The Subtle B
Seriously, how does “subtly” get away with a silent “b”?
I’ll have to look into it when my hands are less busy.
Category: junk thought
lonely lunch
Given enough time alone I inevitably begin freaking myself out. I suspect this may be the big brother reflex running free and unfettered, like a bully turning on his own minion when nothing else presents itself for a bit of sport.
A bowl of miniwheats becomes full of ridiculous doubt: just why weren’t those two miniwheats better seperated from each other? Shouldn’t you have taken a longer look at it before just shoveling it into your mouth? What if some kamikaze powderpost beetle gave its life to gorge in the final moments of wheat formation, it’s bloated body absorbing the seperation blade without allowing the two suggested serving sizes to split?
Given enough time alone, I inevitably begin freaking myself out.
I suspect this may be the big brother reflex running free and unfettered, like a bully turning on his own minion when nothing else presents itself for a bit of sport.
A bowl of miniwheats becomes full of ridiculous doubt: just why weren’t those two mini-wheats better seperated from each other? Shouldn’t you have taken a longer look at it before just shoveling it into your mouth? What if some kamikaze powder post beetle gave its life to gorge in the final moments of wheat formation, it’s bloated body absorbing the separation blade without allowing the two suggested serving sizes to split?
C'mon, CNN
From a while ago, but I’ve only just re-discovered it on my drive.
I think CNN should have really dug to the real questions for the article: Should your wife have any friends? Should your wife speak unless spoken to? Should your wife spend so long in the kitchen “cleaning” in an attempt to throw you off about how many Bloody Marys she’s had to slam to be able to sit through your tedious hawing at According To Jim reruns?
The first actual question that comes to mind is: Should CNN allow people suffering from marital uncertainty to post news articles on their front page?
Self-serve drive thru
Things have been madness lately, pregnancy should really come with a hibernation period – for everyone involved. I did however come up with a quick list of creative gift ideas for those people who will shortly be hassling me for birthday/Christmas suggestions.
- An audible subscription – Audible is an audio book site that has a library full of stuff I’d like to have on my iPhone.
- Marc Ecko is an “urban designer” jackass, but I love his Boba Fett and Storm Trooper hoodies.
- Pricey, but high on my coveting list is this authentic, combat ready Scottish Basket-Hilt Broadsword.
- How about a gnome or two? I really like the Mr Gnomes on Kimmel Gnomes.
- If none of the others on this list tickles your fancy, a Kivo certificate would make an excellent choice. Essentially it’s the equivalent of giving cash, but in the interim the money is micro-lent to people in need. Feel good about not putting any thought into your gift!
Junk Thought: On Their Legs
Michael Jackson is the new Judy Garland – same miserable life, same miserable death.
notes from break time
Family Feud w/ Richard Dawson – Season 8, ep. 01
Question: “Crimes everyone considers committing.”
Answers already up: 1) Shoplifting 2) Murder
Creepy guy in the dark suit, after much deliberation: “I hate to admit it, but sometimes I consider rape?”
…
C’mon ’80s, what the..?
Queer Movie Selections?
This is a screenshot from my satellite TV provider’s website – it’s one of those outfits where you can select a number of packages to make up your larger channel line up. In fact, these are two of the possible packages you can select. Can you spot the difference?
Why the need for the two separate packages? Are there really hillbillies out there who can’t handle having one channel of the gay?
imeem Nested Fails
At some point I signed up for imeem, and promptly forgot about it.
Lately though, I’ve been getting ping backs from their internal messaging system requesting I check out the spam I’ve accrued. I gave in today – mostly in an effort to remind myself of what had originally interested me – but when I attempted to log in, I came up blank for a password.
Fine, so I used ye standard reset password link, and that’s where things got interesting: after clicking the emailed link, I was told I needed to be logged in to reset my password.
Yikes, better find a method to send something off to mention the function is busted.
The only method I can find to make contact is to log in to their forum.
Brilliant.
NFB
Did you know that the Canadian National Film Board site provides a large library of documentaries to the public?
A lot of interesting items, like War Hospital, but also a lot of overplayed short films that used to pepper the Canadian stations to bolster CRTC Content requirements between airings of Prisoners Of Gravity.
Tinder
Just as a follow up to my post the other day regarding the kindle, I thought I should mention that Asus is putting out a dual touchscreen e-reader.
This seems like a device with a lot of promise, not just as its intended purpose, but as an interesting platform for development. If it wasn’t for the satisfying tactile response of a real keyboard, and battery life issues, I might even be tempted to make an argument for its superiority to a laptop.
We’ll see.