i am making another advent calendar. feel free to read, or suggest, or even psot to it!

I has been found by Adam, Lord of the Psychos, one of the Retired Ones! YAYZ! :D I loves the Internet!

inspired by last weekend's eurovision madness, i had fun trying to find the songs of my childhood on youtube. i got some great gems out of it, but also a great shock. one of my old favourites turned out to be about our very own bana!


this could simply be a blip in history, but i'm not so sure. it seems bana has a deep hold on the imagination of the the turks, both in azeri folk as well as artsy-fartsy places. the influence has even spread to my own home waters.

what next? a hyooge bollywood production dedicated to the mighty bana? i fear his power!

So this weekend I tried to make Marshmallow Fondant. It turned out great, though a little boring in white, and then I tried cutting some shapes to try on my sugar cookies (which aren't pretty but they are tasty). All I had was a very bad knife, and at the time I was really exhausted, but this is what I did first:



Oooooh yeah. Representin'!

It seems it's a teunc birthday month, so a wholesale Happy Birthday to all who had, have or will have birthdays in February ! :) 

Auggie has started a new blog: The Masturbating Fairy. Warning: his banner is a little risque. I'd say if you weren't paying *close* attention, it's okay. Close up? It's a little NSFW. ENJOY! RESPOND! :D

Conversants: banazir and ELIZA

You: What do you think of Hannah Gondtana?
Eliza: Does that question interest you?
You: It is a source of some trepidation, yes.
Eliza: You are sure?
You: Just look at him and you'll see what I mean.
Eliza: Does that question interest you?
You: There's no question he's a scary-looking freak.
Eliza: You are being a bit negative.
You: I don't think so.
Eliza: Why do you not think so?
You: How many brown-bearded men with long golden locks do YOU know?
Eliza: Does that question interest you?
You: I wouldn't call it an interest so much as a phobia.
Eliza: Can you elaborate on that?
You: The guy looks like the love child of Fabio and Hagrid!
Eliza: Please go on.
You: I really don't think I can.
Eliza: Can you elaborate on that?
You: As Isildur might say... NO.
Eliza: You are being a bit negative.
You: I don't know why you keep saying that when Gond plus Wig equals TERROR.
Eliza: Why do you not know why i keep saying that what gond plus wig equals terror?
You: It's an axiom, like Pag plus Wig.
Eliza: Please go on.
You: Don't go there. Really, don't.
Eliza: Please go on.
You: I don't want to talk about it. It's too traumatic.
Eliza: Why do you not want to talk about it its too traumatic?
You: It's just so WEIRD.
Eliza: Please go on.
You: It's... unnatural.
Eliza: Please go on.
You: It's an abomination upon the earth, a horror that I still see when I close my eyes.
Eliza: Why do you say your eyes?
You: Well, I mean that I don't need to be looking at WigPag for my imagination to remind me of the terrible image.
Eliza: Why do you say your imagination to remind you of the terrible image?
You: Admittedly, I have a vivid imagination.
Eliza: Can you elaborate on that?
You: I imagine your creator is quite LOSE, for example.
Eliza: Can you elaborate on that?
You: I don't have to. There have been whole books on conversational agents written about his FAIL.
Eliza: Why do you not have to there have been whole books on conversational agents written about his fail?
You: I rest my case.
Eliza: Why do you say your case?
You: Bye.
Eliza: Please go on.

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Banazir

My cousin Connie has the Hsu gene for being a shutterbug, which has high but not total penetrance among us, and high expressivity in her case. Here's where that trigger photo-taking finger really helps. Here's her daughter Ellie at the airport:


Click on photo to view full-size.

Taken June, 2008.

--
Banazir

it seems that ponty mython themelves have decided to give us a little birthday present.

i knew palin should have been elected...