Dr. Seuss

I was surfing the web and ran across this interesting list of 10 Stories Behind Dr. Seuss Stories. There are some fun facts there, including this one:
3. If I Ran the Zoo, published in 1950, is the first recorded instance of the word “nerd.”

Pretty cool!

Some Movie News

In the last week or so there have been some interesting announcements out of Hollywood that are worth a mention.

First up, Johnny Depp is a really busy guy. Johnny’s said that there will be another outing for Jack Sparrow in a Pirates film. Last week Disney announced that Johnny is in fact cast as [...]

Celebrating the freedom to read

The American Library Association’s Banned Books week begins today and runs thru October 4. What exactly is this week about? In the words of the ALA:
Observed since 1982, this annual ALA event reminds Americans not to take this precious democratic freedom for granted. This year, 2008, marks BBW’s 27th anniversary (September 27 through October 4).
BBW [...]

As a musical?

Variety reported this week that a stage musical version of American Psycho is in the works and is looking to head to Broadway. Yes, you read that right, American Psycho: The Musical.

If you haven’t seen the film, it’s actually worth a rent. It’s a very dark comedy set in the 1980s. It stars Christian Bale [...]

If my husband had money to burn…

…he’d make me wear this, all the time:

It’s a wearable airbag for the elderly or, like me, clumsy. I mention this because on Tuesday I wiped out in a parking lot. I have a golf ball sized lump on my ankle, and I’m hobbling around. I’d been accident free for a long time!

Oh, and [...]

Happy Hump Day – Africa

Just because I love this song:

Africa by Toto

Stonehenge solved?

Two British archaeologists think that they’ve figured out what in the heck Stonehenge was used for. CNN reports this:
Professors Geoffrey Wainwright and Timothy Darvill argued their own explanation for the mysterious monument: Stonehenge, they said, was a kind of primeval Lourdes, drawing prehistoric pilgrims from around Europe.
“We found several reasons to believe that the stones [...]

Arrr ye lusty wenches!

Today be talk like a pirate day!

Get more piratey videos from the folks who invented the holiday on their official YouTube channel.

And if you’re in St. Louis, this weekend happens to be the Pirate Festival in Wentzville so get out, enjoy the weather, and pirate it up!

You know you’re in Silicon Valley when…

…the continuing education brochure from the local college has this on the cover:

Java Programming: For Kids!

When I got these in St. Louis they had stuff like “Intro to Microsoft Office.”

I wonder if I’m too old? It’s about the only way I’d learn Java.

Happy Hump Day – Old School Paula

iTunes spun up a song I hadn’t heard in awhile and I figured I’d toss the video up on this lovely Wednesday as the video is actually pretty cute:

Opposites Attract – Paula Abdul