I have had three new volumes of Ima Ichiko sitting on the shelf for more than 3 months, and no desire to peel the wrapper off to read them. It's sad.

On the other hand, I've gone back to reading PoT in English. English takes less brain cells, or something.

For flemmings, check out the song "The Jury Sleeps Upright" at http://www.a-cappella.com/product/901/bar_grill_singers

They're actually quite good singers.

This would be the perfect calendar for someone we know. It's hilarious, in a good way.

Good for the Connecticut supreme court!

My hydrangeas are powder blue with a purple undercast and fade to teal. They are quite lovely, especially as they fade to teal green. The neighbor has some that are pure blue and intensely colored, growing right up against our fence. I've always coveted them.

In taking down the fence today, Bob the Builder knocked a branch off her hydrangeas. I've got several bits potted up in the hope they will take root and a small vase full on the kitchen counter. It feels like poaching, a kind of hang-dog guilty and sneakily triumphant at the same time feeling.

Edited to add - and the neighbors are lacecaps where mine are mopheads, and I adore lacecaps. Also, photos:( photos )

There are a few people I know that will find this really funny and some of them are here. Font humor: This video wasn't long enough, so we made it double-spaced.

Another book meme? How many are there? ( cult books )

I need to know how to write a sharepoint query in html link (a href) format. If it's even possible. Anyone know or can point me at information? I've looked and looked and am drawing a complete blank.

Managed to watch the end of episode 18 (turns out I stopped 2 minutes before the end last time) and all of 19 and 20. The "River Castigation" is FanLi and GouJian at the river, was what you were talking about? It was ... beautiful!

( a scolding to die for )

It's stuck in my head, disjointly with boy band boys.

Ha! Found a page of the 3000 most frequently used Chinese characters, sorted by frequency on the web. That'll do for a vocabulary list for studying. I'd rather have a list sorted by competency exam or a reading list by grade level, but this will do. I'm eager to get started.

http://www.zein.se/patrick/3000char.html

I was going to go back to my old standby and use the SanZiJing, but it's hanging out with my 300 Tang poems, which is to say, where I can't find it.