Ain't it the truth...

I know I'm a much more productive writer, more patient and supportive wife and mother, and all-around better person full of energy and bliss tomorrow. But every morning when I get up, tomorrow has moved on.

DOGHOUSE | Tomorrow

"I have no choice – I must write." [Quote]

Considering the innumerable artistic avenues open to you, why did you choose to write a novel?

"You presume that I had a choice? Writing is my compulsion and my passion. I have no choice – I must write. It has been that way for me since I was first able to hold a writing instrument in my fingers. Sometimes it feels like a curse, but mostly it is a gift, and the licence to live other lives and adventures, simultaneously. I wouldn't rid myself of the compulsive writing disease if I could."

from Tara Moss, author of Siren and The Blood Countess, answers Ten Terrifying Questions

More proof that my Pomeranian is actually a cat:

I'm usually greeted with this when I get out of the shower.
I've heard of several cats who do this, but never another dog. Have you?

via I Can Haz Cheezburger?

Darth Lumbergh

see more Set Phasers To Lol

I love this. That is all.

The two wheeled kind...

The two wheeled kind..., a gallery by wuntokess on Flickr.

I'm still working through last year's Sturgis pictures (QoP*), but a couple I posted last weekend made it into this cool gallery on Flickr.

*Queen of Procrastination

Too hot? Here's a photo to cool you off

Fox's first snow, Malet Street,London by GanMed64

Last winter, I was amazed at how many photos of foxes in the snow in London kept popping up in Flickr. 

Am I the only one who didn't notice this?

Thor

Captain America

via Recalibrate Your Statistics

Double-Decker Bus Does Pushups

via Geekosystem

Pepper Pots in her own Iron Man suit?

photo via Wyjeb.pl

That would be so cool!

SDCC Marvel Panel Teases Pepper Potts In Iron Man Suit For Iron Man 3 | The Mary Sue: "During the Iron Man 3 panel, Favreau revealed that the possibility of Pepper getting her own suit has been kicked around more than once by the production team: “We almost did it a few times; we talked about it a lot. I think we all share your enthusiasm for that, and we all want to see Gwyneth kick a little ass,” he said.

Confession time (Here it is, my deep dark horrible secret)

This may put my "Joss Whedon Fan" card in jeopardy, as well as any geek cred, but it will certainly prop me up as Queen of Procrastination. It's hard to even type it...who knows if I'll ever be able to say it out loud. Are you ready?

Here it comes...

*clears throat*...

*cough*...

Okay, now, really, I'm going to type it...

 

I just watched "Firefly" and Serenity.

For the FIRST TIME.

I know, I know.

The worst part is that this is a show I always meant to watch. When it aired in 2002, I just never seemed to catch it when it was on. I was also still in a bit of Buffy mourning and wasn't really ready to accept Joss in a new "relationship" with another show, so I wasn't trying all that hard to catch it. And then, just about the time I felt ready, it was gone. Cancelled after a single season.

Once we got Netflix, both "Firefly" and Serenity went into our queue almost immediately, but there just wasn't any urgency to watch them. And while there has been a sort of background hum of Firefly memes all over the internet for the intervening years, in the last year it all seems to have amped up and I kept coming across things I didn't get because I hadn't seen the show. And then, amazingly, I started running into spoilers. Spoilers. After TEN years. Iknowright? Crazy!

So we finally started watching, and it took a few months, but now we're done and I get to mark something off my list. (Is it bad that I just typed "life" instead of "list" there?) I feel like I've washed away a deep, dark secret.

By the way, it was completely unplanned that we timed this to coincide with the tenth anniversary Firefly panel at San Diego Comic-Con over the weekend (which I have yet to see. I marked a grainy YouTube video to watch later...though hopefully not ten years later). That was a total coincidence, although a bit of a nice one.

And now, I'm going to go catch up on "Doctor Who." I'm literally years behind. *more geek shame*

Lifesize Stonehenge Bouncy Castle? Yes, please!

View the slideshow on Flickr.

What better way could there be to spend the Summer Solstice than bouncing around on this? I love interactive art installations - and it doesn't get much more interactive than this.

The title of the piece is Sacrilege by artist Jeremy Deller and it's touring the UK right now. How I wish it was a world tour and would come here!

Photo: sacrilege by hellojenuine

A reminder:

Fear is a liar

Source: egodelusion.tumblr.com via Jon on Pinterest

This is very, very true

Source: justnerdgirlproblems.tumblr.com via shiloh on Pinterest

Loki vs. Zod

That second weakness made me giggle.

Is it bad that I had to explain to my daughter who General Zod is? Apparently we haven't kept up with her DC education as well as we have with Marvel. I see some Superman movies in our future...

Kirk Douglas: We Are Spartacus [Recently Read]

Kirk Douglas: We Are Spartacus:

"After 95 years on this planet, I have come to the conclusion that the human spirit can never be crushed, no matter how cruel the oppressor or fanatic the belief. If we remember that simple truth--and act on it every day in small ways and sometimes in large movements--then freedom will ultimately win.

And then we are all Spartacus."

What's wrong with this ad?

I just noticed this ad in the sidebar on Facebook:

I read the title and was very excited for a moment, but then I looked more closely at the picture and my excitement turned to "HUH?!?"

I do love the shoes (a friend of mine just got a pair which I was drooling over) but..."Captain America Approved"???

I'm Batgirl!

My daughter refuses to wear dresses (we won't go into her many reasons why) but she says she would make an exception for this one:

from Goody Goody Tutus via Fashionably Geek

A child has no trouble believing the unbelievable [Quote]

A child has no trouble believing the unbelievable, nor does the genius or the madman. It's only you and I, with our big brains and our tiny hearts, who doubt and overthink and hesitate. - Steven Pressfield, Do the Work

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This is how my morning went. How about yours?

Friday Fun: Bonus Scene from "How The Avengers Should Have Ended"

Here's a bonus scene from "How The Avengers Should Have Ended."


Spoiler warning: Don't watch it if you haven't seen the movie!