Gigglesnort Hotel (more here, and the creator’s own site here.) Another Chicago children’s TV classic. Another I’ll never forget.

And? A high school friend’s father was one of the Bozos. He loved Monty Python nearly as much as I did. :)

Talking to someone here on LJ I realized that I have a huge amount of Jewish influence in my life. I’ve had exes say I’m the most Jewish non-Jew they know (ok, ok, she used the word shikse . . . :P ). I studied Kabbalah while at Yale. And I went to more temples on Saturday (through bar/bat mitzvah) as a kid than I ever went to church on Sunday (I was supposed to be Catholic…)

Then a glimmer of recognition appeared. Before the Saturday-morning cartoons on WBBM-TV, Channel 2 in Chicago, I used to watch The Magic Door. I remember it being a mix of children’s educational television and Jewish moral grounding, but I also don’t believe it was heavily burdened with religious symbolism.

Information on the program is hard to come by now (a quick Google search turned up only a few references), but I’m curious — does anyone else remember this show?

Ahhhh, to be home after a long week at work. I’m all ready to order in some…

…oh no! I left my wallet on my desk at work! :(

Oh well, at least my copy of Rez with Trance Vibrator for my Japanese PS2 came in today. I think I’ll spend all weekend playing with it…and getting some work done…and watching Ecchi chase her tail…cho kawaii!

See what happens when you give some college kids too much ecstacy.

Seriously, I can’t imagine how else this got made…. :) At least they’re having a good time.

So if you’re Gen X or Y, and you grew up on Sesame Street, you simply must check this out. The soundtrack is, simply put, brilliant. This is for anyone who’s lived through the uncertainties of a fucked up economy (and country) and didn’t know where to go next…

I really, really want to go see this. Anyone up for a road trip to NYC from Toronto?

Spam this morning:

Subject: Ulysses, Did you know that you can get free movies, software and eigenvalue lumberman trailblaze

Hm, can I get a steak and kidney pie with that? How about a Jacobian?

Trailblazing indeed.

(ObAstronomy link of the day: Good thing they’re trashing the Hubble, eh?

Come see our show!

Skarlet O’Hara — Canadian Music Week Showcase
Friday, March 4, 2004, 1AM (25:00)
The Silver Dollar Room, 486 Spadina @ College, Toronto ON (Canada)

…after reference to a date in 1993:

11:49 <@Jim> my last stupid dating moment came aboot 6 months after that date
11:49 <@Jim> coincidentally, with someone who went on to date Frank
11:49 <@Jim> :)
11:55 < Frank> heh
11:55 < Frank> she crazy
11:55 < Frank> my stupid dating moment lasted a lot longer
11:55 <@Jim> if i had any idea when i was dating her how off her rocker that
bitch was
11:57 < Wohali> how off her rocker?
11:57 <@Jim> words cannot describe it, joan
11:58 <@Jim> every time i talked to her, i could hear the baby jesus weep in
the distance.
11:59 <@Jerry> well shit, if she dated both you *and* Frank
11:59 <@Jerry> she must have been pretty fucked in the head
11:59 <@Jim> Jerry: i’ve been saying that for 10 years

…finding Lite-Brite on a 404 page.

If you know about the SCO lawsuits on Linux users everywhere, you’ll get a kick out of this picture.