Heavy Metal Sunday has had a hell of a week.

Seriously, my week sucked. So when it came time yesterday to start sorting through my list of bands, nothing appealed, I ended up watching videos of kittens.

Viking kittens.

Viking kittens sailing along to the mighty Led Zeppelin!

Originally posted at rathergood.com and then taken down due to a copyright complaint. Of course, once up on the net, nothing ever dies...

Why is this envelope smoking?

Stolen from jilesa

Leave a list of fictional characters in your journal that you would love to get a message from. It is your friend-list's mission, should they choose to accept it, to write you an in-character note from a character on that list.

1. Lt. Juan Rico (Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein)
2. Beowulf Shaeffer (Known Space (series) by Larry Niven)
3. Lucifer (Paradise Lost by John Milton)
4. Jerome Corbell (A World Out of Time by Larry Niven)
5. The Mariner (Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge)
6. Scott Crane (Last Call by Tim Powers)
7. Dante (The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri) Yes, he's real, but his viewpoint in the books is a fictional version.
8. Nevil Clavain (Revelation Space (series) by Alastair Reynolds)
9. Roy Hobbs (The Natural by Bernard Malamud)
10. The Master (Doctor Who)

Dear fellow residents.

We live, as you all know, in a four-apartment building. We share one (1) clothes washer and one (1) dryer. The vast majority of us work or attend school during the week (you folks in apartment A? Ghu knows what y'all do besides play exceeding loud music) so obviously chores like laundry gets put off until the weekend.

With that in mind, please remember the following. The washer takes about 30 minutes to cycle, the dryer about 45. Be prompt about changing loads so that the rest of us can do our stuff. Also, there is in fact a coin laundry down the road. If you need to wash all your blankets and comforters one at a time it might make more sense to take them there, yes? Lint goes in the conveniently placed garbage can, not rolled up and tossed under the water heater. Same with empty detergent bottles, used dryer sheets, etc.

If I found out who spilled a full cup of detergent on the floor and just left it there, they will never find your body. Nobody bothers dredging Lake Almaden, understand?

Finally, the door has a lock for a reason. We live in a neighborhood with crappy people. I've had 2.5 bikes stolen (one was a rusted-out piece of junk that could barely roll) and we once had the washing machine stolen. Remember that? When you are done with your stuff, and nobody is there, lock the door! Trust me, I'd rather have to fiddle with my keys than find that some moron has stolen my clothes.

Thank you, fellow residents, for reminding me why gated communities are all the rage these days.

Now this is a useful site!

eWine Match

Just enter your food, and it gives you a selection of wines to go with it. Pretty smart engine too, I've been getting creative with it.

They even have a mobile phone option!

Sheep. I'm such a sheep.

OK, I found that wine pairing site through a stupid_free post that came out of cooking. Playing with the site, and reading the whole cooking thread made me crave...

Wine and cheese.

Luckily, the half bottle of 2002 Cabernet Sauvignon I got in January hasn't turned yet, and we just bought some good Cheddar.

Great Cthulthu, I feel so cultured!

Note to self:

Wine hits you much harder than beer.

Remember that next time, dummy.