I have been

I have been very busy... OK.. yeah.. I know.. everyone says that. Well. Here's my junk. I've been taking an intensive course in Japanese this summer. M-F, 8AM to Noon. It is really doing wonders for my abilities in that language. 

On top of that, I've been lucky enough to receive a FLAS [Foreign Language Area Studies] fellowship from the Consortium for the Study of the Asias, that will pay for the course. 

This means Yay.

Also.. I'll be teaching the third level Irish class at Gaeltacht Minnesota starting this Fall. I'm now proud to count myself among the stellar instructors there. Well... I mean to say.. The instructors there are stellar, and now they're getting me in the mix. We'll see how things fly.

This also means Yay.. but busy Yay.

Chikezie no likey Ryan touchy touchy

After Ryan went and grabbed ahold of Chikezie's head after one performance early in the season, it appears as if he's grown a bit wary of Ryan's roaming hands.

Cosmic Pedo

Yes, I'm evil. But this is an actual scene from 1958's The Cosmic Man with John Carradine.... OK.. well, maybe I remixed it a LITTLE bit, but the original scene is quite pedo-creepy.

Lapp?

I don't think the Saami people like being called the L word, and I was surprised to see this sign in the Mpls Ikea...

Clickity Clackity Clickity Clack

OK.. here's one of my pet peeves. 

I find those commercials very annoying, that use the sound of a keyboard clickity-clacking as letters are apparently "typed" on the screen to reveal the ad message. Do you know the ones I'm referring to?

I guess I should be happy. Those used to use the old-fashioned typewriter sound.

Completely off topic, but I just noticed something...

...O to the M to the G! What is up with Christian Slater's shiny forehead?! Is it coated with acrylic or something?!

Aifreann

When you can't get to sleep, there's always Aifreann! (For those of you who speak Irish)

I Don't Need These...

The commercial says something like, "I can even find items in this purse blindfolded!"

[Because often times when I'm blindfolded, I need to find my glasses. But if I had my glasses on, I'd be able to find them in my purse more easily.]
.... What?! ... What were we talking about again?!

That Musta Been Some Turkey

They try to warn against the improper use of those deep friers
[Yes I make light of world tragedy]

A Painful Place to Eat

Merry Exmas!!