Cold Fury… Rising.
I just got off the phone with the local VW dealership and I am pissed off. I had my Passat in to the shop for a little look at the transmission (several warning lights had been going off and Bob,…
Month June 2007
Mee-su Bah-stahhs
So I guess this is what passes for Mythbusters in Japan (nice use of Matrix music, by the way): Frames of reference are fun! [Yes, but what happens if a jet plane tries to take off from a moving conveyor…
Burning The Midnight Oil At Both Ends, And Other Mixed Metaphors
I’m sitting here at work at ~9pm EDT waiting for several servers to finish their upgrade processes and realized that I had quelle shock! horreur! forgotten to post, so busy was I all the livelong day. Consider this my penance:…
Get Bused, Get Omnibused
It’s that time again — time for some bigtime link aggregation. So strap in and enjoy the ride, y’all. PA liquor laws are stupid, unpopular. Sky blue, Pope Catholic, Queen English. I pride myself on being a bit of a…
I Didn’t Even Realize I HAD A List Of “Songs I’d Rather Dolly Parton Hadn’t Covered”
…Coming in at #1 is “Shine”, formerly by Collective Soul: It just sounds so… wrong. h/t Aron.
“SAT Words”
I used to be regularly derided by friends and acquaintances of all stripe for my use of “SAT words”, generally defined as words that do not see regular use in the populace at large and thus achieve a “nerdy” gloss.…
“Inconvenience”, Through The Eyes Of A Toddler
I came home yesterday to find that my township, in a fit of civic brilliance, had decided to start a road infrastructure improvement project. Directly. Outside. My House. Now, while this is a wonderful thing (once everything is complete) it…
Friday Video Dump
Presented with limited commercial interruption by Chevrolet, Ponds, the Freemasons and Oxy Clean. Never again shall you need a wangchip clip: The F-22 kicks so much butt, NASA is actually looking into extraterrestrial sources in order to keep it in…
It Would Be Far Funnier If It Weren’t So Close To The Truth
The Onion has a delightful piece this week titled Media Landscape Redefined By 24-Second News Cycle. As an avowed hater of CNN: Headline News and the idiotic 20 minute news spin cycle it has ushered in, I was howling at…
Who Is This “Tom Morrow” Fellow?
…And why is Hillary Clinton only interested in good jobs for him? Bwahahaha. BONUS: Possible unused captions/headlines: Is our Senators learning? No Congressperson Left Behind I can has spellcheck? You say “tommorrow” and I say “potatoe”.
