February 2010
76 posts
Graph of which dietary supplements actually do... →
doublejack:
(via nickdouglas)
Very cool.
Moltz: About the dog →
The voice we use when we’re pretending to be him talking is that of Pterry from Pee-Wee’s Playhouse. I can’t remember which dog I started that with, but to me all dogs have had that voice since the late ’80s.
When Hank is not around, his speech becomes profanity-laden. E.g. “If someone doesn’t…
My dog sounds like Napoleon Dynamite.
LOL. Remind me never to say anything about...
aimee-b-loved:
My dad’s ultra-conservative relatives WILL comment.
I had the same problem with my family and friends from high school…lesson learned. The hard way.
I think I have a problem.
I have an addiction to sugar. We used to be friends, sugar and I. We used to have so much fun together. These days, not so much.
This morning I had a cookie, and for the rest of the day it was all I could think about. Sugar. Sugar. Sugar!
A few days ago, I bought a big bag of M&Ms…and ate the entire thing. I didn’t sleep for two nights.
I figure I have two choices. 1....
Why didn’t any of you remind me to move my car for street cleaning yesterday????
Sixty one bucks is a lot for making the street cleaner drive around me!
Booyah!
I got 100% on my first accounting test! (there’s one each week because this is a condensed class - 8 weeks instead of 16)
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hellamike:
Yesterday I asked you which blogs you read and would recommend and these are the answers I got from you guys. Some I subscribed to right away, the others I will read when I have more time this weekend to see if I’d enjoy them.
Thanks for the links, guys.
Fuckyeahtheuniverse.tumblr.com zombiefightsshark.blogspot.com tomorrowmuseum.com Outside magazine (Is that the right site?)...
Help! I'm drowning in media!!!
Do you ever feel that way? I’ve got two chapters to read for my accounting class. Then thirty pages or so of instructor notes. Then about a million homework questions to do. Oh, and did I mention that my accounting book comes with lectures and some really horrible videos that were clearly made in the 80’s that I’m supposed to be watching on my ipod? (Add to that the fact that...
stevie: Insomnia may shrink your brain, scans show →
Chronic insomniacs losing out on sleep may also be missing brain matter.
For the first time, brain imaging has linked chronic insomnia to lower gray matter density in areas that regulate the brain’s ability to make decisions and to rest. The research could lead to new treatment plans for people…
Aw, man! Now I have something else to think about when I can’t sleep…
I’ve decided to become a literacy volunteer, and so I’m stuck in an all day class, teaching us how to teach.
Of course, they start by teaching us how to read a foreign language (to let us experience what it’s like to learn how to read.)
Of course they picked Russian. I studied Russian in college, so I feel like a big cheater right now.
meaghano:
brittsays:
It really is kind of powerful and way too many people will come in and not ask for coffee, but demand it, then forget their coffee as they shuffle away miserably. And they forget one key thing, the decaf espresso button is right next to the regular. So dear world, be nice, we get up hours before you in order to give you your fix.
But, I mean, most people are really cool...
toplessmama:
girlvanized:
Okay, guy, tips from barback me to you:
If you care about germs at all and you go out to a bar, only order things in a bottle. Like beer, Mike’s Hard, etc.
And, for the love of all things holy, never ever get a drink with milk in it. You don’t want bar milk. Don’t even make me talk about bar milk.
…I SAID DON’T MAKE ME TALK ABOUT IT.
I can second the no bar milk...
What I miss about Texas most…
lindstifa:
bananacasts:
If I can rule out family and friends, it would be the thunderstorms. Sure, I miss all the great Tex-Mex, Whataburger, and wearing shorts in February (excluding 2010 I suppose), but I miss the thunderstorms the most.
I miss watching them come for miles across the flat landscape.
I miss the smell in the air.
I miss the sudden dryness after a humid day.
I miss the...
Grumbl rumbl tumbl: Your Answers →
The other day I proposed that you could only listen to one musical artist/group/band for the rest of your life. You would of course get their entire discography-anything they recorded you would have.
These are your answers:
dustbin3 answered: Counting Crows of course, because…
Elvis Costello. or George Strait.
Don’t judge me!!!
So I started an accounting class this week….and I’ve decided two things about accounting thus far.
It’s tedious and mind-numbingly dull.
It is surprisingly time consuming.
So yeah. Any lack of posting on my part is due to number 1. This class is literally making me a boring person. Any lack of hearts from me is due to number 2. I’m trying to be a good student and...
The Chocolate Soufflé
saltandfat:
The soufflé has a somewhat undeserved reputation for being difficult, the type of thing best not trifled with in just any kitchen. The name alone — it’s French, there’s a funny mark over the last letter, this can’t possibly be cooked. Allow me to disabuse you of this notion, just in time for Valentine’s day, with the chocolate soufflé. Trust me, you’ll thank me later.
A little...
Lost Skills
indefensible:
It’s been 15 years since I’ve written in shorthand. It’s a skill that I let lapse as a drifted from writing toward design. I had no idea how valuable it later would be as my career shifted from doing to thinking.
I always wanted to learn shorthand..
lickystickypickyme:
Barry Manilow - Copacabana....
Shooting at University in Huntsville →
And now this? Such a sad day.
Olympic Luger dies in crash →
This is so sad. :(
You think you've seen pissed off?
sloganeerist:
A Tip For All Car Dealership Finance Managers
If you don’t try to scare-tactic my wife into shelling out her entire trade-in on your unnecessary, pocket-padding extended warranty bullshit, I won’t keep you there late through your kid’s basketball game negotiating you down $500 over the course of 30 minutes, only to finally dismiss the warranty altogether with a smug, casual, “You...
“Science doesn’t work despite scientists being asses. Science works, to at least...”
– Peter Woods on the scientific method. I love this quote. So many people’s perception of science is just totally backwards. (via penllawen)
Which of course is another reminder that we need a complete overhaul of science education, especially in America. It’s not about memorization and rote...
Alerts for the Altered: "Breakdown" →
vignuttes:
Internet, I have done a terrible thing. I feel like I’ve betrayed a Mann I love dearly. I’ve always had a Manncrush, and for most of the time I’ve held an iPhone in my hands, that’s meant receiving calls with the dulcet tones of his gentle booping. But no more.
I finally decided to be true to myself. To my self. My panicky, neurotic, withdrawn, phobic self. My self that hates...
Why so much FAIL in the digital world? →
This is a really interesting article about how technology lets us down - you should read it if you are so inclined.
