December 2009
27 posts
family event #3.5 done
Dad: Why isn't this camera working? (he hands it to me to figure out)
Me: It says the memory card is full.
Mom: That can't be right, I just uploaded all my pictures yesterday so I'd have room.
Me: Well, you have 463 photos on this card.
Mom: I'm not deleting them. There are still photos from Florida on there that I haven't saved.
Me: You're not going to get any more memory without getting rid of some. You have photos on here from May.
Mom: That can't be right.
Me: (checks again) Oh, you're right. You have photos on here from May... 2008.
Today’s vacation day is being used to dance (badly) in the kitchen while making cookies. I think this is a good use of my time.
Watchsassmouth:
Did you know Mystery Science Theater 3000 is on Hulu now? This is a good and glorious development in the war on productivity.
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Oh, awesome. It’s not like I had anything that I needed to get done ever again.
OMFG
newsandbooze:
You guys, I just landed a job as the new editor of the Huffington Post’s Chicago site! I am the happiest person ever right now!
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Whoa, congrats! Way to go!
family event #1 done
aunt: I've been watching the one with the geeks, and what's that other one?
uncle: How I Met Your Mother.
aunt: Yeah, that. But I don't really like it very much because you know the one Doogie Howser guy is in it.
cousin: Neil Patrick Harris?
aunt: Right, and he's supposed to be this big ladies' man... but he's really gay.
cousin: Huh, really?
aunt: Yeah, and I just think, "Well, how is that supposed to work? That doesn't make sense at all."
cousin: It really doesn't.
I WANT TO BE
andyv01c0m:
THE VERY BEST
like no one ever was
(at work)
Me: What's your last name, please?
Him: Seward.
Me: Right, like Jack Seward. (like the guy in Dracula?)
Him: Uh... no?
Me: Er.. right.
(I keep forgetting that people don't get literary references. Or maybe I need to make more widely-known references.)
Nature vs. Nurture
discodazzler:
One space after a period is only used by the “soft” professions.
English majors. Pft.
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Also, every newspaper everywhere. Just saying.
Yes, please, boss
continue telling me all about how you’re going to be taking the next two weeks off and traveling on company expense while you leave me here to keep your business afloat thanklessly. I never tire of hearing about this.
coworker: do you play any poker?
me: i've played, but just with friends. i'm not very good.
coworker: i bet you're good at "poke-him" though, hahaha.
me: you rehearsed this one in your head all morning, didn't you?
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Wow, I wish it was the first time I've heard that joke.
Last night, I tried to stay up a little bit to relax and read more of Frankenstein, since I’ve been really busy with work this week. I woke up this morning with my face planted between two pages and a very hazy memory of thinking that it I was probably too tired to really comprehend what I was reading. Thank God, there was no drool.
The gun from Nintendo's Duck Hunt doesn't actually...
ohyeahfacts:
When you pull the trigger, the screen goes black for a split second, and then a white shaped duck appears over the black. The gun is just a sensor for a change in light (from black to white) so if it’s pointed where the duck is, it’ll pick up the black screen and then the white duck.
Early versions of the gun allowed you to point it at a constant light source (like a lamp) and...
What Matters Now
stevekinney:
I’ve got a huge man-crush on Merlin. I downloaded Seth’s What Matters Now and started scrolling though—primarily to see how long it was. As luck would have it, I stopped at a brief essay by Mr. Mann.
How do you know when you’ve had “enough?”
Not everything, all the time, completely, forever. Just enough. Enough to start, finish, or simply maintain.
Unfortunately, foodbabies only...
Also, thanks to my recent followers. I’m really bad about doing posts when that happens.
overheard at the gym 3
(Working on a machine, I'm near two stationary bikes, on which sit two ladies who are not seriously overweight, but... let's say they both have some very intense curves going on)
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Lady A: So what do you do for a living?
Lady B: I'm a dancer.
A: Oh, what studio?
B: I, uh, I dance over at (local strip bar).
A: Oh. OH! Wow, is it fun? Do you like it?
B: Yeah, it pays... it pays *really* well.
A: But... you think a girl with a body like mine could even get any attention?
B: Well, I make about $300 on a slow night, so....
(at which point I moved out of earshot. I'm not certain whether I'm happy or terrified.)
newsandbooze:
Just threw up in my mouth a little after looking at the Top 10 Best Selling Books list on Amazon. Sarah Palin’s Going Rogue, Glenn Beck’s psychobabble and the Twilight series.
Ugh.
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Augh whyyyyy?
Continuity →
ihatepigeons:
terminally-incoherent:
Interesting combination of a platformer and a sliding puzzle
So freaking addictive! VERY cool concept!
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Simple and complex at the same time. So cool.
Paul Stranahan Trio →
One of my grade school friends is playing bass for these guys live in their studio for the next hour. Bass isn’t his best instrument, I think, but it’s pretty cool to know someone playing on the radio.
It is totally normal (if you are a mild arachnaphobe) to, after having a nightmare about being bitten repeatedly by spiders, check frantically for spider bites in the cold-sweat moments of waking up.
Right guys?
Hey, guys! More nerd reblogs!
andyv01c0m:
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andyv01c0m:
So I fell down on my bed and knocked out almost immediately when I got home from school. Slept most of it, probably like 20 minutes before I woke up I had a dream where I was having conversation with Lostbeats. I was telling him it’d be cool if burn and him both played WoW and then he told me they did and I got real excited up until he said...
Being cold and wet makes checking out Christmas lights a lot less fun. Bleh.