Thursday, September 30, 2010

Adjectives

I love XKCD: http://xkcd.com/798/

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"Do you know what it's like to fall in the mud and get kicked... in the head... with an iron boot? Of course you don't, no one does. It never happens. Sorry, Ted, that's a dumb question... skip that."
-- Rex Kramer, Airplane


Wednesday, September 29, 2010

This is a news website article about a scientific paper

hee!  The Title of the Song -- er, Vapid Science News Article:
 

"She doesn't quite chop his head off. She makes a Pez dispenser out of him."
--
SIN CITY


Saturday, September 25, 2010

Halloween bout

For our co-ed Halloween bout, the theme is going to be Barbie vs. G.I. Joe.  I told them I'd be on either team, and so since most of the female skaters are reportedly asking to be on the G.I. Joe team, I might wind up on Team Barbie.  So, I've been thinking of possible derby names for that bout.  Any opinions or suggestions?  (My number will remain 2020.)

 

Ideas so far:

 

BOB

Eye-Roll Ken

Mod-Hair Ken

Plastic Boyfriend

Polyvinyl

 

Watcha think?  B)


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"This is America. I don't want a tomato picked by a Mexican. I want it picked by an American. Then sliced by a Guatemalan, and served by a Venezuelan in a spa where a Chilean gives me a Brazilian."
-- Stephen Colbert


Thursday, September 23, 2010

The Walking Dead

This looks so cool... I love the graphic novels, and it looks like the
series will capture what's great about them.

http://www.amctv.com/originals/The-Walking-Dead/video?bcpid=86227333001&bclid=88963904001&bctid=593569611001
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"So I was sitting in my cubicle today, and I realized, ever since I
started working, every single day of my life has been worse than the
day before it. So that means that every single day that you see me,
that's on the worst day of my life."
-- Peter Gibbons, Office Space

question of the day: What would a new Bill & Ted movie look like?

Link from MaryAnn @ http://www.flickfilosopher.com --
 
MaryAnn writes:
"Keanu Reeves tells MTV News that he'd love to do another Bill & Ted movie. There's nothing definite happening, just desire on the part of Reeves and -- he says -- Alex Winter. Check out what Reeves has to say about such a project... if for nothing else, you must see his impersonation of Werner Herzog explaining what he'd see in the boys:"
 

"So I was sitting in my cubicle today, and I realized, ever since I started working, every single day of my life has been worse than the day before it. So that means that every single day that you see me, that's on the worst day of my life."
--
Peter Gibbons, Office Space 


Saturday, September 18, 2010

Minimolecule may explain how antidepressants work

Neat!  My counselor was just talking about this discovery...
 


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"So I was sitting in my cubicle today, and I realized, ever since I started working, every single day of my life has been worse than the day before it. So that means that every single day that you see me, that's on the worst day of my life."
--
Peter Gibbons, Office Space 


Friday, September 10, 2010

MUX Night – 2010.09.09

Last night after work I stopped at Noodles & Co. to pick up food for
Ke and Mira.  When I got to Ke's she was asleep, so I put her food in
the kitchen while Mira and I ate.  Ke was recovering from a medical
procedure earlier in the day, so we let her sleep and I logged onto
the MUX while Mira watched Project Runway.

Several players were on, so I got to run a small scene with Buster,
Daniel, Sparkplug and Spike Witwicky, as well as a battle between
Deathsarus and Mal-Feasance on the Nemesis in the Shattered Glass
universe, during which Jetfire and Trailbreaker managed to escape.
Fun night!

Stsm came over to bring Ke get-well balloons and elephant-ear-flavored
marshmallows (Ke like cinnamon), and Nivagi came home soon after.  We
hung out in Ke's living room and watched bad fashion reality TV until
it was time for Stsm to head home and the rest of us to go to bed
(except Nivagi, who had homework).

I'm not sure how much help I was looking after Ke after her procedure,
but she took care of me after I was fixed, so I wanted to be there for
her in case she needed me.  It was very nice to have a pleasant quiet
evening with my girlfriends and even get some MUXing in.  Tonight I'm
going to see Ke again, and I'm sure it will be another lovely, low-key
affair.  It sounds perfect.

Tuesday, September 07, 2010

color photos of a black-and-white world, part 1

MaryAnn @ flickfilosopher.com has a series of links to articles about color photos or images of eras usually only seen in black and white.  Neat!
 
Start here:

"One by one, the bedrock conservative convictions of the national Republican Party are giving way... yielding to the demands of a raucous religious right that has become the Republicans' most reliable electoral base." (Trenton Times)