April 2009
28 posts
“After all these years, colon-slash-slash still sounds creepy.”
– rstevens
Fake Plastic Trees →
My old friend Alesia has a blog she’s doing well at. She’s just returned to Savannah Georgia where we both went to school. I really miss my time in Savannah and have sometimes thought about going back. I know it wouldn’t be the same so I always decide not to go, but I feel like I can get a glimpse at what it would be like thru Alesia’s blog. I’m interested to see...
“It’s not you that’s uncool. It’s your job.”
– Girlfriend
The upstairs neighbors are drunk and singing along...
“A recent personality test confirmed that I favor self-referential humor about...”
– Twitter / hotdogsladies
A Submariner SS watch will be your strongest...
I just received this spam in my in box:
“It’s easier to plan your schedule with a Submariner SS watch. Hit the button now”
In my head I read it like this:
“It’s easier to plan your schedule with a Submariner SS watch. Pull de string!”
I like this new Gmail set up for the iPhone. →
I may even start using it in place of the iPhone mail app. Does anyone know if this push notification service in version 3.0 will work with web apps added to your home screen? I’m going to miss the new mail badge if it won’t.
WatchAbbott and Costello on Hulu.
My dad used to have this exact performance on vhs. I watched it over and over again when I was little. It was great to see it online in an un-pirated form (although it’s tricky to define what un-pirated means when both the original writers and performers are long dead) but I was surprised to discover that Hulu changed a word in this version.
The second line of...
WatchEven with the help of Garage Band lessons Annie is not impressed.
saramcpherson:
The Decemberists - The Hazards of...
Where does the term "86" come from?
“The term derives via a roundabout route from a number code allegedly in wide use in 1920s diners and soda fountains. 86 supposedly meant, “We’re all out of the item ordered,” said by the cook or some other honcho to a soda jerk or similar minion.”
“Other lunch counter code numbers (I rely here on the Morris Dictionary of Word and Phrase Origins) include 82, I...
