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I threw caution to the wind today and went forth for a Day Out. We went to Baby Cinema, where we saw “Another Year”, which is basically about an older couple who have their shit together and all of their dysfunctional friends and family. I rather enjoyed it, and it was far less sad than I expected, which was good because who needs film angst when there’s real life. After the movie we dashed, and I do mean dashed, across town to the National Gallery, where every third Wednesday they…

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The hairspray emergency is under control. Thank you all for your help and I now have a list of people to hit up for care packages when necessary. :)

He got like this all by himself:

I just, um. Um. Jesus. I just got Ardian’s Blackest Night page one in the mail. I have no idea who’s responsible for this, but thank you. Jesus. Wow. Um. Wow. This is actually the only piece of Ardian’s artwork I have. Technically I own the Chance pages, but I’ve never gotten around to having him send them to me, and…holy crap. *Thank* you.

Years ago, Neil Gaiman posted a sad post about how his youngest daughter had reached an age where she refused to travel without her hairspray and other styling accoutrements, which meant he could no longer travel with carry-on luggage only. In an attempt to convince her otherwise, he promised he would buy her new hairspray and what-not at Heathrow Airport, so that she wouldn’t even have to leave the airport without hairspray. She said, “If you want to, Dad, but I’m going to bring my own anyway.” I chortled when…

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