December 2008
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"This tool can only be viewed properly using...
So sayeth the Walgreens Drug Pricing search engine. Insert here some tiresome joke about toolishness which I’m too annoyed to make, especially when my IE installation is beset with trojans, Firefox is nearly as much so (it started launching spam pop-ups after IE was hit*, via one or another of its gaping security holes), and sites like this don’t function with the only browser...
Dec 31st
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“Since relatives are processed through areas of the brain linked to...”
– Visiting family warps your brain, study says - Behavior- msnbc.com
Dec 31st
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Dec 31st
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“Infamous Menagerie recorded a handful of songs with Steve Fisk but they remain...”
– I don’t know who all is invested enough in such long-defunct indie acts as Infamous Menagerie to write up band bios for the last.fm wiki files, but this one was damned entertaining.
Dec 31st
Dec 31st
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I am being forced to watch this right now (but at least this means my husband has moved on from this). Okay, it’s funny, but quite cheesily so. (Yes, “cheesily” is too a word. Shut up.)
Dec 30th
Dec 30th
“Bring back a little pubic hair. Not a lot. I’m not talking about reviving...”
–  Bill Maher, quoted here. (Not that I need his or anyone else’s validation in this matter.)
Dec 29th
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In which professional Santas go to war with each...
From This American Life: Act Three. Santa Fight Club. (At the 24:00 point in the podcast.) A tale of two Santas. There’s Tim Conaghan, a full-time professional Santa with a big belly and a real flowing white beard. And there’s Santa Nick—he too has a belly and real white beard. But the story of Santa Tim and Santa Nick is not like most uplifting Christmas parables. Instead, it’s about two men,...
Dec 29th
Honky Wanna Cracker? A Look at the Myth of... →
Dec 28th
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Dec 28th
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Anticipation is making me WAAAIIIIITTT
Warning: In the following post, my propensity for hypomanic enthusiasm for whatever recent thing has possession of my brain is particularly in evidence. Comments to the effect that this is lame/trite/fannish/moronic behavior will be met with a resounding well, duh. Anyone proceeding further into this posts gets whatever bafflement or tepid bemusement they deserve.) __ I am pretty much dying...
Dec 27th
Dec 25th
ListenElliott Smith - 2:45 AM (Because just now, I...
Dec 24th
“Maria is marveling at her life. its just like a bloody novel we dissect in...”
–  the teenager’s most recent Facebook status message.
Dec 24th
ListenIn addition to having Elliott Smith on the brain,...
Dec 22nd
Dec 22nd
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Oh, heterocapitalistpatriarchy. You make me LOL. Target Women: Birth Control // Current (via)
Dec 20th
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Dec 7th
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“In more instances than we want to admit, tips not only won’t (and can’t) help us...”
– I did, in fact, grimace while reading these sentences from this article. Real Advice Hurts | 43 Folders
Dec 7th
“…At my uncle’s Oklahoma funeral, the bereaved were invited to bring...”
–  Me, spilling more fragments from the Oklahoma Funeral story I keep threatening to write. This time, in comments on a fascinating screenshot via SeoulBrother’s flickr (apologies for the excessive comment, SB), which had addressed the phenomenon of (often wildly inappropriate) “context...
Dec 7th
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Dec 3rd
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Dec 2nd
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“Sarah Silverman is 38 today. Continuing the tradition, I must masturbate 38...”
– Twitter / Josh Donoghue: Sarah Silverman is 38 toda … <dork> Actually unrelated: Apparently, I’m exactly 1 week older than Sarah Silverman. Neat! </dork>
Dec 1st
ListenShawn Colvin - Sunny Came Home When this song...
Dec 1st