble at her too much - I really didn't expect that glass of wine to be so big, especially at an airport, and it turns out I'm really a lightweight lately. I brought her a little Stitch something from Downtown Disney she'd mentioned she couldn't find, just in gratitude for all the fun I've had reading her Mythklok stories. Really great to meet you, Pam, and thanks for putting up with me! 
tikistitch was kind enough to come down and meet me at the airport and chat between planes; we got some dinner and I hope I didn't babble at her too much - I really didn't expect that glass of wine to be so big, especially at an airport, and it turns out I'm really a lightweight lately. I brought her a little Stitch something from Downtown Disney she'd mentioned she couldn't find, just in gratitude for all the fun I've had reading her Mythklok stories. Really great to meet you, Pam, and thanks for putting up with me! runsamuck and I were gifted with two tickets to see Star Wars in Concert at the Hollywood Bowl. John was initially reluctant because 1) he'd seen something similar on TV once, and 2) when I mentioned taking the bus up there, he thought I meant getting on the regular LA Transit bus, with a stop every block. No, no, I assured him, it was an express bus run by a company that just runs shuttles straight up there. I tried to buy tickets online the day before (I couldn't), and when we went to Lakewood to board, it turned out they stop selling a couple of weeks before the event, presumably so there are enough for the people who just show up - like us; something to remember if we ever get tickets for something up there again. John had never been to a concert at the Hollywood Bowl before; I think I went there once before to see Garrison Keillor. I can't think of the place without remembering the Bugs Bunny cartoons with the opera singer. runsamuck and I were gifted with two tickets to see Star Wars in Concert at the Hollywood Bowl. John was initially reluctant because 1) he'd seen something similar on TV once, and 2) when I mentioned taking the bus up there, he thought I meant getting on the regular LA Transit bus, with a stop every block. No, no, I assured him, it was an express bus run by a company that just runs shuttles straight up there. I tried to buy tickets online the day before (I couldn't), and when we went to Lakewood to board, it turned out they stop selling a couple of weeks before the event, presumably so there are enough for the people who just show up - like us; something to remember if we ever get tickets for something up there again. John had never been to a concert at the Hollywood Bowl before; I think I went there once before to see Garrison Keillor. I can't think of the place without remembering the Bugs Bunny cartoons with the opera singer. 
runsamuck were also going to participate but he had to go over to his dad's to do some work at the last minute, and she was invited to go the beach with her friend two doors down as we were walking out the door to head over there.runsamuck were also going to participate but he had to go over to his dad's to do some work at the last minute, and she was invited to go the beach with her friend two doors down as we were walking out the door to head over there.
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