Manly Human Name Generator
I'm Butch T. Strongcheeks
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Catch 22
Lately, brushing her teeth makes the wife throw up.
Which necessitates brushing her teeth again.
WHERE IS YOUR GOD NOW!
Which necessitates brushing her teeth again.
WHERE IS YOUR GOD NOW!
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
gay bar omnibus
(why do they bleep out 'nuclear war' in this one?)
(docked points for ignoring the fertile field of lightsaber jokes)
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Monday, January 28, 2008
overheard on the street
Mom, in singsong voice:
We don't have a CD player, because someone poured HONEY in our CD player. In both of our CD players!
child, in high pitched, joyous kid voice:
MEEEEEEE!!!
Mom:
That's right!
We don't have a CD player, because someone poured HONEY in our CD player. In both of our CD players!
child, in high pitched, joyous kid voice:
MEEEEEEE!!!
Mom:
That's right!
revenge of the nerds
Fox News talking head makes ignorant comments on video game.
Gamers find talking head's book on Amazon.
Hijinx ensue.
Talking head apologizes.
It's sad that video game nerds are more effective at pushing back against biased garbage from propagandists than Democrats.
Gamers find talking head's book on Amazon.
Hijinx ensue.
Talking head apologizes.
It's sad that video game nerds are more effective at pushing back against biased garbage from propagandists than Democrats.
Hippy Health Update
The Netti Pot continues to work its yogic granola-eating magic.
I've gotten used to breathing out of two nostrils, and now look forward to my morning Netti.
Like shaving, it goes smoother in the shower.
And an unexpected side benefit- it has a salutary effect on the volume of snoring, on both sides of the marital bed.
I've gotten used to breathing out of two nostrils, and now look forward to my morning Netti.
Like shaving, it goes smoother in the shower.
And an unexpected side benefit- it has a salutary effect on the volume of snoring, on both sides of the marital bed.
true story
Gal comes in asking if we ship books to the prison.
We do.
A while later she comes to the counter with a small stack of books.
As I'm ringing up a copy of Values Clarification: A Practical, Action-Oriented Workbook she mutters under her breath
"Yeah, he really needs that one."
We do.
A while later she comes to the counter with a small stack of books.
As I'm ringing up a copy of Values Clarification: A Practical, Action-Oriented Workbook she mutters under her breath
"Yeah, he really needs that one."
Saturday, January 26, 2008
Thursday, January 24, 2008
they did it for the lols
pretty good article on griefers. It peters out right when it should be getting interesting, but it's worth reading anywho.
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Atlantic magazine goes public
Another nail in the coffin of the subscription business model.
Here's a David Foster Wallace article for DT.
Here's a David Foster Wallace article for DT.
Monday, January 21, 2008
you can't make this up
General Butt Naked returns to Liberia to confess
Joshua Milton Blahyi, who now lives in Ghana, returned last week to face his homeland's truth and reconciliation commission, this time wearing a suit and tie. His nom de guerre is derived from his platoon's practice of charging naked into battle, a technique meant to terrify the enemy.
.....
Before he led his fighters into battle, wearing only a pair of lace-up boots, Blahyi said he made a human sacrifice to the devil.
The sacrifice was typically "the killing of an innocent child and plucking out the heart which was divided into pieces for us to eat," he told The Associated Press on Saturday.
Sunday, January 20, 2008
book chat
We have a crew of regulars who do this very thing.
99% of it is junk, but we get some good stock and the occasional gem.
99% of it is junk, but we get some good stock and the occasional gem.
Saturday, January 19, 2008
John Romero: Still Delivering the LoLz
after all these years.
You've gotta love internet pissing matches.
Bobo, didn't you actually play Daikatana?
You've gotta love internet pissing matches.
Bobo, didn't you actually play Daikatana?
attn DT
The local biodiesel outlet recently added a 99% Bio pump.
And hippies keep leaving notes on our car asking if we want to sell.
And hippies keep leaving notes on our car asking if we want to sell.
Thursday, January 17, 2008
random observation
The sort of folk who go on about their inscrutable and bottomlessly complicated personalities are invariably easier to read than the Cliff's Notes for a Dick & Jane primer.
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Monday, January 14, 2008
Sunday, January 13, 2008
nerds
Out with the wife this morning I noted an abundance of hip nerd couples on the street (ah, the joy of living in a world that divides nerds into
separate phylum).
I mentioned to the wife she wasn't really holding up her end on the nerd front, inspiring the reply
"I'm wearing a Sin City tee shirt, what more do you want from me!"
