A Weekend in the Uncharted Territories

As mentioned last time, I did, indeed, tape the entire Farscape marathon, and then took the resultant big stack o' video tapes up to Albuquerque to show to my cable-deprived friend. So, basically, I've just spend two solid days doing nothing but watching Farscape (or, actually, more like two-and-half, since I watched at least 5 or 6 hours on the marathon while it was taping). My brain is now way too full of weirdness, but I'm not complaining! And the poor, unsuspecting friend is definitely now good and hooked. If it hadn't already become obvious, I could definitely tell when I finally heard her use the word "frell" in a sentence. Heh.

In addition to said unsuspecting friend, I was also accompanied by my new Scorpius action figure, who happened to be waiting in my mailbox when I checked it just before heading out of town. And I gotta say, this thing is cool. I mean, it looks just like him. I've got him sitting in my living room right now, and frankly he's kind of scaring me. Oh, and I'd like to take this opportunity to put in a plug for the online store I ordered him from: Cosmic Clutter. They not only had the cheapest prices I could find for the action figures, but they shipped the thing lightning-fast, so they deserve some good publicity.

Life, the Universe, and Everything

My sister, Kathy, sent me so many comments/responses/disagreements on the stuff I've posted here on my blog that the suggestion came up that she should just go and start her own. Well, she has! There isn't really anything there, yet, but I'm sure when there is, it'll be worth reading. (Ha! See, now you'll have to make it interesting, Kath, in order to live up to the hype!)

How Hot Is It?

In other news, it is now definitely summer here in New Mexico, as evidenced by the fact that it was hotter than the day side of Mercury this weekend. A fellow New Jersey-to-New Mexico transplantee sent me the following via e-mail, and I thought I'd share:

You know you are in New Mexico during the summertime when:
* The best parking place is determined by shade instead of distance.
* Hot water now comes out of both taps.
* You can make sun tea instantly.
* You learn that a seat belt buckle makes a pretty good branding iron.
* The temperature drops below 95 and you feel a little chilly.
* You discover that in July it only takes two fingers to steer your car.
* You discover that you can get sunburned through your car window.
* You actually burn your hand opening the car door.
* You break into a sweat the instant you step outside at 7:30 a.m.
* Your biggest bicycle wreck fear is, "What if I get knocked out and end up lying on the pavement and cook to death?"
* You realize that asphalt has a liquid state.
* The birds have to use pot holders to pull worms out of the ground.
* The potatoes cook underground, so all you have to do is pull one out and add butter, salt, and pepper.
* Farmers are feeding their chickens crushed ice to keep them from laying hard-boiled eggs.
* The cows are giving evaporated milk.
* The green chile roasts on the plant, saving you a step at the supermarket.