Rant of the Day
 

The rain here in D.C. is doing great things for my basement moss garden.

Rant of the Day
 

What particularly irks me is what I cannot wear because it is raining every single goddamned day on the weekends--the whimsical tangerine straw bag with the adorable fringe?--no. Sandals?--no (why the hell waste the money on a pedicure then?) The underwire tank tops I had to friggin' order from London to find ones that fit the rack?--no. Linen?--yeah, right. Charming straw or airy cotton chapeaux?--nope.

Sigh. My summer things are forlorn and lonely.

Rant of the Day
 

More talk about your rack please...

Rant of the Day
 

we've been getting thunderstorms in Dallas. big one last night. grass is growing like crazy (only to whither and die in July).

our big summer (since I've lived here) was 1998 -- 59 days over 100, over thirty of them consecutive... this spring has been quite pleasant.

Meta Reality Show
 

For the kayakers:

Salon article about new VH1 show summarizing reality shows

"Do you ever fear that you could fall so far out of the reality-TV loop that you might never catch up, so that instead of watching "American Juniors," "Last Comic Standing" and "Real World: Paris" on a Tuesday night, you might be forced to read a book or, worse yet, have a conversation with a real live human, one with unstyled hair and back fat? Is that how you want to spend the balance of your days on earth, pretending to care about people who don't make grandiose statements or lash out violently or tap-dance or get naked and jump in a hot tub every few minutes?

Well, dry those tears, little cowpoke. VH1's "Reality Wrap-Up" (Fridays at 10 p.m.) is here to save you from the unbearably mundane existence that some people refer to as "reality." (Isn't that ironic? I think it is, but I can't be sure, since I don't read books or speak to other humans.) "Reality Wrap-Up" is to reality TV what "Talk Soup" is to talk shows, only with more jokes and less Craig Kilborn. "

Rant of the Day
 

Fine rub it in.* We haven't had a spring. My summer wardrobe has yet to make an appearance. I spent all that time at the gym, losing weight, getting fit and I can't even show off my nicely toned (and cut) arms. (It is nice to have defined triceps again, but it would be even better if I could show them off by wearing something sleeveless.) By ranting today, I have now jinxed the summer as well. It will either continue to be rainy and gloomy or we will get all that Texas heat (since y'all seem to have our nice spring). Great, just what I need. Especially with the air conditioner broken and the landlords away until July.

Anyone remember how Robert managed to vanquish the Cassadines and the Ice Princess?



*Glad to hear that there is nice weather out there, I'm just jealous it's not here.

Rant of the Day
 

That same summer in D saw the sky darkened by smoke from Mexican grass fires and a severe cricket infestation downtown. Truly biblical. I can remember people saying - with a straight face - "It's not so bad today. Must be only 102, 103."

Rant of the Day
 

Didn't he freeze some schmo in his own end-the-earth-by-icy-blizzard weather machine?

(was just starting to watch GH then so could be wrong on this)

TNN now SpikeTV
 

Coming on Monday, TNN is becoming SpikeTV (guess not much has happened with the lawsuit). Article on the change and new programming here

Spree:
Kelsey Grammer will provide the voice in a primetime animated series called ''Gary the Rat,'' in which a corrupt Wall Street attorney turns into a 6-foot rodent.

Reasons for marriage
 

Repent. Or just say three Hail Multos, light a candle and shove it up your ass.

I apologize. Here's a towel. Wipe yourself off.

TM

Just Following Ancient History
 

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2003Jun12.html

(Spree: Adam Ant arrested for, well, stripping)

Meta Reality Show
 

I watch a lot of reality tv, but watch is too strong a word.

Perhaps because I am usually working at home in the evenings, I cannot watch regular tv. Nothing an hour long with a complex narrative structure. I just cannot follow it.

I watch sports, shows about sports (especially PTI and Summer SportsZone), reality tv and King of the Hill (in Texas, airing twice daily!).

Last night, the OM flipped on the tv and found a reality show we'd never seen before and now I am fascinated -- Making the Band 2. They had rap battles, dueling egos, and not very much Puffy.

Worst Passengers
 

I'm all for that. Provided the same rule can be applied to so-called "adults."

Worst Passengers
 

Right. When I cannonballed into that big netting cage filled with plastic balls at McDonalds', it really pissed the little kids off.

Of course, my niece had the courtesy to drag me out of there before I really got into my tantrum.

Meta Reality Show
 

King of the Hill is STILL on TV? Good lord, that might be the most unbearable shit I have EVER seen. I thought that hillrat sheepfucker show had ended long ago.