It was my shirt, but point taken.
separate phylum).
I mentioned to the wife she wasn't really holding up her end on the nerd front, inspiring the reply
"I'm wearing a Sin City tee shirt, what more do you want from me!"
It was my shirt, but point taken.
Saturday, January 12, 2008
more hippy crap that actually works
the Netti Pot.
As described by the wife, "a nasal douche grounded in the ancient philosophy of Netti."
It sounds gross & new-agey, something you'd expect a spirit-walking goober like Shirley MacLaine to be selling via infomercial.
But the wife gave it a try and talked me into it, and it's all it's talked up to be.
I honestly don't remember ever being able to breath through my nose until the last couple of days.
It feels a little creepy, but I'm not gonna kick when it works this well.
As described by the wife, "a nasal douche grounded in the ancient philosophy of Netti."
It sounds gross & new-agey, something you'd expect a spirit-walking goober like Shirley MacLaine to be selling via infomercial.
But the wife gave it a try and talked me into it, and it's all it's talked up to be.
I honestly don't remember ever being able to breath through my nose until the last couple of days.
It feels a little creepy, but I'm not gonna kick when it works this well.
Thursday, January 10, 2008
I Got What America Needs Right Here | The Onion - America's Finest News Source
Onion speaks, you listen.
Funniest thing I've read in a minute.
Also, every third word is unprintable in a family newspaper, don't say you weren't warned.
Funniest thing I've read in a minute.
Also, every third word is unprintable in a family newspaper, don't say you weren't warned.
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Monday, January 7, 2008
at the movies
The wife gives a rare rave review to Starting Out in the
Evening. "I can't stop thinking about it" she says, which is
her gold standard.
On a somewhat less elevated plane we braved
the rain and took in Burton's Sweeney Todd last night with Devritsko.
As usual with Burton's work I was left feeling vaguely dissatisfied, although for different than usual reasons. My complaint with his oeuvre is I can see him thinking hard in every frame of film.
Not in the way a great filmmaker thinks, invisibly and in the service of some greater
artistic good, but in more of a hand-rubbing oh my this will
be so very clever way.
My roundabout way of saying his movies lack heart.
Not a problem here.
He's wise enough to make fidelity to the source a cornerstone of
the film, and it has depth and heart enough to support ten normal movies.
If only he was wise enough to cast singers in his musical.
"but Johnny Depp can't sing!" I exclaimed on seeing the teaser trailer.
And neither can Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, or Timothy Spall.
The movie looks great, as with all Burton productions, and the cast does
wonders with the spoken dialog. But music is the beating heart of
Sondheim's Todd, and it is powered by singing voices. The film is a
beautiful invalid, unable to rise and walk.
It has value even in repose, but lacks the electricity needed to get off the slab.
Evening. "I can't stop thinking about it" she says, which is
her gold standard.
On a somewhat less elevated plane we braved
the rain and took in Burton's Sweeney Todd last night with Devritsko.
As usual with Burton's work I was left feeling vaguely dissatisfied, although for different than usual reasons. My complaint with his oeuvre is I can see him thinking hard in every frame of film.
Not in the way a great filmmaker thinks, invisibly and in the service of some greater
artistic good, but in more of a hand-rubbing oh my this will
be so very clever way.
My roundabout way of saying his movies lack heart.
Not a problem here.
He's wise enough to make fidelity to the source a cornerstone of
the film, and it has depth and heart enough to support ten normal movies.
If only he was wise enough to cast singers in his musical.
"but Johnny Depp can't sing!" I exclaimed on seeing the teaser trailer.
And neither can Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, or Timothy Spall.
The movie looks great, as with all Burton productions, and the cast does
wonders with the spoken dialog. But music is the beating heart of
Sondheim's Todd, and it is powered by singing voices. The film is a
beautiful invalid, unable to rise and walk.
It has value even in repose, but lacks the electricity needed to get off the slab.
Friday, January 4, 2008
Best Freeware Games of '07
clicky clicky
some cool looking stuff, I think I'll dl a couple for the next time teh internets gives out on me.
some cool looking stuff, I think I'll dl a couple for the next time teh internets gives out on me.
George MacDonald Fraser
1925-2008
Known mainly for his series of Flashman novels, I'll remember him fondly as the author of one of the great boxing novels.
RIP to a fine writer.
Known mainly for his series of Flashman novels, I'll remember him fondly as the author of one of the great boxing novels.
RIP to a fine writer.
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