Hooray! Oolong's owner has a new bunny named Yuebing.

I'm sure Momo and Taro would like to send their congratulations and heartfelt thanks, in light of the fact that I was considering filling the void left by Oolong with pictures of my two bunnies with snack foods perched on their heads.

It's that time of year again, boys and girls . . .

Yes, it's Mini-Doughnut Days. Well, they call it Klondike Days, but then Jeryn reminded me that there will be row upon row upon row of kiosks peddling deep-fried dough coated in cinnamon and sugar, and I pretty much forgot everything else.

They're evil, and they'll surely kill me, but it's once a year, and the rest of the year I don't give a damn about doughnuts.

Can't wait until the Baked-Custardy-Snack Festival.

On the topic of food, and of the we're-not-on-speaking-terms-sort:

Weren't We Friends Once? - "My can of Nestle's Quik, now abandoned, is snarling at me like a disenfranchised phone sex operator . . . "

James Lileks Gallery of Regrettable Food - this made me laugh out loud, but then again, my sense of humour is a little warped.

Nesquik + skim milk =

one of the most vile tasting substances to hit my palate in a very long time, which is saying a lot, considering the sugary-chocolatey cravings I was having right up until the first sip.

I'm not quite sure what kind of caustic chemical they've put into that stuff, but I'm pretty sure it isn't something kids should be ingesting. I think it's dissolving my insides.

Now that I think about it, though, this might very well kill any sugary-chocolatey cravings I might have in the future. Ever. It might also leave me sterile. Not sure yet. I'll keep you informed.

P.S.) The treehouse on the Nesquik site heaves when you put your mouse on it, like some kind of bad hallucination. I'm going to have nightmares about giant rabbits dressed like 12-year-old boys and treehouses that want to eat my brain.

You may have seen this before, but it's definitely worth a revisit:

Alien in 30 seconds re-enacted by bunnies

Travelling rocks my world. A site that makes a map of places I've been to rocks my world even more.

If someone can come up with a way to also make it look awesome . . . I love you.

create your own visited country map

Found via Kheldara

Happy Birthday to the little black smudge also known as Dusty.

Today he turns 11. Or 12, I'm not entirely sure whether he was born in 1992 or 1993. Either way, he's a cuddly little guy with a gravelly meow. Happy Birthday, kiddo.

There's mud in my basement.

That flash-flood/hailstorm/act of god yesterday was apparently too much for the eavestrough drain which feeds into the house. It seems that the rain and hail was falling faster than the sewers could keep up. Thankfully, it really is just dirty water and nothing much worse than that, but I'm a tad dumbstruck.

Thankfully there's no carpet to worry about, but I think there's several boxes of items that are going to have to be thrown out. I guess that'll teach me for keeping stuff I don't need anymore.

~sighs~

Note to self:

Rent The Station Agent

Just the thought makes me itchy.

The truth about Japanese restaurants

One more Neopets freebie thingy:

Thinkway Toys Commercial - watch the commercial, get 100NP per day. Just like that. Oh, and your immortal soul will automatically be withdrawn at the same time, but just try to sit back and relax.

Neopets and I have rekindled our romance. I know, I know, Neopets is usually interested in people much younger than me, but I feel like we have a real connection.

Links that must be visited daily because there's a cable from my computer into my brain that requires me to click in order to survive:

The National Neopian Bank - collecting your interest is a very good thing

Giant Omelette - a giant pile of fried egg. It's food. It's free. Go get some.

Giant Jelly - a giant pile of jelly. That's alternately compelling and frightening. Nevertheless, it's free food.

Coltzan's Shrine - your pet might get levelled up, or you might get burned food. In fact, you might get nothing at all.

The Fruit Machine - you might get free stuff, or you might get nothing. But at least it's free.

Tombola - usually it's junk, but occassionally you might get something nice.

Wheel of Excitement - you might get goodies, you might get neopoints, and the Pant Devil might also pillage your inventory.

Wheel of Mediocrity - much like the Wheel of Excitement, but with less potential for goodies.

Wheel of Monotony - got two hours to burn? I hope so, because that's how long the window will have to be open while the wheel spins . . . and spins . . . and spins . . .

Wheel of Misfortune - you might get goodies, but in all likelihood, one of your pets will catch something nasty from it.

The Healing Springs - a good place to go after the Wheel of Misfortune gives your favourite pet Neomonia.