Current temperature in hell: polar bear toenails
I'll be frank like Anne, I did not see this one coming: a ranking contender for World's Most Pointless State Agency slaps down a request from a private company, a brilliant Web 1.9 one at that, and we here on the left side of Mutiny Baby agree wholeheartedly with The Acronym's decision? What are the odds? read more »
"I am sorry."
Whether you enjoyed I Am Legend or not, check out the alternate ending; it sets the "main" "zombie" character (billed as Alpha Male) as the protagonist's foil and moral equal instead of a mere nemesis. Though the new ending shows more consistent character logic and sets up themes like "love vs. hubris" instead of just "loneliness is sad," this is relevant to this blog how? As follows: read more »
Wait, I heard it was an inverted Jesus cross with the arms broken off?
Happy golden birthday to a helpless circle and line combination.
Try to think of a line from Orwell that isn't a cliche by now
Maybe "Her hair conquered the pigeon dung?" I bet somebody somewhere sells that on a shirt.
Booklamp.org is a burgeoning book recommendation site, like the last.fm/pandora of books. I would say it works great, but it looks like they haven't hung anything on the walls yet so here's hoping.
Their number one recommendation for a 1984 fan: the USA Patriot Act, a 98% match.
Booklamp: book recommendations PLUS cute jokes!
Join Ordie 08!
Who is Ordie you ask? Well, apparently he is an asshole who thinks RP supporters will consider voting for McCain (or even dull enough to think that he is not just a McCain supporter trying to muster votes). When you have to invent campaigns - after the primaries - to get votes from a chunk of your own party something is way off. Let's just hope McCain never finds out about MA read more »
That Was Fun
Well, we had a good time while it lasted, but it seems the tax-free internet sales will be coming to an end.
My prediction about the New York thing: Internet retailers will not want to go through all the trouble of registering as a tax collector for New York and they'll just refuse to ship there. My timing for moving to NYC is just perfect.
$3 Bllion to NOT Use Handhelds
So apparently there was a plan for the Census Bureau to actually get off of the current paper system and move to handheld computers. These would be used by those who have to go searching for the people who didn't respond to the census by mail.
Well, the plan didn't work and now it is going to cost an extra $2.2 - $3 billion and that's "in addition to other costs not associated with the handhelds."
Wow.
Piracy Funds Terrorism
I gotta say, I've heard a lot of explanations for how terrorists get funding, but I have never heard of that.
An Honest Mistake
Sometimes when cops learn they killed somebody, they like to get the coroner to change the cause of death. I think it's kind of a professional courtesy or something. Those cops. They're so courteous.
