too good to be true

"Karl Rove's father was not only gay, but a part of the early body piercing scene and a regular at 70s piercing parties... There are pictures of him on BME". So says the afore-linked BoingBoing article which I found through Susie Bright's blog; a more thorough (and graphic - not safe for work, and might squick those who are bothered by body piercing) essay at BMEZine has more.

This amuses me. Not because I think there's anything wrong with being gay or being into body art, or that I assume that kids must be exactly like their parents (in my experience, the fruit can fall VERY far from the tree). But still. Karl Rove's dad. In my admittedly biased opinion, Rove Sr. had more cause to be embarrassed by his son than the other way around.

"Small Business at its Strangest!"

Chateau Bizarre - links to all manner of cool clothing things - Gothic Lolita styles for grownups (geekchick, I'm looking at you), gothic everything, really, quirky bags and accessories, toys for kids and adults, customized book covers, and other manner of coolness.

democratic lechery

Me = too lazy/multitasky to do my own list, so I bring you the linkage:

Tuesday Lechery's most voted; includes John Barrowman and Ioan Gruffud (tasteful beefcake at the link).

toxic chemicals, Gromit!

I did do that dyeing I intended.

I'd been planning for.. oh... at least two winters now... to refresh the black dye on two of my favorite sweaters. A couple of weeks ago I finally got it together and ordered Dharma Trading's most intense black dye along with all the correct developers and prewashes - I've done machine dyeing before, but either due to frugality or disbelief ("3 cups of salt?!") I've never done it properly. Today, that changed.

( Black Hole Potion )

I won't know the full results until the sweaters dry, but a quick glance in the spin cycle suggests that my sweaters are now so dark that they're going to start sucking up light and small objects :P In addition, I cleaned up as I went so I'm going to tentatively call this a success.

Of course, I have to hand-wash the machine with bleach once all this is done :P

can I be Christian Bale? Oh please?

Nicked from realm_of_venus:

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If I were a guy, I'd TOTALLY want to be Christian Bale. If I were him, I'd be able to be literally ANY kind of guy I liked.

Or a blade of grass, or a shoelace - he is that good of an actor. He could play Marie Antoinette and I'd believe it!