happy easter monday. sort of.

(1)(a) Fashioning a crown of thorns out of a paper clip? Is my best use of office supplies ever.

(1)(b) Using a giant stapler to (cruci)affix marshmallow bunnies to cardboard? Is surprisingly entertaining. (I made this four years ago. The bunnies haven't decayed at all. Shudder.)

(2) The little label in the bottom left reads "serving size 4 bunnies." Oh, how I wish the Peeps people had seen fit to make a much more religiously provocative 3 bunnies a serving. Perhaps if we all write them letters....

(3) Sorry about the bad blogging. Things have quieted down at work, so I hope to do better.

mount st. famewhore

Ever since Mount St. Helens started rumbling in earnest again last year, one fact has particularly delighted our local television news reporters: the most impressive steam & ash shows seem to occur only during daylight hours on clear, sunny days. Apparently, the mountain craves attention. It is the reality show contestant of the Cascade range.

Last night, the mountain's timing was impeccable. Around 5:25 p.m., there was a small earthquake followed by an eruption that reached over 30,000 feet into the sky. The setting sun provided some wonderfully dramatic lighting for an already impressive scene. It was kind of cool. (I say that only knowing that no death &/or destruction ensued.)

Ah, the Pacific Northwest! Come for the rain, stay for the volcanoes.