Mary's Ramble

Like a lot of other people, I watched the Oscars last night. I was mostly unimpressed by the show, the speeches (mostly meh), the dresses (m...

Everyone else has tweeted/blogged/facebooked/shouted about OK Go's latest video, I may as well, too. I mean, it is pretty cool...

Hot off the...er...presses? Here's a just-released video from Funny or Die . Hey, he makes a good argument. :) Stan Lee's Oscar C...

Darth Vader tweeted this  today (yes, he tweets), and I had to laugh... I've been taking a little accidental-on-purpose break fr...

Mmmmmmmm, chocolate! (Oh, that's NOT what the holiday is about? Oops...) Photo by Darwin Bell / CC BY 2.0

The IOC has set up an official Flickr group where anyone can share their pictures of the Vancouver Winter Games - I love it when an or...

Somehow, Beaker's musical aspirations always end in fire... and...

Somehow I missed this commercial during the Super Bowl. I'm sure it has nothing to do with me being a big nerd who was madly tapping ...

IMG_0863 , originally uploaded by mdesive . We're in the throes of February, so here's some more beachiness.

A New York Tribune cover from 1910, pondering whether there will be any place to dock the Titanic when she arrives. I guess they need not ha...

I don't remember who sent me this, but thanks! A WARNING TO ALL WOMEN! THIS COULD HAPPEN TO YOU...  IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOUR MOTHER ....

Today I'm sending you to one of my all-time favorite blogs: Cake Wrecks !. It picks me up when I'm down, and usually makes me spit s...

Instead of the usual picture of my own today, I thought I'd follow Google 's lead and celebrate Norman Rockwell 's birthday. H...

The U.S. National Archives have joined The Commons at Flickr . I haven't had a chance to peruse more than a handful of photos, but I...

(I have to say you were rockin' that floral shirt back in the day!)

A friend sent this to me yesterday: Be the kind of woman that when your feet hit the ground each morning ,  the devil says,    "OH ...

A little winter respite :)