A fairly nice day... SO FAR

[cleolinda]

1) House rules: Don't fight on my journal. Don't. Disagree, discuss, that's great. But you will be civil and non-snippy to me and each other on my own journal. Take it somewhere else if you can't.

2) My stepfather decided to buzzcut the Angry Jasmine again. The jasmine then got so much angrier, in fact, that it disgorged a swarm of yellowjackets that stung him upside the head several times. I'm not even making this up.

3) Yesterday, I opened the front door to take Scout outside on his leash, and there's a dead bird toes up on the doorstep. A fairly large bird, too--you know, the size of a pigeon, rather than a sparrow. We have no idea what it was doing there, because it was under the little porch overhang fairly close to the door, so it couldn't have just fallen out of the sky or something.

Linkspam:

TV host Ed McMahon is dead at age 86.

Those People From 'The Hills' Whose Names I Refuse to Learn Banned from E!, All the Other Awful People Will Stay [Victory].

EXCLUSIVE: ‘Fraggle Rock’ Kicks Off Jim Henson Company Comics.

Award-winning Burger King ads sold less food.

'True Blood' star Stephen Moyer answers your questions; Stephen Moyer on Edward Cullen: "He's a pussy! He's the Slim-Fast, Diet Coke of vampires." I can't decide if I want to hear him say that more in his real-life British accent or in his SOOKEH! accent.

Potential Banner ads for ‘Vampire Diaries’?; ‘Vampire Diaries’: A Book Report For Twilighters And Twi-Haters.

MTV Brings On Star Trek Writers For A Teen Wolf TV Series.

Heidi Klum gets her own Barbie.

"The New Male Beauty"; Are Women Today Threatened By Rugged Men?; Test Pattern: Where have all the movie men gone?

Images: 98 More Photos From the Robin Hood Set! Is that Cate Blanchett in ARMOR? I WANT PRETTY DRESSES, GODDAMMIT! You can put Russell Crowe in them if you want, I DON'T CARE. Also: Rachel McAdams is Harrison Ford’s 'Morning Glory'; Exclusive motion poster for 'Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All By Myself'; Poster Premiere: 'From Paris With Love'; 9's Number 8 Will Protect You From The Machines [Exclusive].

Clips and trailers: First Trailer for Richard Kelly's 'The Box'; 'District 9' Level 5 Alert: Do Not Apprehend Insanely Frightening Alien Freaks; 'Powder 2: Powder to the People' Trailer Elevates Fake Trailer Standards.

trailer_spot: Last Airbender, Ponyo, Coco Before Chanel, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Tenderness.

Roger Ebert, the universe slam Michael Bay's Transformers sequel in early reviews ("If you want to save yourself the ticket price, go into the kitchen, cue up a male choir singing the music of hell, and get a kid to start banging pots and pans together"); Cinematic poetry for pinheads..? Transformers 2 might be the worst film of the year; Michael Bay Finally Made An Art Movie [Transformers 2 Review]; Review: 'Transformers' lands with big thud; Review: How Transformers morphed into the lousy Revenge of the Fallen; Jive-talking twin Transformers raise race issues; Bay Defends Transformers Twins; Transformers Opens with $16 Million!

BREAKING: Oscar’s Best Picture Nominees Will Expand to Ten; ‘The Dark Knight’ Snub Prompts Increase In ‘Best Picture’ Oscar Nominees ("I would not be telling you the truth if I said the words ‘Dark Knight’ did not come up"); Could the Academy's doubled Best Picture category help sci-fi nab an Oscar?; They’ll Regret It When Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Wins Best Picture.

HBO Offers a First Look at ‘Public Enemies’ Plus We Have 24 New Images.

What Johnny Depp thinks was wrong with earlier Pirates movies and what could be in 4; Johnny Depp Addresses ‘Batman 3’ Riddler Rumors; Johnny Depp Not Sure About Returning to Gilliam's Don Quixote; Johnny Depp Might Have 'Dark Shadows' in His Future.

Why Johnny Depp worried about being fired from 'Alice in Wonderland'; Tweedledee and Dum from Burton’s ‘Alice in Wonderland’; More 'Alice in Wonderland' pics.

Christian Bale Getting Ready to Shoot 'The Fighter' Very Soon; Bale Tries To Crush Our Hopes For Batman 3, But At Least There's No Terminator 5 Either.

Marion Cotillard On The Complex Secrets Of Christopher Nolan’s ‘Inception.’

‘The Last Airbender’ Set Visit: M. Night Shyamalan & Dev Patel Kick Off A Fantasy Franchise; A Sneak Peek at 'The Last Airbender'; Why Shyamalan let us on the Airbender set, what we saw and why it's special; M. Night Opens His Own Site; "Damn you, M. Night Shamwow!" I don't want to stifle civil discussion (whether I agree with the opinions or not), but if shit breaks out again, we will not be able to have nice things.

Dawn Treader Storyboards!; Dufflepuds May Be CGI.

Clémence Poésy is confirmed for Deathly Hallows; David Yates On Splitting Up ‘Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows’; Dan Radcliffe and Rupert Grint get so drunk they can't remember the name of their own movie (bless); from many, many people: Harry Potter the Musical.

First Footage and Photos from Avatar Revealed at CinExpo!; James Cameron's 'Avatar': How much hype is too much? I honestly still have no idea what the big deal about this movie is supposed to be, other than "JAMES CAMERON OMG."

"Moon" Is the Best Scifi Movie of Summer [Review].

'Watchmen' Directors Cut to Hit Theaters for One Weekend in July.

'New Moon' movie tie-in book cover revealed: An EW Exclusive; Facinelli Wins Twitter Bet; ‘Twilight’ Makeup Will Plump You Up. Can I just tell you? I've used the original version of the DuWop Lip Venom, and it felt like I got punched in the mouth by someone whose fist was on fire.

‘The Runaways’ Finds Its Lita Ford in Scout Taylor-Compton; Dakota Fanning Dons Denim Jumpsuit; New pictures of KStew on the set of 'The Runaways.' DAMN, GIRL.

Frankenstein Gets A Romantic Comedy Makeover For New Flick ‘Frank.’

Daniel Craig to Star in Jim Sheridan's Thriller 'Dream House.'

Simon Pegg & Nick Frost Answer What Is Paul?

David Fincher To Direct Facebook Film; Fincher's Facebook Movie is Actually Based on Ben Mezrich's New Book.

Zac Efron to exec produce and star in new thriller; Zac Efron To Star in ‘Sexy Thriller.’ Is this one of those "erotic thriller" jobs?