January 2010
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2009
There was plenty of Suck in 2009. Too many funerals. My brother got laid off because a new manager didn’t like him despite the fact that he was the most popular DJ at his radio station, and hasn’t found a job since. Too many others who are willing to work but can’t find work. I hoped for more change from my government than I actually got. Too many friends fighting too many...
December 2009
OH!
yummycupcakes:
lubranoexposed:
Forgot that Bill told me last night that he was really nervous about me flying across the country to meet … wait for it … ‘a bunch of strangers.’ After my eye roll he tried to recover by asking ‘will you and Amy have any free time or are there lots of meetings scheduled?’
Um, yeah, yeah Bill - *lots* of meetings.
It’s cute how he hasn’t been listening at all to...
dear Jason:
atsirhc:
check your email. KTHXBAI.
AHEM.
All right, motherfuckers.
frageelaytwit:
Put your bits away.
Ladies: pay no attention to the crazy woman from the midwest.
Dudes: yeah, really, no one wants to see that.
Let's Be Honest
gordonshumway:
I’m trying to write a succinct recap of my year but obviously for an unabashed music dork like me, it comes down to three things:
1) Meeting Nick Lowe
2) Interviewing Robyn Hitchcock
3) Talking baseball with Peter Buck
The order of those three events changes about every seventeen seconds, but that’s the way they settled on the page tonight.
Other than that, it’s a happy blur...
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My Tumblr Theme Updated →
If you are using my Tumblr theme please update it immediately as I just realized there was a bug in it which included my Disqus comments instead of yours.
It should be fixed in the new version.
Note that I have also discovered what I believe is an undocumented Tumblr variable:
{Name}
I’m not sure if it is your Tumblr name or your Tumblr username, but for me it changes “Fun Size...
“This is like shitting in high cotton.”
– Mom, in response to the previous.
(I ♥ my mom, in case you haven’t been paying any attention at all.)
“Hello, Grammy that I love and have not seen all day!”
– The Boy, welcoming home my mom from a really long and not-good day at work.
The Wife set her on the couch, got her a drink, and reheated some of last night’s dinner for her, which she served her on a lap-pillow while mom sat on the couch. We’re now getting ready to watch NCIS (one of...
Alan Rickman is in Love Actually. This does not...
I can only assume that by the end of the second act he’ll be holding them all hostage in the Nakatomi building…
huh
Scene: the Wife and I were upstairs. We heard The Boy call for me. The Wife was just getting up, at noon, for the first time all day.
The Boy: “Dad, do you want to play Lego Star Wars?” (we just got our Wii back from being repaired a few days ago.)
Me: “I need to take a shower, but maybe after that.”
The Wife, calling out so he could hear her: “Good...
"a vagina shaped tissue dispenser"
inthefade:
This is his big idea he’s describing to me right now.
Great… another brand that I’ll accidentally buy, but then when I try to clean my glasses they’ll end up all smeared…
Alcatwaz: All Confirmed
vignuttes:
I just made my reservations for Alcatwaz! I added the deets to the Google spreadsheet, I think, but since I’m still not sure who can and can’t see it I’m posting them here as well. If you want to carpool or share a room or whatever, e-mail me; as usual, I’m daniel p shannon at gmail dot com without the spaces and out-spellings and all that. SO:
Arriving Thursday, January 21st, at...
Oh, one more thing…
I forgot one other thing about my Monday.
I got my grade for my last class. They’re all “pass/fail” in this program. Here were his closing remarks:
I tend not to give “H” grades for doctoral level courses.
But TJ’s work was, in my mind, worthy of an “H.”
What’s an “H” in pass/fail?
“Honors”
Obviously it’s not for...
Bejeweled Blitz
Dear friend from grammar school:
Of course I believe you’re scoring 8,863,100 in Bejeweled Blitz without cheating.
I’d just love to see a video.
XeLaTeX, Daniel?
Could you be any adorable?
{For those of you who haven’t joined the Dropbox brigade, what are you waiting for? It works like a regular folder. 2GB of free, immediately backed-up storage. Previous versions are saved for 30 days (every time you hit save). Syncs to Windows, Mac, and Linux. What more could you want?}
Like Favit? Review it →
Long story short: a small group of petty and disgruntled people are leaving sabotaging messages about Favit on iTunes.
Want to know more? Read Tim’s post.
Want to help? Leave feedback on iTunes. While you are there you may want to “Vote Down” comments that are not helpful (or accurate) or “Vote Up” those which are. You may even want to report concerns on some...
Yes, Annie…
Having sex without conception is, by definition, “counter productive.”
Ok, counter reproductive. Whatever.
I think my Monday won
Slept til about 11.
Went to lunch with my mom.
Fiddled on the computer.
Talked with The Wife about buying a new car.
