R.I.P Chris Penn

The better of the two Penns passed away yesterday, leaving behind many opportunities to play bigoted cops to the chubby actors of tomorrow. No, really, I jest. I love Chris Penn and have always thought that he was sorely underappreciated. I had forgotten until today that he played Willard Who Can't Dance in Footloose, but what I didn't know was that he had a guest spot on The Young Riders. I wonder if that is in syndication anywhere?

ETA: Young Riders Season 1 is coming out on DVD on March 21 if anyone wants to buy it for me.

One For The Road

As I prepare to leave my present place of employment, I've been thinking about all the things I will miss. Instant message conversations like this one are not one of them:

[11:18] ACW: i cant reach anyone at [strategic partner located in Chicago]
[11:18] E: today or for a while?
[11:18] ACW: today
[11:18] E: they've only been in an hour - maybe they had a morning meeting
[11:18] ACW: well
[11:18] ACW: maybe i'll try in another hour

You Make Me So Very Happy

It's like a dream come true - the lip-synching Chinese boys have a website, and it's filled with video after glorious video.

BEST. MOVIE. NEWS. EVER.

The Magnum P.I. movie is coming, the Magnum P.I. movie is coming! Who will play Magnum? Who could possibly be as sexy as Tom Selleck?



Oh, the dimples. Oh, the mustache. Oh, the humanity.

How To Drink Hot Cocoa On A Mountain

How NOT To Act In A Gallery

I'm not allowed to come to openings by myself, because I might do something like this. It's all "Do as I say, not do as I do," eh, BI'75?

* Note red wine being held precariously around the sculpture by not one, but two, people!

Not Boring in '06

One of my New Year's Resolutions is to update my blog more often. Unfortunately, it appears that I have nothing to say! So my new resolution is to not be boring. I should have some very not boring pictures of BI'75, WhinoRhino, Coll and me at Ski Liberty and the Legwarmers show soon (hint, hint, Healy).

No Longer Worthless

Where do I get my check?

My blog is worth $564.34.
How much is your blog worth?

Get Your Pineapple While It's Hot

BI'75 has thing-ness - check it out by searching "Mary Early" at Washington Post.

ETA: Removed actual link because WP was being all Big Brother on me.

Flight To 1955

Yesterday afternoon, Annoying Co-Worker, Tiny Show-Off Girl and I flew to HQ's home state for a work event. TS-OG stepped away to call her husband to see how he was feeling as he has been suffering from bronchitis. When she returned, AC-W asked:

What arrangements did you make for [Spouse of Tiny Girl] for dinner? For his bedtime?

TS-OG blinked very hard and replied:

Oh, I'm sure he'll find something to eat.

I waited for her to comment on the bedtime question, and when she didn't, I chimed in:

I think he knows what time to go to bed, too.

TS-OG added:

Exactly. He's a night owl, I don't even know what time he goes to
sleep because I'm already asleep.

At that, AC-W blinked very hard as, I know from previous conversations, she and her spouse always go to bed at the same time and eat at the same time and probably poop at the same time. She claims that he has literally burned a pot of water. If she has to travel, she makes him an afternoon snack and a dinner dish for each night she is gone. What is amazing is that she is was upset that TS-OG doesn't do that for her husband and not upset that she acts like her own husband's servant/mother.