Nov
30
It’s been two months since I last posted a Random Act of Personal Amusement and since I’m dusting off the neglected categories I figured I’m due for a new one. It’s not that I haven’t been doing RAPAs; I’ve just been repeating ones I’ve done before. In case you were wondering, doing a cartwheel in the [...]
Nov
30
(speaking of neglected categories…)
Bono took a break from his busy touring schedule to heap lavish praise on Japan’s new PM Shinzo Abe for his pledge to continue aid for developing countries in Africa despite budget restraints back home.
“Some countries make promises and they don’t keep them. Japan, we trust to fulfill their promise,” Bono told reporters after [...]
Nov
29
Inaugural Haiku Wednesday
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Blogging and bad poetry go together like goth and cutting yourself because no one pays attention to you. So I’m implementing a new feature called Haiku Wednesday where I will post a few lines of verse. Some weeks will be themed while others will be random. This week is random.
Like all of my re-occurring features there is little doubt that I will [...]
Nov
29
What Darth Vader did on Hoth during his leisure time
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Snow sculpting:
This ornament would go great with the rest of your Wookiee Life Day decorations. Get yours here. Pick me up one while your at it.
Nov
28
Guess who birfday today?
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Me!
Yup, I’m now as old as two 16 yr olds, so I’m twice the sophomore I used to be. Twice as sophomoric, now that I think about it.
No special birthday plans besides staring at the cubicle wall for 8 hours contemplating how I got here and where I plan to go; you know, the usual [...]
Nov
28
Is putty bulletproof?
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No.
Nov
27
Not that there’s anything wrong with it
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Although I have posted back to back articles about my cat, I am not, I repeat, not a catblogger.
Okay, so I am a blogger and I have a cat, two actually (don’t read anything into that, I have two dogs as well). The cat did something funny so I posted it. That’s [...]
Nov
27
After photographing your feline pet in a humorous pose, what’s the next logical step?
Apply a new spin to an internet meme, of course:
For you n00bs, the meme backstory and other variants can be found here (totally forgot to mention the NSFW language, sorry). The cat in the fridge one makes me laugh every time.
Nov
26
Deck the Halls
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As is tradition in our household, the weekend after Thanksgiving is when we put up our Christmas tree. We debated whether or not to get a live tree (formerly live tree to be precise) since our fake one had fallen apart after dissection last year. Since we have pets we opted for another fake [...]
Nov
22
I never want to be like these guys.
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If you drink the company Kool Aid for too long you end up doing something like this:
(via Calacanis)
The standing ovation at the end of the video has a cult-like eeriness to it.
*Update* After posting this, I was leaving the building for lunch when I noticed a sign in one of my co-worker’s office. [...]