Had dinner with mom.
Went to the movies (In The Air, *) with my mom.
Had apple pie (which The Wife made, which is AWESOME) and ice cream.
Watching crime drama TV.
* I really liked it. Strong B+. A little Wes Anderson-esque without all the over-the-top LOOKIT ME IM...
Danny Glover is in the remake of _Death at a...
I hope he gets hemorrhoids.
Death at a Funeral →
The 2007 version of “Death at a Funeral” is a fantastic movie. It is a funny, if slightly dark, British comedy.
Based on the trailer, the 2010 version of “Death at a Funeral” looks like an overblown slapstick comedy, as if they asked Michael Bay to make a comedy.
I implore you IMPLORE YOU to rent or buy the original movie. You can get it from
iTunes for $10
or
Amazon...
Angle Grinder Zero™
steelopus:
You’ll all be happy to know that I returned the angle grinder about 45 minutes ago.
Unused.
Well that’s good because I was afraid The Other Steve was going to have to have to organize a fund-raiser for your hospital bills.
Whew.
* note: I met Steve IRL before The Other Steve which is why Steve is Steve and The Other Steve is The Other Steve. Sorry, Other Steve, you had...
Speaking of Charlie Sheen
pocketcontents:
You’ll notice his Hanes commercials continue to run even though he’s got domestic violence charges on his rap sheet. Guess his sponsors/endorsements don’t care about his image. I mean, it’s not like he beat a dog or had extramarital affairs.
Oh come on… he’s white, how bad could he be?
You want me to go to your website, give you my...
All made that much better by the fact that your website just got linked to by someone very popular and is now running at the approximate speed of turtles crossing a tar pit.
For a tool about simplicity…
If you want to avoid all that but are still interested in downloading OmmWriter beta 2.1 (52mb) you can do that here.
There’s a video here: http://vimeo.com/7670108
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Things that hurt after a day of sledding and ice...
lindstifa:
Head
Neck
Throat
Shoulders
Elbows
Fingers
Ribs
Abs
Butt
Hamstrings
Quads
Ankles
You left out “pride” ;-)
Cheek pinches. THOSE ones.
aimee-b-loved:
If your crush turns out to be as dense as [insert joke here], I know a certain T. who has been digging you for a while, but is too shy to say anything to do. Shit, I hope he doesn’t read this in Google Reader.
Aw, jeeze! Now I’ll be obsessing over what T has been digging me. And pray that it isn’t “digging” as in “a shallow grave in his backyard.” Because that would...
AT&T Customer Service: "New York City Is Not Ready... →
yayaa:
hellamike:
Hi, our network sucks SO much that instead of fixing it, we’re just not going to sell you the phone instead.
(via Daring Fireball)
Except Apple obviously does not agree because they’re still selling the iPhone at their NYC stores.
The story has been misreported due to faulty assumptions based on limited information, which, sadly, is what too much tech reporting is based...
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Tumblr Themes: reblog citation duplication
Redesigning my Tumblr theme was a good lesson in what Tumblr supports for custom themes.
One of the things I really like about the new theme is the way it handles reblogs.
If you look at this post or that one you will see that it makes it clear not only who I reblogged it from, but who originally posted it.
Pretty cool, right?
(Right.)
The problem? What if you reblog something from the...
Tumblr Theme Renovated →
Well that’s better.
I’ve modified my theme to have what I think are essentials for a Tumblr theme.
A clear indication of when something was posted (previously it only showed the date or time).
Indication of notes, tags, and comments
Easy to find “permalinks” (well, they are easy to me. What do you think?)
Name of the site should always link to the first page
Plus a...
You know what seemed like a good idea about 3...
Trying to revamp my Tumblr theme.
I’m now reminded of why I don’t do HTML/CSS very often anymore. Because I suck at it.
We're there!
wordishness:
You guys are unbelievable, amazing, stupendous, fantastic. Awesome.
We’re there. I’m transferring a little over $200 to Leah’s account now. I don’t even know if she’s awake yet.
(Please reblog this if you reblogged the original post)
I didn’t reblog the original, assuming that it wouldn’t take long to get to the total, and —as usual— Tumblr people didn’t...
“You are not permitted to criticize a homosexual’s flair for the theatrical…”
– Daniel, who made me SLOL (snort-laugh-out-loud, natch) when I read that.
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I'm not saying I want everyone to have OCD…
But these are the “official” names of the 4 DVDs from the first season of Mad Men:
MAD_MEN_S1D1
Mad_Men_S1_Disc_2
MADMEN_S1Disc3
Mad Men S01D4
Words will be in ALL CAPS. Or Mixed Case.
Words will be separated by underscores. Or Spaces. Or no separation
Abbreviate “Disc” by a capital “D”. Or spell it out.
Separate season number and disc number by an...
