Here’s our boy George getting busy with the lovely and talented (if somewhat underfed) Tilda Swinton. Somehow I knew, deep within myself (right about there, to be specific) that he would be just as thoughtful as he is decorative.
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As longtime readers know, we at the ol’ raincoaster blog are nothing but a big softie, however much we way threaten you with our tentacles and fangs and use the first-person plural at times; we are just trying to be inclusive of our alter personalities, that’s all. And as an expression of this innner softie-tude, we present the following announcement, from regular commenter Lydia:
This is my youngest brother who, when he was born with Downs, was not expected to live for more than 6 months. He just turned 47! So there! Lydia
Chris is supporting the fight against childhood cancer by shaving his head in the 2008 Shave for a Cure event on January 25th. Chris considers himself very lucky as he has enjoyed good health and the support of friends and family throughout his life. As an added bonus we all know how much he would love to have his head shaved! Please help him raise funds for childhood cancer research. It’s easy to do. Just follow the link and you can make your pledge online. Thanks for helping Chris “give something back”!
Thank you!
(PS: sorry if the image doesn’t show up. WordPress is being a touch touchy lately, or perhaps my tech curse {see below posts} is simply spreading)
Foamy the Squirrel says it so much better than I could…behold the story of my life for the last 48 hours. The MP3 player’s program will load on the Pentium III/Windows 98 machine but will not run. The PIII will download, but not run, drivers for memory sticks and other USB devices, although it HAS a USB port. Perhaps it’s not so “U”. Somebody tell Nancy Mitford!
The Laptop running Windows XP Pro will install the program, but not get online. It will run the program, but not connect to the MP3 player. It will also Copy from CDs inserted in it, at playing speed only, making lovely little album folders with icons and everything, but when you open them, they are empty.
Steve Jobs, we need to talk. Hiring a blogger? I werk foar tek.
I have been gifted with a lovely used server which should, hopefully, spare me in future from this ridiculous experience of having the internet squeezed through a tube of toothpaste onto my desktop (please, a blog post should not take five to seven minutes to open. Three-minute Youtubes should not take a half hour to load) but in the meantime it’s all I can do to get my paid posts up and even then the bloody Cable cut out in the middle of one of them. Off to use the public computers tomorrow…
I have also been gifted with a lovely MP3 player…for which my computer refuses the drivers. Luv-lee.
Yes, as promised it’s the twin princes of darkness, the Anti-Piteras. Nick Cave, the Black Crow King, and Shane McGowan, patron saint of immoderation, performing Louis Armstrong‘s own ode to joy, What a Wonderful World. Lyrics after the jump.
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