January 2008
108 posts
“The bearer of advice seems, on the surface, to be a hypocrite. Instead of...”
– overheard in a meeting today
December 2007
31 posts
“Security will be tight in Times Square and the surrounding area tonight as more...”
– More than one million people?! There’s not enough money in the world that would get me off the couch to go into Times Square tonight. And have none of these people seen the Cloverfield trailer? (via) Peeps, be careful, OK?
Someone please explain to me how a crappy word like bootylicious can get added to every dictionary known to man, but after a couple thousand years of students using “alot” as a single word, it’s still wrong? I vote either we a) get rid of “a lot” and all its ignorant little offspring all together or b) just accept “alot” as a SAT word and move on. Call me...
WatchPixar’s short Lifted. In need of a good laugh?
[Simon and Kaylee, both drunk, chat during the town’s toasting of its hero, Jayne.]Simon: I— I reattached a girl’s leg. Her whole leg. She named her hamster after me. I got a hamster. He drops a box of money, he gets a town.Kaylee: Hamsters is nice.Simon: To Jayne! The box-dropping, man-ape-gone-wrong-thing. Good times.
Nerd
The word “nerd” first appeared as the name of an Joe Jenkins animal in Dr. Seuss’s If I Ran the Zoo (1950), in which the narrator Gerald McGrew claims that he would collect “a Nerkle, a Nerd, and a Seersucker too” for his imaginary zoo. The slang meaning of the term dates back to 1951, when Newsweek magazine reported on its popular use in Detroit, Michigan. By the...
Best picture quality with 6 megapixels →
I’ve been saying this for a while. Nice to see the smart people saying the same thing. (via)
More Firefly Quotes
More gym and more Firefly this morning. And I have to say, this morning’s episode was especially funny. And quotable. And eventful. I mean, we met Saffron for the first time. And wow did we meet the lovely and talented Vera. Below are some of my favorite quotes. — [Horse-mounted bandits accost a Conestoga wagon-like raft, driven by Jayne and a hunched-over woman.] Bandit: You gonna...
Randall, you teh hax0r! →
Randall’s success makes me feel bad about myself. (kidding, buddy)
I’ve mentioned that I love Psych, yes? Below is a prime example of why. Gus: Don’t you watch the news? Shawn: I can’t watch channel 8 anymore. Lloyd Lancing wears a toupee. It’s like every newscast starts with a lie.
You’ve got to love an article that starts with this statement: But like it does for everybody, mindless intoxication lost its charm as I got older and learned how to recognize my limits. I became a responsible drinker, able to walk that fine line between “comfortably numb” and “passing out on a stranger’s lawn while spooning a garden gnome.” If you’re my mom, don’t read this....
Let’s just go ahead and assume that our 2007 holiday cards are going to get out, well, a little late. And while we’re assuming, let’s also assume that perchance we forgot you altogether and you just don’t get one. Isn’t this a fun game? So in the festive holiday spirit of CYA, I present to you, my dear lurking friends, a PDF version of the Maxfield Holiday Card (St....
Pixar In-Jokes →
I won’t lie -I love this kind of minutia. (via)
“Ever since Pulp Fiction electrified audiences and changed the film industry,...”
– Another brilliant quote from Zeldman. (But don’t follow the link if coarse language isn’t your thing.)
Another reason being a grownup really sucks? →
Might I suggest a job in government?
kitty wigs →
wow. Really? (via)
From the episode of Firefly I watched on the torture machine at the gym this morning: Zoe: You sanguine about the kind of reception we’re apt to receive on an Alliance ship, Cap’n? Mal: Absolutely. (beat) What’s ‘sanguine’ mean? Zoe: ‘Sanguine’. Hopeful. Plus -point of interest -it also means ‘bloody’. Mal: Well, that pretty much covers all...
“Like a first love or a first car, a first computer can hold a special place in...”
– Commodore 64 still loved after all these years - so very, very true. Thanks, Junetta.
“There’s a fake bug painted in the urinal to encourage men to...”
– Leo via Twitter. Who knew?
“I have broken the sound barrier, but you must never ask me how. I don’t...”
– Janitor, Scrubs
Is it Christmas? →
I love the simplicity of this site.
“Cooking With Pooh: Yummy Tummy Cookie Cutter Treats”
– World’s Worst Book Title, as per Junetta. Sadly, Amber would probably love this. (thanks, sis)
“I’m glad you realize that as a dad and husband, you boldly declaring...”
“The new password is “YoureGrounded4Life” - My wife, upon learning from my...”
– Ted over at NorthTemple experiences my future pains.
Dyslexic Student Expelled Over Toy Gnu WATERBURY,... →
Sensitivity training? You bet your sweet bippy!