Wrath of Blog

"Of course, it would be unfair for me to comment. Douglas [Adams] told me in the strictest confidence..."

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:16:38 -0600

“Of course, it would be unfair for me to comment. Douglas [Adams] told me in the strictest confidence exactly why 42. The answer is fascinating, extraordinary and, when you think hard about it, completely obvious. Nonetheless amazing for that. Remarkable really. But sadly I cannot share it with anyone and the secret must go with me to the grave. Pity, because it explains so much beyond the books. It really does explain the secret of life, the universe, and everything.”

- Stephen Fry

Later he changed the name to Holodeck. (via Hijinks...

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:44:08 -0600

Later he changed the name to Holodeck. (via Hijinks Ensue)

LMFAO.

Amazing model train tracks in a mostly empty building

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:58:35 -0600

Amazing model train tracks in a mostly empty building

Nice flash mob you have there. (via marimello)

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:54:22 -0600

Nice flash mob you have there. (via marimello)

"A self-serving bias occurs when people attribute their successes to internal or personal factors but..."

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:51:16 -0600

“A self-serving bias occurs when people attribute their successes to internal or personal factors but attribute their failures to situational factors beyond their control. The self-serving bias can be seen in the common human tendency to take credit for success but to deny responsibility for failure.”

- Self-serving bias. Cf. (via merlin)

Sesame Street 40th Anniversary Guest Appearance

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:00:40 -0600

Sesame Street 40th Anniversary Guest Appearance:

Blah blah Michele Obama shows up on Sesame Street.

The article is good for past celebrity Sesame Street appearances, like DeNiro!

I love how people get the idea that amateur notions are a great...

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:52:50 -0600

I love how people get the idea that amateur notions are a great substitution for years of professional experience and training.

No matter what field you’re in, this rings true if you have either clients or some type of outside “helpers.” Well-intentioned? Sometimes. It’s when they insist their ideas are better and must be implemented against your better judgment that problems ensue.

via businessguysonbusinesstrips.com

Holy Gr-Ale!

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:07:35 -0600

Holy Gr-Ale!

The Gay Animal Kingdom

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:47:35 -0600

The Gay Animal Kingdom

dolapo: sgtm: shaneblog: A guy on a bike goes around NYC, high...

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:35:00 -0500

dolapo:

sgtm:

shaneblog:

A guy on a bike goes around NYC, high fiving people hailing taxis. I like how half the people are absolutely delighted that this just happened to them and the other half are either indifferent or super pissed off. Good way to separate the nice people from the assholes.

Because I’ve always needed a South Park avatar.

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:45:07 -0500

Because I’ve always needed a South Park avatar.

"[Jonathan Frakes] has a cow-shaped mailbox, and retrieving the mail involves inserting one’s..."

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:32:32 -0500

“[Jonathan Frakes] has a cow-shaped mailbox, and retrieving the mail involves inserting one’s hand into the cow’s hindquarters.”

- Jonathan Frakes - IMDB Biography

Why yes, I DO have an epic spice collection. (There is more in...

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 14:23:49 -0500

Why yes, I DO have an epic spice collection. (There is more in the pantry.) Why bother making boring food?

In honor of me soon moving so close to work I can walk there,...

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:24:23 -0500

In honor of me soon moving so close to work I can walk there, and then home for lunch, I give you lemmings.

Commuting sucks.

Uncyclopedia:Anniversaries/October 21 Yes! You know I put this...

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:04:00 -0500

Uncyclopedia:Anniversaries/October 21

Yes! You know I put this here because of Bill in a crown, right?

"… what we do know is that the story of the boy in the balloon, filled as it was with real..."

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:00:22 -0500

“

… what we do know is that the story of the boy in the balloon, filled as it was with real feelings of terror and relief, is a painful illustration of the sorry state of a reality TV-addled culture.

Blame the Heenes, of course, but who else? Just them? We could blame the rest of us glued to 40” hi-def images, waiting for the latest fix of manufactured conflict and emotion to get us through to the next blog post. Yes, Gawker is as bad as everyone else. We were part of the assembly line. But we also know that the page view counts on our reality show recaps dwarf anything we put up on, say, the death spiral of the publishing industry.

”

- Foster Kamer, Gawker (via @kristinab)

Pink is the new STFU - Veronica Belmont

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:04:14 -0500

Pink is the new STFU - Veronica Belmont:

See, I’m NOT the only woman who hates being stereotyped by pink. Via @FeliciaDay

I was just trying to look at a history of terriers, I swear.

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:41:00 -0500

From A Pictorial History of Terriers:

At about the time that Reverend John Russell was picking up his first terrier, the Reverend Thomas Malthus was publishing his tract on human population growth, which was written as a defense of the Enclosure Movement. Malthus argued that nothing should be done to help the rural poor that were being shoved off the land and into the cities — in fact the poor should be pushed towards the grave so that the lives of the rich could be better enjoyed and poor taxes reduced:

“Instead of recommending cleanliness to the poor, we should encourage contrary habits. In our towns we should make the streets narrower, crowd more people into the houses, and court the return of the plague. In the country we should build our villages near stagnant pools, and particularly encourage settlements in all marshy and unwholesome situations. But above all, we should reprobate specific remedies for ravaging diseases: and those benevolent, but much mistaken men, who have thought they were doing a service to mankind by projecting schemes for the total extirpation of particular disorders. If by these and similar means the annual mortality were increased … we might probably every one of us marry at the age of puberty and yet few be absolutely starved.”

In 2009, we would call this guy a psychopath.

The article has some other very provocative tidbits of info on urbanization in England, which it calls the rich man’s land grab. The article is quite a combination of urbanization, sheep breeding, workhouses, the Origin of Species, hunting and, oh yeah, dogs. Is it correct? I don’t know.

Old School Style. When were YOU first on the webernets? I...

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:07:00 -0500

Old School Style.

When were YOU first on the webernets? I started in 1992.

Epic Fail Furniture Sale Conversation

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 09:32:05 -0500

Buyer: im intersted and like, umm , yeah if i can ask for 75?
Me: Sorry, it was sold for the full amount.
Buyer: aww it look so good allright appercaite u let me know