weapons of massdistraction

There are more substantial posts in the works but I can’t seem to complete them. My days have been long and distraction-filled and my brain seems to have turned to mush (I am not alone in this). Maybe the impending Spring thaw will get my synapses sparking. But lately? By the time I get home and get the boy fed and doing his homework and to bed I’m in duck and cover mode. So for now a little more of the fluff.

Five good things for this hump day:

• New for Minneapolis - the Minneapolis Indie Xpo will be a one-day show celebrating independent comics and Midwest cartoonists. August 21st at The Soap Factory. Also new in town? Red Bull Flugtag. Practically in my own backyard. Hmm.
• Available for pre-order now, Squid and Frog t-shirts! Plus a new episode, in Japan. Totally forgot to show it to the kiddo last night. Adding it to our after school activities, along with the latest Axe Cop episodes.
• Hey, Sponsor a Klingon! It’s for a good cause. And by good I mean, well, picture this: “The awards night is on March 26th. It is a fancypants, red carpet type industry event. A very big deal. Definitely going to be epic, win or lose… however, it would be monumentally MORE epic with a Klingon entourage! Take a second and picture this for a moment. 300 of the local event industry’s top professionals, a gorgeous, elegantly decorated venue.” More photos here.
• Butch mancakes? *groan* Thank goodness Cake Eater Bakery will be open before long. And they’ll be doing more than just cupcakes.
• More distractions to come. In the next few weeks several new books by my favorite authors will be coming out. All available for pre-order, in hardcover, at a huge discount via Amazon but I should just suck it up and wait for copies to be available at the library. But waiting is hard! I am so looking forward to Divine Misfortune by A. Lee Martinez, Changeless (The Parasol Protectorate) by Gail Carriger, Changes (Dresden Files, Book 12) by Jim Butcher and Dead in the Family: A Sookie Stackhouse Novel (Sookie Stackhouse/True Blood) by Charlaine Harris. Better yet, I’m looking forward to reading these books on my sunny Spring-y front porch. Even better still, on a warm back deck. But that’ll be a few months down the line yet.

Last night I missed Laura Veirs at The Cedar, and another Lost party with friends. Instead I worked late-ish, took some photos documenting the sweeter side of Clockwork, squeezed in a Wii Fit workout before dinner, and finished reading The Wolf’s Hour. When my son returned home from my ex’s he gave me a hug and randomly declared he wished we were yetis. Perhaps life would be simpler if we were sasquatches.