Wrath of Blog

(via Defacing US currency : pics) HA!

Sun, 27 May 2012 19:09:27 -0700

HA!

godofbiscuits: think-progress: There are exactly three...

Sun, 27 May 2012 18:04:49 -0700

think-progress:

There are exactly three countries on Earth that do not provide guarantees for paid maternity leave. Papua New Guinea and Swaziland are two of them. Care to guess the third?

Read the article here.

You-Es-Ay! You-Es-Ay!

Fucking Fabulous.

Hemingway On Writing

Fri, 25 May 2012 04:26:06 -0700

pbh3:

Dear Coquette: On your doctorate in philosophy.

Thu, 24 May 2012 08:10:00 -0700

Dear Coquette: On your doctorate in philosophy.:

dearcoquette:

I have a doctorate in philosophy, and I still think theism is a logical stance. You’re a cunty little ignoramus who is so certain about something which I’m willing to bet you know very little about.

I’d rather be a cunty little ignoramus than the kind of monumental douche-nugget who refers to…

I snorted with laughter. Athe arrogant academic … If you don’t have a doctorate you know nothing! You’re a quitter! Blah blah blah.

(via Bug Memorials - Carmichael Collective) Tears. Or Tears of...

Sun, 20 May 2012 15:47:55 -0700

(via Bug Memorials - Carmichael Collective)

Tears. Or Tears of Joy?

Mark Twain On Travel

Fri, 18 May 2012 21:55:30 -0700

pbh3:

Knowing people who don’t travel and think travel is a waste of money, I heartily agree.

ilovecharts:-putins EXACTLY.

Mon, 14 May 2012 12:51:30 -0700

ilovecharts:-putins

EXACTLY.

"So here I am at Dell’s huge and very professional summit with founder Michael Dell, top people from..."

Sat, 12 May 2012 18:18:00 -0700

“So here I am at Dell’s huge and very professional summit with founder Michael Dell, top people from Microsoft and Intel, impressive power points, expensive commercials, matching polyester ties and all that jazz, and then the – by Dell chosen – moderator starts to rejoice the lack of women in the room. “The IT business is one of the last frontiers that manages to keep women out. The quota of women to men in your business is sound and healthy” he says. “What are you actually doing here?” he adds to the few women who are actually present in the room.”

- Dresscode: Blue tie and male

Hard to believe that anyone could say such things in public without it being intentionally farcical. Sounds like the kind of thing you’d hear from a Colbert-like satirist.
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Sickening. People actually say this shit out loud.

Yeah. Disney. via hobbitdragon

Fri, 11 May 2012 17:50:42 -0700

Yeah. Disney.

via hobbitdragon

Photo

Thu, 10 May 2012 21:41:36 -0700

"I was having a conversation with a friend who had recently become a parent, and she reminded me of..."

Sun, 06 May 2012 17:56:44 -0700

“I was having a conversation with a friend who had recently become a parent, and she reminded me of something I had forgotten about since my daughter was born. She was describing this what-have-I-done feeling – I just got everything perfect in my life, and then I went and messed it all up by having a baby. I don’t feel that way anymore, but the thought certainly crossed my mind a few times at the beginning. Eventually you just fall in love and forget about everything else, but it’s not a very comfortable transition. I compare the process to becoming a vampire, your old self dies in a sad and painful way, but then you come out the other side with immortality, super strength and a taste for human blood. At least that’s how it was for me. At any rate, it’s complicated.”

- Jonathan Coulton (I didn’t understand what this meant when I first heard the quote, but now I do.)

ilovecharts: Hello, I Love Charts fans!! This is Jeff Wysaski...

Tue, 01 May 2012 09:43:04 -0700

ilovecharts:

Hello, I Love Charts fans!! This is Jeff Wysaski from Pleated-Jeans reporting for guest blogging duty. As an enthusiastic chartographer, I’m super honored to have several of my charts featured in the upcoming I Love Charts book.

Today, I’ll be sharing a few of my own charts (including the one above), as well as some new and classic ones from other talented chartists. Trust me, it’s going to be awesome. So, enough chit-chat…let’s do this!

What I think the ref is actually saying when I’m forced to watch football.

"We find that the policy debate surrounding Net neutrality revolves primarily around differences in..."

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 06:31:04 -0700

“We find that the policy debate surrounding Net neutrality revolves primarily around differences in the frequency of expression of the values of innovation and wealth, such that the proponents of Net neutrality more frequently invoke innovation, while the opponents of Net neutrality more frequently invoke wealth in their prepared testimonies. The paper provides a novel approach for examining the Net neutrality debate and sheds light on the connection between information policy and research on human values.”

- The role of innovation and wealth in the net neutrality debate: A content analysis of human values in congressional and FCC hearings - Cheng - 2012 - Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology - Wiley Online Library

Why yes, this WAS an interesting read.

Rookie » Breaking Up With Facebook

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 06:24:32 -0700

Rookie » Breaking Up With Facebook:

This made a lot of sense to me. The author is clearly an introvert, thinking about friendships in a certain way.

Facebook is a fantastic way to compete with others, have meaningless online relationships, introduce unnecessary drama into your life, and otherwise spend time making wall updates when you could be doing something productive or meaningful with your time.

Sloth Bomb

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 19:02:02 -0700

pbh3:

Most awesome photobomb evar??

May the beer be with you

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 12:47:30 -0700

May the beer be with you:

GIF of the Day: Princess Leia Hands Luke Skywalker a Cold Beer

(via dive-in theater - mlkshk) Scaramanga’s island...

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 15:17:28 -0700

(via dive-in theater - mlkshk)

Scaramanga’s island drive-in?!

You know he would have wanted it.

5 Ways Modern Men Are Trained to Hate Women | Cracked.com

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 12:25:00 -0700

5 Ways Modern Men Are Trained to Hate Women | Cracked.com:

Entertaining. Disturbing. Nah. Hard to take dumb men seriously. I revert to entertaining.

"I am a character in The Sims. Hover the cursor over my head and watch that stat feed scroll."

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 10:02:47 -0700

“I am a character in The Sims. Hover the cursor over my head and watch that stat feed scroll.”

- I’m all for sharing, but why the online obsession with revealing every detail of your life? | Charlie Brooker

Yesterday my mom said I should put pictures on my blog about the party someone threw for me Saturday. Thing is, it’s not related to the topic of my blog, it’s just something that happened to me. And since I write the blog she thought - oh, you should post pictures.

At that point I realized she doesn’t really understand blogging or the concept of public access to personal information. It made me really happy she’d never signed up for a Facebook account.

There are a lot of people, however, who have signed up and still don’t get it. And still more who apparently think that being a character on a giant semi-real-life version of the Sims is fun.

I think there are things that should still be private information, and moments that shouldn’t be broadcasted. In this world, that seems to make me old-fashioned.

Snoopy Grows Up

Thu, 29 Mar 2012 12:56:53 -0700

pbh3:

Jebus, that’s fucking depressing