Liquid Sunshine Day

If the Brady Kids had grown up in Seattle, at least one of them would have turned out emo. Maybe Jan.

It's raining. Not like it's usually raining when it's raining, which is often enough anyway, but as if the heavens have opened up because someone somewhere offended one of the tiki gods and now it's 40 days and 40 nights of pouring cats and dogs and llamas and hippopotami. We went running with Mr. Tiki and ended up slicked knee-high with mud and permeated through our waterproofs straight down to our skivvies.

And so, since the topic of sopping wet conversation had turned to 80s musicals with bad dance doubles, Mr. Tikistitch brought up an issue for which we had no answer: what kind of place, exactly, was the Jennifer Beals character in Flashdance supposed to be dancing in? It was obviously not the Bada Bing, as, well, no titties. But, then there was that number where the chick dumped water all over herself at the end. Ya know, not as kinky as the Idaho Senatorial delegation, but, ya know. And tiki is actually one of the few people in the target demographic who failed to see Flashdance in a movie theater at the appropriate time, and has only caught random bitlets of the flick in later years on cable--we still haven't quite figure out what Jennifer Beals was supposed to be welding. So, don't think we actually ever caught the scene, if any, where they explain WTF about the dance hall.



BTW, here's a plushie for you.

The Bret Dance!!!

Life just got awesome.

Tongan Ninja

Just to give equal time to Jemaine. This is actually from a (non-Conchords) movie we haven't seen yet. Shake those swivel hips, Jemaine!!

A bad, naughty boy

AP: Craig reconsiders decision to resign

BOISE, Idaho - Sen. Larry Craig is reconsidering his decision to resign after his arrest in a Minnesota airport sex sting and may still fight for his Senate seat, his spokesman said Tuesday evening.

This can't possibly be true. God doesn't love us this much.

Croc stoppers

These little twitlets require some explanation. Ya know those plastic vegan shoes everybody is wearing nowadays? Ya know how they have little holes in them? Well, these little dealos are supposed to plug the holes.



This photo's actually still bigger than life sized. They're totally licensed and everything. They're called Jibbitz. Thing is, in Japan, where everything is required by law to be cute, they've really caught on. So, these actually came to our attention 'cause some maniacs in Japan were asking $30 for them on an auction board. (We got 'em a lot cheaper--we're cheapskates here at tikistitch LLC.)

Ask not for whom the buttery flavoring tolls

Doctor warns consumers of popcorn fumes

Consumers, not just factory workers, may be in danger from fumes from buttery flavoring in microwave popcorn, according to a warning letter to federal regulators from a doctor at a leading lung research hospital.

A pulmonary specialist at Denver's National Jewish Medical and Research Center has written to federal agencies to say doctors there believe they have the first case of a consumer who developed lung disease from the fumes of microwaving popcorn several times a day for years.

Oh, dear.

And here comes the worst part:

"We cannot be sure that this patient's exposure to butter flavored microwave popcorn from daily heavy preparation has caused his lung disease," cautioned Dr. Cecile Rose. "However, we have no other plausible explanation."

The Buttery Flavoring....of DOOM!