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June 28, 2006

Trivial Pursuits

The Mechanical Contrivium's Top Ten Facts About Mr. Bali Hai:

1. There are 336 dimples on MrBaliHai.
2. There are now more than 4000 satellites orbiting MrBaliHai.
3. In Ancient Egypt, people wore glittery eyeshadow made from the crushed shells of MrBaliHai.
4. The smelly fluid secreted by skunks is colloquially known as MrBaliHai!
5. Marie Antoinette never said 'let them eat cake' - this is a mistranslation of 'let them eat MrBaliHai'.
6. The first toy product ever advertised on television was Mr MrBaliHai Head.
7. California is the biggest exporter of MrBaliHai in the world.
8. In Eastern Africa you can buy beer brewed from MrBaliHai.
9. MrBaliHai can sleep with one eye open.
10. If a snake is born with two heads, the heads will fight over who gets MrBaliHai.

All 100% true! Amazing! Find out astonishingly trivial facts about yourself!

[Link: The Mechanical Contrivium][thanks, Lonita!]

June 6, 2006

Anniversary of the Beast

25 years ago today, I married my best friend, and we've been together ever since for richer and poorer, through sickness and health, 'til death do us part. I love you, baby, and what better way to prove it than by telling hundreds, if not thousands, of strangers and weirdos on teh Internets?

Today it's flowers, cards, and a nice dinner. The silver comes in 2 weeks when we hit Vegas.