February 2010
134 posts
January 2010
142 posts
Best Thing That Ever Happened To Area Man Yelling... →
Actual Personal Ad I Posted: No Ugly Faces.
title: Powerful Mind and Large, Pendulous Breasts Wanted. No Ugly Faces.
text: Willing to negotiate on the face thing.
That’s it. That’s the whole ad. The title was written by my friend Lindsay, who knew my tendencies, but I will take credit for the zinger. I got a TREMENDOUS response to this one, mostly positive. There were a few negative emails, though. This is a sample:
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“Come … dry your eyes, for you are life, rarer than a quark and...”
– Dr Manhattan - from Watchmen (1987) by Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons
Anonymous asked: Have you ever writing considered writing a children's story? If so what age group would you pick? Any story ideas?
Best Thing That Ever Happened To Area Man Yelling... →
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Extremely Specific Lifehack: Mount Your Two-Handed...
So basically I just bought a cheap belt at Wal-Mart, drove a screw into the wall, cut the belt to size and looped it around the hand guard. The reproduction two-hander is a big sonofabitch, and spent a period of its life holding up tomato plants.
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Actual Personal Ad I Posted: Top 10 Things My Last...
This is probably unwise, but I’m going to post a bunch of personal ads that I’ve posted over the last few years. I’ve only met a couple of ex girlfriends on the internet, but I’ve made lots of friends. I think my variety of ad attracted like-minded people who just never clicked as romantic partners.
I’ve taken an extended break from using the internet for dates,...
“In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like...”
– Thomas Jefferson (via sje397)
Anonymous asked: One suggestion: Don't talk about yourself so much.
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HuffPost Comedy's State Of The Union Drinking Game... →
GUGH. Drinking games were funny never.
Here’s a Drinking Game Drinking Game: any time someone makes a drinking game joke, shoot them in the face.
Ok, he repeats phrases. WE GET IT.
Anonymous asked: Why are you not tweeting RIGHT NOW? It is making me sad.
“You were in the ground in late november
when the leaves in earth are down
did...”
– Andrew Bird - “MX Missile”
“And then she turned homeward
With one star awake
Like the swan in the evening...”
– “She Moves Through The Fair” - traditional Irish folk song
“Other people were too sentimental
Always worrying about their hair
Got tired...”
– They Might Be Giants - “Another First Kiss”
I think @ladygaga embodies everything I LOVE about...
I’m trying to figure out why I’m so in awe of this woman. She’s a vast artistic talent. She seems to be utterly aware of where she is in life - on the cusp of a long, exciting career. She could have been the next Norah Jones, Nellie Furtado, Tori Amos, Fiona Apple, Christina Aguilera - but instead, she chose to be something wholly unique. She picked the path of pop music,...
WatchMister Big - “To Be With You”
This song came on while I was at the coffee shop. Amazing how many memories this song conjures up - none of them very good. I was a very lonely, very shy, very nervous, very confused 14 year old boy with the social skills of an inert gas. This song resonated with me because I had crushes on like a billion girls and I knew that nothing would ever come...
“The witch’s promise was coming,
believing he listened while laughing you...”
– Jethro Tull - “Witches Promise”
Anonymous asked: Leno or Letterman?
Watching Faces Of Students As They Finish 'The... →
Books are a waste of space
I have a Kindle. It has changed nothing about the way I read books, but it has reduced the amount of money I have spent on them (thus giving me more money to spend on more books). It has an e-paper display that so closely resembles an actual paper book that the experience is pleasurable. Even better, I have saved an incredible amount of physical space in my house, because I no longer have to...
Anonymous asked: Alternate Future: The year is 2015 and the internet is permanently out of commission (although the rest of the world is fine). How does this impact your life?
Weekend Steam deal: Company of Heroes 75% off →
“Because its keys click like hail on a boulder,
And it winks when it goes out,”
– from Why I Take Good Care of My Macintosh By Gary Snyder (via Boing Boing).
I mean, sure, this poem could be about any computer in the world, but nobody would write such beautiful words about a Dell.
“Reality continues to ruin my life.”
– Bill Watterson