Silly Games

My new favorite thing ever–or at least of today–via Sarah Cross: Frazetta-style* '80s cartoon art.

You'll understand if I tell you that my friends and I STILL listened to the ultimately trippy Strawberry Shortcake Exercise and Fun Album in high school (it ended brilliantly with a track called "The Bottom of the Sea"). But, seriously, I learned to DIVE because of Strawberry Shortcake–and then my brother blew her up. I couldn't love this piece more.

*Or possibly some other style that Jeremy references in the comments and which, I've no doubt, will inspire hearty debate on a topic of which I know zippo. I just heart killer Strawberry Shortcake. I fully support the analysis of her genius.

This is a new game I've invented in an attempt to survive March Madness with my sanity relatively intact. Please limit contestants to coaches of college basketball teams. FOR NOW.

Example:

Clearly, WEREWOLF.

I’m superexcited to check out some WiiWare games.

Locus is up to its usual April first hijincks, including teasers from America’s Next Top Writer:

Highlights of later episodes include Holly Black and Cormac McCarthy fighting over a toothbrush, Atwood’s anger at waking up to find Shelley Jackson has tattooed a short story on her forehead, and Carey and Ligotti showing the other contestants how to square dance.

See also: Ed’s handiworkings.

So, this is it for now, though I do still want to make a pretty banner. If you really, really, really hate it leave your godlike technical suggestions of how to make it better below. I ixnayed some of the sidebar content as well, to clean things up a bit — if you actually miss any of what’s gone, let me know.

Regular program set to resume.

I woke up with a terrible head cold. I blame the pink.

Did I mention this is the WORST form of procrastination? I’m too tired and head explodey to mess around with it anymore, so this is what you get for now. Just pretend it reminds you of the ocean or something.

It’ll probably be the weekend before I have time to fiddle with it more and attempt to come up with a pretty banner — or redeem it in some way. But, by god, that middle column is wider. If nothing else (and honestly, nothing else I attempted even came close to working). I had no idea you all hated Strawberry Shortcake. Have you not heard the story of how I learned to dive because of Strawberry Shortcake?

Obviously not.

Good night and no template reordering/color code dreams. Why does Typepad hate me so?

Updated: Screw it. I just picked a simple template. The middle column maybe looks wider. Maybe. Still not happy.

I’m monkeying around with the template — with briefly disastrous results. (I’m attempting to make a the middle column flush left and wider and the two sidebars both on the right, which isn’t as easy as I’d hoped.)

Updated: Grrrrr. CSS is incomprehensible to me! I can’t even figure out how to add a background image so it’s actually beneath the columns of the page.

ReUpdated: Don’t freak — none of this is final yet. And things may be appearing and reappearing and disappearing for awhile.

Bunny Crumpacker.

Mr. T Visitor Guide: "Six Feet Under" House. There only seems to be one more right now, but here’s hoping the series continues…

(Via the de-fabulous Pinky.)

According to Lulu Titlescorer, Girl’s Gang has a 41.4 51.4* percent chance of being a bestselling title. I’ll take it. (Via Andrea Seigel.)

*I didn’t see the proper noun option until I ran Roanoke. Whoops.