Help me win one of these splendid Madsen cycle cargo contraptions, and I'll mod it out in grand steampunk style. Please very sweetly click the link above. Via owlacrobat.

• 09:51 Take a gander at @vonslatt's new amp for @nathanfhtagn: bit.ly/BOqvL [And thanks for the @steamteam shout-out as well!] #
• 12:12 Out for a jog with my favorite Didymoi. #
• 13:36 Wag more. Bark less. #
• 14:36 For what we are about to see next, we must enter quietly into the realm of genius. #
• 14:49 And another congrats to @slurketta on her @HauteMacabre feature: tinyurl.com/qmuvbw #
• 14:51 RT @slyviolet: Art Snark is offering The Charming Snark Key in a giveaway contest on her blog, check it out! tinyurl.com/o9apjy #
• 20:18 Decided to limit my own art at @makerfaire '09, so I can devote more time to overseeing the ten @steamteam vendors' amazing mail-in work. ♥ #
• 01:02 Buffy (and butter shots) w/ Rabbit. Now whenever a Whedon character is happy, I'm immediately suspicious of the sudden but inevitable anvil. #

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• 09:30 "BEST. CONCERT. EVER." (@jonathancoulton's live concert DVD+) now avail: bit.ly/snm1Q (preview it here: tinyurl.com/JoCoPrev) #
• 09:34 Twitter writing experiment @Wendell_Howe, Temporal Anthropologist w/ the University of Cambridge since 2610 wendellhowe.blogspot.com/ #
• 09:46 RT @steamteam: Fun! Try searching 'steampunk' (or anything else) on @picfog picfog.com/tag/steampunk #
• 10:09 RT @CurioCabinet, RT @thestapeliaco: Cool new Extreme Mammal display in Washington, DC bit.ly/7vMml ["Extreme" mammals, er?] #
• 10:22 RT @thehermitage: Japanese paper cut artist Aoyama Hina's astonishing work bit.ly/GODi8 #
• 10:32 Mysterious letters: mysteriousletters.blogspot.com/ (via @pomegranates) #
• 11:56 @willowbl00: I have a FriendFeed (friendfeed.com/nullalux), but I don't really make good use of it. It just auto-updates my feeds. #
• 13:10 MedGadget unboxes a fascinating 1800s Surgical Kit: bit.ly/AOZY6 #
• 13:14 New primate fossil 'Ida' is extraordinary human evolutionary find (although article uses annoying term "missing link"): ow.ly/85dU #
• 14:08 Send digital business cards via Twitter using @twtbizcard. Create a card at twtbizcard.com/, then just add #twtbizcard to any @reply. #
• 14:18 Check out @nullalux's Twitter BizCard from @twtbizcard: twtbizcard.com/nullalux #
• 14:24 @cockerham: At @makerfaire, stop by the Carnivale Mechanique-Steam Team (@steamteam) area and say hello! Bring me a contraband PB&J, pls. :D #
• 14:47 @artmonstergirl: It seems @fuckyoupenguin has finally told Jabba the Tree Frog what's what. tinyurl.com/smugfrog #
• 15:37 Grooving on function-rich Twitter app TwitIQ (@twitiq): www.twitiq.com/ Nice for managing multiple accounts and more. #
• 15:57 Wombs, Waxes, and Wonder Cabinets (from the Bioephemera archive by @jesspalmer): ow.ly/8auu #
• 16:13 ~10 spots left for the corset lacing workshop at @Dark_Garden tonight. Call to register. www.darkgarden.com/ #
• 17:55 But see, here's the thing: the moon *doesn't* need poetry. #
• 20:32 I now have more Dreamwidth invite codes; let me know if you'd like one (and your preferred email addy). #
• 20:40 Very yummy Ethiopian foods with @tutordennis in the Mission. #
• 20:50 Dreamwidth invite codes snapped up by @mykeamend and @pomegranates. Cheers! nullalux.dreamwidth.org/ #
• 21:38 RT @makerfaire: Last Call for *Advanced* Tickets to Maker Faire - Bay Area 2009: tinyurl.com/pjtsmt #
• 21:40 RT @kaden_harris: Common sense has been profoundly compromised. We need an outbreak of *uncommon* sense. #

