October 2009
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My sister is sneaky, but snacks are her weakness.
Me: did you take some tv shows?
Me: i know you were at my desk bc there's a folder named hoyin on my desktop
Me: and my chips ahoy bag was empty
Hoyin: AHAHAHHA
Hoyin: HAHAHAHAHA
Me: i was like..
Me: HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM I WONDER WHO
Hoyin: DANG I'M NOT SNEAKY ENOUGH
Me: BITCH
Hoyin: this convo is going on tumblr
Me: hahaha
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“I think the library is a giant microwave on a low setting, slowly melting my...”
– @11, who also has a tumblelog.
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“52.2%”
– Current unemployment rate for adults 16–24
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Traumatic head injury? Take a shot. Of vodka. →
A recent study into traumatic brain injuries uncovered a surprising correlation: patients who have higher levels of alcohol in their bloodstream at the time of trauma had a markedly better chance of survival than those with little or no alcohol in their bloodstream.
The rest of the Weird Science writeup at Ars Technica has more interesting stuff. Apparently, it’s a weekly article but I’ve never...
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“And there’s a lake,
and at the bottom you’ll find all our friends
they don’t...”
– Brand New, ‘At the Bottom’
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Michael accidentally sells out Jim
Jim: [angrily] Michael, you screwed me.
Michael: [quietly] That’s what she sai—
Jim: —No.
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Ten Politically Incorrect Truths About Human... →
List posts are bad*, but this is a good article—the points are all very well elucidated, so don’t lynch me.
Men like blond bombshells (and women want to look like them)
Humans are naturally polygamous
Most women benefit from polygyny, while most men benefit from monogamy
Most suicide bombers are Muslim
Having sons reduces the likelihood of divorce
Beautiful people have more daughters
What...
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Romance and Love? Not the Same Thing →
NPR’s Laura Lorson:
Love may be patient and love may be kind, but really, love’s not at its best in the middle of February. February is kind of the dark night of the soul of cohabitational relationships. February is when even Tristan and Isolde are getting on each other’s nerves. Isolde finds herself saying things like, “I really wish you wouldn’t leave your snowy, salty boots to drip melt...
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LKM: Finished the Lost Symbol →
Still more flogging of Dan Brown’s latest shitpile:
At any rate, I’m done with the book. I rate it a 6.2 facepalms per page, clearly ahead of The Da Vinci Code (5.2 fppp), but still slightly behind Digital Fortress (clocking in at an astonishing, record-breaking 6.9 fppp).
Introduced me to a new metric for literary shittiness: facepalms per page.
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The Lost Symbol
More on Dan Brown’s “writing”:
Lukas Mathis’ hilarious rant on the ridiculously poor opening sentences of Dan Brown’s new novel, The Lost Symbol:
Language Log » The Dan Brown contest:
We pick 20 of the clumsiest phrases from it and from his earlier works.
One of the most idiotic aspects of Dan Brown’s writing—in my opinion, of course—is his constant overuse of ellipses. How about this...
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“Thanks to this CD, I have THREE times as many STDs from all the pussy I’m...”
– Comment left on the AP review of Brand New’s new album Daisy.
Brand New is one of my favorite bands and their last album The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me was absolute genius, so I’m listening to this new one, Daisy, with a mixture of both trepidation and guarded eagerness. All I can say so...
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Dan Brown’s 20 worst sentences →
4, 3, and 2. The Da Vinci Code, opening sentence: Renowned curator Jacques Saunière staggered through the vaulted archway of the museum’s Grand Gallery.
Angels and Demons, opening sentence: Physicist Leonardo Vetra smelled burning flesh, and he knew it was his own.
Deception Point, opening sentences: Death, in this forsaken place, could come in countless forms. Geologist Charles Brophy had...
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Early Risers Crash Faster →
An hour and a half after waking, early birds and night owls were equally alert and showed no difference in attention-related brain activity. But after being awake for 10 and a half hours, night owls had grown more alert, performing better on a reaction-time task requiring sustained attention and showing increased activity in brain areas linked to attention. More important, these regions included...
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Curtis CSS Typeface →
WTFHAX. David DeSandro constructed a family of geometric sans-serif fonts using only CSS. Incredible. The typeface is used in one of his articles, “Why Art?”
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The Ultimate Productivity Blog →
You will be surprised how much more productive you are after reading this… or your money back.
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“Bed Loss Specialist. It means I have to lie on my bed and watch TV all day to...”
– What.CD Elite forum thread on people’s jobs
Greatest way to describe being unemployed, ever. Euphemisms always make me laugh.
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“YO PATRICK SWAYZE I KNOW YOU JUST DIED & IMMA LET YOU FINISH… BUT MJ’S DEATH...”
– @roseharding
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Regarding complaints of Mad Men season 3...
danhacker:
There’s a vocal subset of people that are complaining that the third season of Mad Men is dragging and not a lot of stuff is happening. All I have to say to those people is stop watching Mad Men now because clearly it’s not a show for you and apparently you didn’t watch the previous seasons.
Mad Men isn’t a show built around giant cliffhangers and big game changing events. It’s...
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