July 2011
June 2011
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“The application’s description reads: “Do you love GOD? Ever wondered what it...”
– Holy Town: Facebook Gets a ‘Christian Farmville’, Christian News
This horrifies me on many, many levels. I can’t even begin to describe all the reasons I find this offensive.
(via tiffanyb)
TJ: Some ideas are so bad that the people who came up with them should be slapped continually in public...
Toddler used as weapon on Toronto streetcar - CBC... →
atsween:
Yeah, you heard me.
COME AT ME, BRO!
Canada, what’s gotten into you lately?
I think you’ve been touching the USA for too long. It’s starting to rub off.
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Oxford Comma NOT Dropped
sandboxdiaries:
Oxford Comma Dropped by University of Oxford NOOOOOOOOOOOO
TJ: quoting linked article:
UPDATE: Reader Michael Williams adds this clarification: “That’s the University of Oxford PR department style guide. Oxford University Press is a commercially and editorially autonomous organization.”
Emphasis added.
Never look to the PR department for guidance on anything other...
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Is TJ Still "Disappeared" from Tumblr? →
How did I miss http://istjstilldisappearedfromtumblr.tumblr.com/?
I have made a Page Of Tumblr Shame which I’ve meant to tie to a Tumblr but haven’t had time.
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Flattering DM is flattering.
I’m not sure whether to just giggle or look at my feet and kick mindlessly at the dirt.
Writing for an audience of +1 is enough if the +1 “gets it.”
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#1 Reason I wish I had a DVR so I could skip stuff...
gatsbylives:
Paris Hilton is the other guest on Craig Ferguson tonight alongside Neil Gaiman.
Now THAT’s a funny green room.
Wow.
I mean… just… wow.
Moving on…
Through the Blessing That Is YouTube, you can watch the 14 minute
Craig Ferguson interview with Neil Gaiman.
I was going to end this will “grab it now before they pull it down” but apparently it was put up there...
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“You look much better, your blood pressure is good, and you’ve lost 7...”
– My doctor, this morning.
Totally made up for making me hang out with Zombie Grandma.
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This is why I avoid the Break Room.
missambiguous:
Coworker I haven’t seen in a while: Wow, you lost weight! PLEASE, tell me what you did! I wonder if it would work for me.
Me: Make better choices: obviously to eat right, cut your portions, and work out. Track your food intake, even. That’s what I do.
Coworker, clearly disappointed: Seriously? That’s what you did?
Me: Yep. Do.
Coworker: Bitch.
Me: If by “bitch” you mean a...
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IRC followup
rartastic replied to your photo: Textual IRC Client for Mac is free, today… Do I wait to tell it what IRC server? I really don’t know what IRC is.
Just download it for now.
If we decide to use IRC for Loser’s Movie Club, I will...
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Fun Size Bytes: Does anyone have a list of the... →
tj:
(Note: for the most up-to-date version, see: http://fsb.me/bstu2010.) I met a bunch of new folks at BSTU last weekend, but given my Swiss Cheese-esque memory1, I can’t remember most of their Tumblr names. (Or their real names, but that won’t be embarrassing until we meet again.) Of…
Reblogging as a reminder.
I’ve updated the original post http://fsb.me/bstu2010 with some...
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“What do you think the Devil is going to look like if he’s around? Nobody...”
– Albert Brooks as Aaron Altman in Broadcast News.
One of the best quotes ever.
(hat tip to Gatsbylives for reminding me about the movie.)
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Favorite Part 2011-06-25
We started the day at The Boy’s Tae Kwon Do test to move from Yellow Belt to Green Belt.
This required waking up at 7:30 a.m.
On a Saturday.
On purpose.
Willingly.
Then we drove for one hour, and watched them for two. The Boy did very well. The actual “promotion” to Green Belt should happen at his class on Wednesday night.
One of the two masters from his local Dojang...
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“HOW MANY WORDS IS THIS?”
– Lindsay, via email
I guess she couldn’t let this stand.
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That thing where you realize that someone... →
That.
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TURN SIGNALS WERE INVENTED FOR A REASON, YOU...
notyouraverageharlot:
USE.THEM. Or I will take away your driving privileges by slashing your tires.
So you live in Boston, but you’re not a native?
Thank you for the vibes
The Boy did very well. We find out officially on Wednesday but SPOILER ALERT he’s totally getting it.
Your vibes will be returned by parcel post. Please allow 6-8 weeks for delivery.
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Attention! Green Belt Testing about to start!!!
Please send The Boy all your good vibes.
All of them! He will return them as soon as he’s done with them.
(He has gone 4x/week for months and worked really hard, so I don’t think it will be a problem, but I never count my chickens before they hatch. I mean, if I had any chickens. which I don’t. As far as I know.)
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2011-06-24
We rearranged our vacation schedule this summer primarily so The Boy could test for his Tae Kwon Do Green Belt tomorrow.
However, once we decided to do that, it meant we had to be back for the pre-test on Wednesday, so we decided to come back Sunday night/Monday morning so he could go to Camp Invention.
He’s gone the past 3-4 years and has really had a good time. Part of me feels a...
[Upcoming Apple product] will be the death of...
inthefade:
Every tech headline ever.
You’ve got that backwards. Every new smartphone is an iPhone killer. Every new tablet is an iPad killer.
It’s like the old “Linux will hit mainstream next year.” or next year. Or next year.
iPhone killer has 64,200,000 google results.
There’s even a dot com.
iPad killer has 39,300,000 google results.
Saying the...
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Does anyone have a list of the BSTU folks?
(Note: for the most up-to-date version, see: http://fsb.me/bstu2010.)
I met a bunch of new folks at BSTU last weekend, but given my Swiss Cheese-esque memory1, I can’t remember most of their Tumblr names. (Or their real names, but that won’t be embarrassing until we meet again.)
Of course there were our two lovely organizers:
http://cleapow.tumblr.com/
...
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“HOW DRY IS IT IN ARIZONA ?
It’s so dry in Arizona that the Baptists...”
– an Email FWD
(I KNOW, RIGHT? Those are usually terrible, but I thought this one was actually funny. AND the person who sent it used BCC! I think the world might be ending.)
“(CBS/AP) - After possibly the most disgusting act of peeping tomfoolery in...”
– CBS/AP News
GROSS.
I never listen to the radio. Never.
But today I had a song stuck in my head, and I thought that if I listened to the radio I might get it out of my head.
So I turned it on to one of the three non-Country stations around here, and caught the end of a song, and then the... 