Alright, fine! I did it already!

So, last week's mal_stillness challenge was Valentine's Day.  Ugh.  What a crappy prompt.  I wasn't going to play in this one, but as the week went on, I checked in on the challenge and found no one had entered.  I felt sorry for it.  Poor little Valentine's Day challenge with no one to play with.  So, I googled a bit and came up with some backgrounds for pics I already had.

This was my first thought.



(What?  It's got a heart on it!)

I soon got into the proper spirit of things, though.





I can post these now because winners have been announced.  A few more people obviously shared my sympathy for the challenge, because there were some other late entrants, but it was still a small pool.  I'll post the results when banners are put up, but I wanted to share these little guys before their day in the sun had completely faded from memory.

BTW, I did not enter the first icon, since the challenge suggested a more cheery tone, but, yeah...it's my favorite.  Duh.

Sweet Sixteen

Well, folks, here we have it!  The Secretary for Geek Affairs race is down to sixteen candidates.  Every one of them is extremely qualified, but it's time to make the tough choices.  The first round of eight pits Kaylee Frye against Steve Jobs and Simon Pegg against Randall Munroe in the Do'Urden region while John Hodgman takes on They Might Be Giants and Gabe & Tycho from Penny Arcade square off against Douglas Adams in the Bombadil region!  Things are really heating up!  Be sure to make your voice heard!  Vote here!

UPDATE: Kaylee, Simon, Hodgman, and Penny Arcade squeak through to the round of eight!  Voting opens soon for Wheaton v. Hawking, Wozniak v. Belmont, Coulton v. Whedon, and Lee v. Day!  Stay tuned for more!

Not going anywhere for a while?

I know that many of you have already seen this vid, but I needed a giggle today, so I re-watched it.  And I've just got to share.  I also have to give this an NSFW...sigh...seriously, America, lighten up.