Hey kids, it's another links post!!

1. First, have you bought your copy of The Monster Engine yet?
hellbob & I got our copy in the mail about a week or so ago & it is just great! I sent Dave an email letting him know how much we liked it and I had also said how we had been so excited to see that it was done after seeing the previews when we were hanging out with him at ValleyCon.
Here's the email I just got from him yesterday: "Of course I remember you guys!... And the Romulan ale ; )
I had such fun at that con--wish they'd invite me back. I did see your review and bookmarked it. Very cool to have that as a memory as most of my night was a blur.
Thank you, thank you, thank you for pimping the book. I am really behind this 100% and have been so thankful to the bloggers of the world who seem to get my drift on this. I am painting a new one as we speak. It is very early in the painting so I'm not sure of the direction. It is based on a drawing of the hosts' kids of Jawbone radio. http://odeo.com/audio/51211/view
We did an interview a few months back.
In any event, if any Midwest cons need guests (I can't pay my way right now unfortunately--saving for a house) let me know.
Hopefully we'll hammer some Romulan ale again. Tell Rick I said hi and big thanks for his (as well as your) hospitality out there.
The book is cool and he's a nice guy, so go buy it!

2. "Hello, technical support"
All you geeks on my flist should get a kick out of this little animated movie!

3. Robokitty
And another cute little movie, this one about a cute little disabled cat managing to overcome his disability.

4. FedEx furniture
Tired of actually buying your furniture? Make your own!

5. t-shirts
When your punctuation gets horny, you get the Comma Sutra! Funny t-shirts here.

6. Cute l'il flash Spike cartoons

7. It's a Little Golden Book about Zogg! Be afraid. Be very afraid!

8. Some people have too much time on their hands and those people have cats. Then they put Stuff On My Cat

9. Cookie Monster is cutting back on the cookies & eating veggies. What else is going on over on Sesame Street?


10. If you're spending too much time playing with Google maps, why not look for stuff? It's a scavenger hunt!

11. Last, but certainly not least, Amazon sells sex toys! And not just the disguised as a massager Hitatchi Magic Wand either. They have a whole Sex and Sensuality section in their health & personal care sections that has everything from lube to sex swings. Amazon... Not just Harry Potter any more!

Did I really need to know all that?

I took the car in for a pre-roadtrip oil change on Friday and when I was picking it up I politely asked P, the mechanic, "How's it going?"

Now, this is a guy who after we started going to him with our car we discovered that not only did his wife used to work at the same company where I am now, but she was in my department. She had quit shortly before I started so there are some people I work with who know her. I've never met her. I've never seen P outside of the shop. So the response to my polite "How's it going?"...

"It's alright, other than the fact that T and I are separated. I'd been staying in x's basement and now she has an apartment and I'm back at the house. She's going through a midlife crisis..." etc.
He was even talking about things like their sex life and stuff.

Do I really need to know this? Are we really that close? Just because I gave you $800 the last time my car was in does not mean we are at this level of sharing! I understand you are having a rough time and need someone to share with, but I'm not that someone!!!!

And of course he mentions twice not to tell C at work (P & his wife are friends w/ C & her husband). OK. You don't want C to know, but you're telling someone who is pretty much a complete stranger?
Arrgghh!
It was kinda uncomfortable for me, but hey, at least my oil got changed! :)