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Saying Hello and Goodbye to Aaron Swartz

Saying Goodbye Aaron Swartz. I wasn't quite awake until the headline announcing the event splashed across my screen in large…

13 years ago

Quote of the Day: “If you can’t say something nice…”

Son, if you can't say something nice, say something clever but devastating. It's the First Rule of the Internet, after…

13 years ago

The Flu and How it Put Me in the Hospital Two Years Ago Today

What with all the flu and norovirus out there, the trouble with telling them apart and the load it's placed…

13 years ago

The Adorable “Dog Teaches Puppy to Climb Down the Stairs” Video You’re Eventually Going to See

Daisy the puppy has figured out how to climb up the stairs, but is a bit unsure about climbing back…

13 years ago

Quote of the Day: “Don’t worry about your network. Worry about your friends.”

Dante and Randall from Clerks: a great example of how loser friends -- loveable loser friends, to be sure, but…

13 years ago

Quote of the Day: The Improbable is the New Normal

Cops, emergency room doctors, and insurance actuarists all know it. They realize how many crazy impossible things happen all the…

13 years ago

In Florida, Mickey Mouse (Literally) Has Great Power

I'd heard that a power transmission tower shaped liked Mickey Mouse's head existed outside the creepily-conformist gated community Celebration, Florida,…

13 years ago

Shouldn’t That Be “Sex Worker-Made BBQ Sauce”?

I spotted these bottles of Pat's Ho-Made BBQ Sauce at Bearss Groves Market in Tampa on Sunday and couldn't resist…

13 years ago

When Bitter Republicans Tip (or more precisely, when they don’t)

An online acquaintance of mine stumbled across this gem left for waitstaff by a patron: Some suggested interpretations of this…

13 years ago

1960s Swingers Personal Ads

They may look like Tea Partiers and fire-and-brimstone preachers, but these are actually swingers from the 1960s and their personal…

13 years ago