"Dude"

The term "dude" is best known as a widely-used English slang word commonly used to informally address or refer to a person of the male sex. The word may also be used in the same manner when speaking to (or about) a person of the female sex. In typical formality social situations, it is not uncommon for young men to use the word "dude" to address one another. "Dude" may also be used alone in a sentence, serving as an exclamation; denoting a feeling of surprise, happiness, disappointment, amazement or anger, among other emotions.[1] The word might also be used practically anywhere in a sentence in order to convey such sentiments in conversation. The word's pluralization, simply "dudes," may also be used in the same manners.
Other definitions of dude exist; as a noun to describe a particularly well-dressed male or alternatively to describe one who is unfamiliar with life outside a large city. These definitions may be seen by some to go hand-and-hand: it is likely that someone raised in a large city (ex. New York City) may appear better dressed than, for example, a cattle rancher in the more open lands of California; hence the phrased definition "An Easterner in the West" (United States).[2]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dude

Let's Brainstorm a "Congrats Momma!" Mixtape for our Dearest Amalace

Blur "Blue Jeans"
Ladytron "Blue Jeans"
New Order "Blue Monday"
Eiffel 65 "Blue"
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion "Wail"

Sidekick S, please please add on titles if you think of any!

a relaxing download for sidekick s

Aquarelle: "In Florence" [MP3]

(you'll need to click, then go down a bit)

dead letter office...

from www.wikipedia.com:

"The United States Postal Service started a dead letter office in 1825 to deal with undeliverable mail. Approximately 57 million items end up in this office every year, where enclosed items of value are removed and the correspondence is destroyed. When enclosed items are deemed to be of obviously exceptional value, efforts may be made to return them to the sender. Items of value that cannot be returned are sold at auction. Except for pornography and firearms, everything that can be lost in the mail is included at auction. The auctions also occasionally include items seized by postal inspectors and property being retired from postal service.
These facilities are now known as mail recovery centers (MRC). Other former names include dead letter branch and dead parcel branch. These facilities are not unique to the US Postal Service, and go by different names in other countries. The USPS mail recovery centers are located in Atlanta, Georgia and Saint Paul, Minnesota. Since 2004, the postal auctions have been held only in Atlanta. These auctions include not only material lost in the US but also material from other national postal authorities who consign them to the USPS for auction.
The Canadian equivalent of the dead letter office is located in Mississauga, Ontario."

sidekick, did you ever watch Bambi?

Really?

That's something I didn't know, actually...I just wanted to post a picture of an elephant, but then I was like I wanted a happy elephant picture, and as real elephants can't display happiness in the way we can (that can be conveyed in a photo) I decided a cartoon pachyderm was needed, so turned to Dumbo, then found a bunch of pictures including the mamma & baby one and (mentally) yelled "THAT'S PERFECT!" so I posted it...do you want me to take it down?

Sidekick! Dumbo made me cry as a child and I never recovered from it! I felt so sad for him with his big flappy ears, missing his Mamma. I guess I have always loved animals!

Woooooooooooooooooooooooooo! Tomorrow you are back!

You have, as ever, been missed; when I get to work and my inbox doesn't have new messages from my beloved sidekick, it makes me sad : ( (when it's been a couple days and I don't know where you are then I get worried)