June 2008
42 posts
John McCain Should Probably Stop Calling Barack... →
Exerpt:
“In case you haven’t picked up on it, John McCain and his guys think Barack Obama is kind of like Dr. No. Dr. No — get it? He doesn’t like nukes, or a gas tax holiday, or a national drilling spree - that’s the “no” part. And he also thinks he’s sooo smart — that’s why he’s a “doctor.” He’s such a...
“Someone decided to trash the one part of Windows that was usable? The file...”
– This is an excerpt from an e-mail sent out by Bill Gates on his experience using his company’s own software. (full text available at SeattlePI) (via godofbiscuits)
Report Sees Illegal Hiring Practices at Justice... →
Ouch! This is quite a report. The Justice Department hasn’t been living up to its name.
The report says their hiring practices “constituted misconduct and also violated the department’s policies and civil service law that prohibit discrimination in hiring based on political or ideological affiliations.”
Guess when it started? 2002, accelerating in 2006.
“[Ireland’s rejection of the European Constitutional Treaty] has happened...”
– Hmmm. The Daily Star - Opinion Articles - Europe can avoid a debacle if Ireland remains isolated
“It’s sort of a sad state of affairs, but these days so many of us are tech...”
– Uh, ‘scuse me? Sad? I don’t think so.
Kaboodle Blog: Fab Finds: The Chargepod
“Religion has actually convinced people that there’s an invisible man....”
– George Carlin, “There Is No God,” You Are All Diseased (1999)
Obama Supports FISA Legislation, Angering Left →
I’m not very pleased that Obama is supporting this legislation, which appears to be an attack on civil liberties. Any program that requires special oversight to avoid going too far and stepping on civil liberties is not a good program. Maybe Obama (should he be president) will keep a good watch. But what about the person after him?
Is it just me, or does anyone else begin to feel like the...
Man gets Windows Vista to work with printer →
I believe what he finally tried (when all else failed) was an ACT OF GOD.
godofbiscuits:
If you’ve ever tried—and subsequently failed—to do this, you’ll completely understand the irony in this headline.
Jeff Reviews Colognes
Candidate 1: “smells like carni folk.”
Candidate 2: “Portuguese cat house.”
Candidate 3: “a combination of cotton candy and rancid women.”
Patriot Schmatriot
The Patriot Act’s major impact upon my life has been in having to fill out innumerable forms, paper and online, that certify that the 40-year-old nonprofit I work for is not a terrorist organization, does not support terrorism, and is not supported by terrorism.
So incredibly useful of the government to cost the nation’s nonprofits billions in the time and energy to make the...
Atheist Sees Image of Big Bang in Piece of Toast →
You can’t call it a miracle, exactly.
pica:
Excitement is growing in the Northern England town of Huddlesfield following news that a local man saw an image of the Big-Bang in a piece of toast. Atheist Donald Chapman, 36, told local newspaper, “The Huddlesfield Express” that he was sitting down to eat breakfast when an unusual toast pattern caught his eye.
“I was just about to spread the...
8 Things I Wish I Knew When I Was 22 →
China - Restrictions announced for Olympic...
“Overseas visitors coming to Beijing will be turned away if they have mental illnesses or sexually transmitted disease. No word on how China will determine these ailments but the honor system is not widely used inside China.”
That’s just one quote. Read more.
Buffy is definitely campy →
camp: 1.something that provides sophisticated, knowing amusement, as by virtue of its being artlessly mannered or stylized, self-consciously artificial and extravagant, or teasingly ingenuous and sentimental.
Buffy was certainly stylized (or there’s no excuse for Spike), often intentionally artificial (vampire-fighting super teen!) and very occasionally extravagant (musical, anyone?),...
William Shatner still conquering new frontiers →
Sort of nostalgic about the man. He is a weird and unique man.
WWDC Fave Twitter Comment (so far)
melorama: I just wanted to remind all you materialistic, consumerist brand-whores at WWDC that EVERYONE IS STARVING IN ETHIOPIA! - http://is.gd/txZ (expand) (Now that’s hardcore. For those of you non-Apple fanatics, that’s the Worldwide Developer’s Conference, happening today.)
i love shoe shopping. it always makes my day. there, i said it. i am such a girl.
Chinese in bed
A friend of mine always adds “in bed” to the Chinese phrases you get from fortune cookies. Got a couple of good ones this evening.
“Do not put off till tomorrow what can be enjoyed today … in bed.”
“If you can’t excel with talent, triumph with effort … in bed.”
Iowa Liberal →
I like this blog. I particularly like it in blue, but it’s really fine in any color. If talking about politics didn’t make me surly, I hope this is what I’d sound like.
for example:
“Our only answer to congestion over the past fifty years has been to build more roads which is turning out to have been an enormous misallocation of resources. Worse still, most of the...
You live in a 1st world city, sir, do you really think you need that cattleguard on that truck?
WatchThis is pathetic. They should have to earn an extra $150 and give it to the little girl. And perform 3 months of difficult community service.
And get their heads pulled out of their asses.
“This was to women what Indiana Jones and Star Wars, let’s say, are to men.”
– A pathetically shallow and stereotyped explanation of Sex and the City’s Box Office Success
2 Line Movie Reviews
for summer blockbusters I’ve been looking forward to. Ironman: Howard Hughes was never this smart or sexy. On the downside, it would probably be a real pain to have to unscrew your date’s outfit. Indiana Jones/Crystal Skull: It was everything I ever hoped the X-files would be. You know, in possession of a clear explanation.
“A van kept parking right in the middle of a curb that was just long enough for...”
– The comments on this post have totally killed me. This is but one example. If you’re feeling irritable or otherwise demonic, this is a great post. Parking Privileges | Slog | The Stranger | Seattle’s Only Newspaper
“… while we’re on the subject, can I just say how ridiculous it is...”
– no shit. when i realized that’s what they were talking about on the magazine covers the other day, it was hard to believe. Also, curses on grocery stores that put trashy, vapid magazine covers in the checkout line. i hate you all for making me cry with despair over what passes for journalism. ...
Dunkin Donuts Pulls Ad Featuring Rachael Ray In A... →
WHAT A BUNCH OF STUPID CRAP. Don’t people have something better to do than criticize keffiyeh and analyze keffiyeh-looking garments? Petty bullshit.