March 2012
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February 2012
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On ecumenical Klingonism
DeepOmega: and now I feel a lot of sympathy for the worf
Joe: and yet by the end
Joe: he would be so well loved that they would ship him off to ds9
DeepOmega: the problem of conveying tone on the internet: I'm not sure if you mean that!
DeepOmega: like, wasn't ds9 a backwater?
DeepOmega: so I can read this as, "fans loved him, so he was continued in ds9"
DeepOmega: or "nobody in starf leet loved him, so he was shipped away where nobody would care"
Joe: hm, the former i think
Joe: and the starfleet so loved worf that they gave him their only begotten cardassian space station
DeepOmega: hah!
DeepOmega: the prodigal klingon
Joe: Worf 3:16
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Netflix thinks I’d like to watch How It’s Made, and now I have to spend hours figuring out what parts of my personality I share with How It’s Made watchers so I can surgically remove them.
“This critique is detached from reality. Steven Rattner, who was Mr. Obama’s lead...”
– A Million Jobs - NYTimes.com
Rattner never once asked private investors if they wanted a piece of GM to save it. In fact, that option was never placed on the table by simple virtue of the fact that GM was not allowed a normal negotiation with shareholders. But the government’s behavior in the...
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Found out at the party I hosted saturday
that I’m known as the “short, funny guy” by some people I only see every now and then.
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How many times do I have to meet someone
before I can facebook friend them? Two? Three?
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Attention: Internet
I’m assembling a playlist of president-themed music on Spotify. Any and all assistance, in the form of song recommendations, shared playlists on Spotify, half-hearted patriotic puns, etc. would be welcome. Question mark for answer box?
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cordjefferson:
According to the complaint, Jennifer _________ moved into a Sullivan’s Island home in 2006 with the couple’s four children due to her husband’s “adultery, addiction to marijuana and alcohol, abusive behavior, physical abuse, sexual addictions and frequent abandonment.”
Jennifer _________ purchased the Sullivan’s Island beach house in 2006 for $3.65 million, according to...
“After our friend Sally brought her baby Otto to play Nate Page’s Storefront...”
– Infantcore | machine project
INFANTCORE
“Envisioning America as a nation of burrito-folders employing advanced...”
– So much to enjoy about Matt Yglesias waxing poetic about Chipotle for Slate:
a feel-good story in the downtrodden economy
23.7% growth in 2011, year 18 of the company’s life
Chopt getting name dropped
a brief digression into the science of sous-vide cooking
capital/labor tradeoffs being made...
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Also
I really would love to see someone play a Skrillexphone.
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Skrillex is like John Philip Sousa. I can enjoy marching band music in the right context (fireworks displays, halftime at a sporting event) just like dubstep is useful for grinding on things after midnight, but I’m gonna treat anyone who listens to it on a daily basis with suspicion.
“TO MILK THE PIGEON. To endeavour at impossibilities.”
– http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/5402/pg5402.html
I want to live in this page/book.
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novazembla:
Gin is a harsh mistress.
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Tully should never give me his layered PSDs.
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cordjefferson:
5. Be sexy. Wall Street men tend to like women who are attractive and that other men notice when they walk in the room. This does not mean that you should look sleazy or inappropriate, this just means that you should bring your “A game” when you go out with him, whatever that is.
“How to Date a Wall Street Man”!!!!! We don’t deserve the ice caps! Let us drown! See ya!
4....
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Psst
New Girl isn’t a documentary. If a character acts a certain way, it’s not because she IS a certain way, it’s because she is WRITTEN THAT WAY.
