Naebody in Particular
They're not on a shortbread tin, but the dead live on so long as we keep telling their stories. Scots, Yanks, Canucks and the Auld Enemy. Newest posts are the ancestors, but scroll for the living.
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live: oscars
we’re live at the oscars, or at least on my couch in front of a really big tv that’s playing the oscars. it’s just like being there, i swear.
3 Mar 14 … oy, the poor PA’s that had to find and stage all those typewriters. #Oscars2014 3 Mar 14 … someday I will grow up and won’t be horribly uncomfortable during acceptance speeches. #Oscars2014 3 Mar 14 … I honestly wasn’t sure that was Idina Menzel based on how badly Travolta butchered her name. #wtf #Oscars2014 3 Mar 14 … interesting that they found four celebrities to clap at the end of Bette Midler’s song. #humanitarianaward #Oscars2014 3 Mar 14 … I’m going to punch my TV. #Oscars2014 3 Mar 14 … OH GOD PLEASE TELL ME BETTE MIDLER IS NOT ACTUALLY HAPPENING. #Oscars #Oscars2014 3 Mar 14 … pretty sure that’s the only time you’ll ever hear a Bill Pullman line at the #Oscars. #pullmannotpaxton 3 Mar 14 … not going to snark on Pink’s performance, but want to meet whoever had the balls to select her over, well, everybody else. #Oscars 3 Mar 14 … did the Academy actually pay someone to design a building that looks like Tom Cruise’s spaceship crashed into my college dorm? #oscars 3 Mar 14 … somebody explain to me why watching Ellen deliver pizza was so $&@?ing funny. #Oscars 3 Mar 14 … pretty sure Ellen just broke twitter. #Oscars 3 Mar 14 … yup, every nominated movie I’ve seen is in the animated category. thank you, #sparklet. #Oscars 3 Mar 14 … the #olympics just weren’t the same without @SamuelLJackson. #oscars 3 Mar 14 … and, My So Called Life finally gets the recognition it deserves. #Oscars 3 Mar 14 … when did navy blue tuxedos become okay? #oscars #stevemartinwouldbeproud 3 Mar 14 … Bill Murray is starting to look like one of his characters from Scrooged. #oscars 3 Mar 14 … if I was married to Julia Roberts, I wouldn’t have let her forget to wear underwear to the #oscars. 3 Mar 14 … I’ve seen exactly zero of the best picture nominees, but I promise to still be indignant when [insert trendy movie] doesn’t win. #oscars -
gifts
sparklet and I had a father/daughter date today at the Natural History museum and, when the day was wrapping up, she announced she wanted to bring home a present for Mommy and the Mighty Quinn.
and, amazingly enough, it wasn’t a front for something else — she actually picked out presents that they would like, and didn’t ask for anything herself.
my little baby is all growed up.
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live: end of the sochi olympics
24 Feb 14 … #okayimdone. #Sochi2014 24 Feb 14 … I had some nice things to say about NBC’s coverage this year, and then they have to go and poop on it on the last night. #Sochi2014 24 Feb 14 … I have no idea what’s going on. aren’t there supposed to be educated and engaged commentators to help me? #Sochi2014 #NBCFail 24 Feb 14 … interesting that NBC shows clips from US v RUS hockey, instead of that game against Finland. #whitewashing #selectivehistory #Sochi2014 24 Feb 14 … I love that Korea was given explicit instructions on how to tie their scarves so that the 2018 logo is clearly visible. #Sochi2014 24 Feb 14 … yes, Cris, a 350 year old Russian ballet is exactly like Phantom of the Opera. #evendennismillerwouldbeanimprovement #Sochi2014 #nbcfail 24 Feb 14 … okay, Chris Collingsworth officially needs to #shutthehellup. #Sochi2014 #nbcfail 24 Feb 14 … where is Putin’s girlfriend? must have shown “too much personality” at the opening, #hmmm #Sochi2014 24 Feb 14 … kids choirs make everything awesomer. except “Kidz Bop.” that $&%?s rank. #Sochi2014 24 Feb 14 … damn, I love the Russian sense of humor. #ringfail #Sochi2014 http://t.co/sc3lFA27Km 24 Feb 14 … in my head, I have an image of Posner taking Remnick out back and kneecapping him, thus saving the world from his commentary. #Sochi2014 24 Feb 14 … I know watching is morally wrong, and that I’m losing brain cells as I speak, but this Nancy/Tanya special is #cracktastic. #Sochi2014 23 Feb 14 … I fundamentally dislike Sidney Crosby’s smirk. #TeamCanada #Sochi2014 23 Feb 14 … am I a horrible person for just assuming they’ve slept together, at least once? #IceDancing #Sochi2014 23 Feb 14 … I tried to make it through this “gala” without drinking, but it’s just not going to happen. #alcoholnumbsthepain #Sochi2014 23 Feb 14 … frankly, I’m ready to watch something with significantly less inspiring commercials. #sochi2014 23 Feb 14 … just realized that Tara and Johnny’s comb over braids this week were a political statement in support of Yulia Tymoshenko. #sochi2014 23 Feb 14 … every time I see a Lindsey Jacobellis commercial, I involuntarily get a condescending pouty sad-face and think sad thoughts. #Sochi2014 23 Feb 14 … I hereby declare you a horrible human being if you weren’t teary by the end of the Jessica Long story. #Sochi2014 23 Feb 14 … okay, NBC is actually pretty damn good at puff pieces. #Sochi2014 23 Feb 14 … tho I was single parenting a 2 y.o. at the time, the @NBCOlympics special on Lokomotiv was pretty incredible. #Sochi2014 #NBCFTW 22 Feb 14 … just found a stash of old mix tapes. based on the song selection, I’d like to apologize to anyone I’ve ever known, dated or married. 22 Feb 14 … how soon until NBC packages #Ukraine protests with olympic gold win, and sets it to the theme from “Terms of Endearment?” #Sochi2014 22 Feb 14 … has there always been this much country swapping at the #Olympics? #seemslikecheating #sochi2014 22 Feb 14 … what’s the thematic antonym for Miracle on Ice? #floptothefinns #Sochi2014 22 Feb 14 … conspiracies aside, looks like the math adds up. #Sotnikova #Sochi2014 via @nytimes http://t.co/3t9YOVC0T6 22 Feb 14 … can we stop blaming the speedskating suits now?!? #Sochi2014 http://t.co/KKoRTxPaow 22 Feb 14 … p.s. Ashley needs to shut it because transparency wasn’t the thing keeping her off the podium. #Sochi2014 22 Feb 14 … speaking of jackasses, Ashely Wagner is horrible but she’s right about transparency. #stillshutup #Sochi2014 http://t.co/o23bTNIiz7 22 Feb 14 … well, turns out the penance for winking at the camera in the start house is to win gold. #imgoodnow #Sochi2014 22 Feb 14 … they’ve got to be so psyched to be skiing on something that kinda sorta actually resembles snow. #Sochi2014 22 Feb 14 … btw, I missed you guys. #dontgetthefluduringtheolympics #Sochi2014 22 Feb 14 … is that the same speed skater from GBR that keeps falling down? #Sochi2014 21 Feb 14 … oh well, at least @DukeU lost last night. #Sochi2014 #USAvsCanada