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• 11:29 Gettin' on the good foot. It's a glorious day. #
• 11:29 @DocPop: FWIW, I am in favor of the handlebar 'stache. handlebar.qlnk.net/ #
• 12:35 At the Japanese Garden in Central Park w/ Hoi Didymoi, visiting the koi and lunching. #
• 14:49 Another gem from @STorrence: @jonathancoulton's "RE: Your Brains" in ZSL (Zombie Sign Language) tinyurl.com/ASLzombie #
• 15:18 RT @edgeofwithin, RT from @hodgman "Telegram porn='DON'T. STOP. DON'T. STOP.'" #
• 16:02 I spy with my little eye that @slurketta is a featured Maker on the @makerfaire site: makerfaire.com/pub/e/2440 #
• 17:46 RT @carnivillain: We are planning a Fancypants Tea Party for Sat at @makerfaire. Location to be determined, but it will be announced here. #
• 17:58 New blog post - The Book of Love: In Which She Explains Her Lack of Brain bit.ly/WOrRK #

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It has been brought to my attention that my LiveJournal content has been a bit, well, devoid of content lately. In order to remedy this sad state of affairs, I bring you: goldenmean.







We've known each other for a couple of years, and some months ago we realized we've fallen roly-poly, pell-mell, tumble-bumble into something unexpected and rather marvelous.



This happy occurrence has also given me the opportunity to hang out with his amazing sister fairyarmadillo, among other lovelies. His mum and dad are pretty smashing as well.



I shall endeavor to make my updates more update-ish in future. However, prep for Maker Faire has been eating my brain. It promises to be an extraordinary ride.







The Etsy Steam Team and Theriaca Fina will be vending at Maker Faire - Bay Area 2009. Visit us in the Carnivale Mechanique exhibit area.

I am so freekin' happy right now.





Re: Your Brains by Jonathan Coulton, performed in ZSL (Zombie Sign Language) by Stephen Torrence



Heya Tom, it's Bob from the office down the hall

HI I BOB, OFFICE HALL [location-mid] FROM-[there]

Good to see you buddy, how've you been?

GOOD SEE-[you] FRIEND, HOW ARE YOU?

Thing have been OK for me except that I'm a zombie now

I GET-THROUGH OK, BUT I BECOME [ZOMBIE]

I really wish you'd let us in

PAST I WISH YOU INVITE-[us]

I think I speak for all of us when I say I understand

I THINK WE AGREE WE UNDERSTAND

Why you folks might hesitate to submit to our demand

WHY YOU NOT WANT OBEY US

But here's an FYI: you're all gonna die screaming

BUT I SEND {FYI} FUTURE YOU-[all] DIE, SCREAM



All we want to do is eat your brains

WE WANT DO-WHAT? YOUR BRAIN EAT

We're not unreasonable, I mean,

WE NOT CRAZY,

No one's gonna eat your eyes

NOT EYES EAT

All we want to do is eat your brains

WE WANT DO-WHAT? YOUR BRAIN EAT

We're at an impasse here,

TWO-OF-US NOT GET-ALONG,

Maybe we should compromise:

MAYBE TWO-OF-US NEGOTIATE

If you open up the doors

IF YOU OPEN

We'll all come inside and eat your brains

WE ENTER, YOUR BRAIN EAT



I don't want to nitpick, Tom, but is this really your plan?

I KNOW I PICK-ON-[you] BUT YOUR PLAN WHAT?

To spend your whole life locked inside a mall?

LIVE ALONE INSIDE MALL?

Maybe that's OK for now, but someday

MAYBE OK NOW, BUT FUTURE

You'll be out of food and guns

GUN, FOOD FINISH

And then you'll have to make the call

YOU MUST DECIDE

I'm not surprised to see

I NOT SURPRISE

You haven't thought it through enough

YOU NOT PONDER ENOUGH

You never had the head for all that bigger picture stuff

PAST YOU NOT UNDERSTAND-ALL

But Tom, that's what I do,

BUT I UNDERSTAND,

And I plan on eating you slowly

PLAN EAT-[you] SLOW



[chorus]



I'd like to help you Tom, in any way I can

TOM, I WANT HELP-[you]

I sure appreciate the way you're working with me

TWO-OF-US COOPERATE I APPRECIATE

I'm not a monster Tom, well, technically I am

I NOT MONSTER (pause) TRUE

I guess I am

YES



I've got another meeting Tom,

HAVE MEETING,

Maybe we could wrap it up

MAYBE TWO-OF-US END

I know we'll get to common ground somehow

FUTURE TWO-OF-US AGREE

Meanwhile I'll report back to my colleagues

NOW I GO-TO FRIENDS,

Who are chewing on the doors

THEY DO-WHAT? DOOR CHEW

I guess we'll table this for now

TWO-OF-US POSTPONE THIS

I'm glad to see you take constructive criticism well

MY CRITICIZE YOU ACCEPT

Thank you for your time, I know we're all busy as hell

YOUR ATTENTION THANK-YOU, WE BUSY

And we'll put this thing to bed

FUTURE THIS MELT-AWAY

When I bash your head open

WHEN I SMASH-[you]



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