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| A Dirty Joke |
[Jun. 29th, 2009|03:59 pm] |
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I'd like to open an Amish restaurant called "Dutch Oven." The slogan would be "mmm mmm... what's that smell?" |
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| Book burning: they do it for the LULZ. |
[Jun. 19th, 2009|12:38 pm] |
This is my favorite story of the week! A group calling itself the "Christian Civil Liberties Union" (hyuk hyuk hyuk) is suing the city of West Bend, Wisconsin, for the "the right to publicly burn or destroy by another means" the library’s copy of Francesca Lia Block's young adult novel Baby Be-Bop. They also want the resignation of the mayor and $120,000 in damages for “allow[ing] this book to be viewed by the public," because, you know, the ghey.
That town needs an enema! |
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| Feminist-friendly superheroines? |
[May. 20th, 2009|04:26 pm] |
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Are there any female action/superheroes in comics that both kick a lot of ass and aren't drawn with absurd, grotesque proportions? |
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| He's the Dick to the Dawk to the PhD |
[Apr. 15th, 2009|09:53 am] |
This is spectacular. Apparently the jerks behind that Ben Stein Intelligent Design "documentary", Expelled, made an animated video mocking Richard Dawkins, but only wound up making him look like a total badass. There's actually some very funny and clever stuff in here.
Someone needs to make an animated gif out of Darwin raising the roof. |
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| Dear |
[Apr. 9th, 2009|11:41 am] |
Dear Lazyweb: how do I convert a a PDF file (actually an image embedded in the pdf) into a jpeg so that I can edit it in Publisher?
Dear Passover matzoh: fuck you, I ate a bagel. |
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| Werner Herzog and those Icelandic elves! |
[Mar. 24th, 2009|03:11 pm] |
Remember that post regarding Icelandic elves in which I mentioned how confoundingly difficult it was to track down the documentary Huldufólk 102? Well, I made a last-ditch attempt with our Interlibrary Loan specialist, who is amazingly good at finding the unfindable, and this is what she had to say:Believe it or not, try Werner Herzog's website - send him an email - he was a fan of this film. Tell him that you are a fan and very interested researcher - Herzog likes unusual people so think of an interesting angle about why you want to see this film and ask him if he can help you get a copy or download to view. So my task is to invent a narrative outlandish enough to convince Werner Herzog to supply me with this odd little film.
What the heck do I say to this known madman who once ate his own shoe? |
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| ARCHAEOLOGY! |
[Mar. 20th, 2009|03:12 pm] |
FOUND!
Cleaned out my car last night and found a still-shrinkwrapped pack of Djarum clove cigarettes. It's been two years since I've smoked. Since this is clearly a relic of great value, and no doubt still smokeable, I'm going to auction this off to the highest bidder.
Shall we start the bidding at, say, $5.00? You people have no appreciation for antiquities. Fine. |
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| If you swapped "Jesus" with "elves", this wouldn't be surprising in the least. |
[Mar. 17th, 2009|01:14 pm] |
This is fascinating.
Apparently a whopping 54% of the Icelandic population strongly believes that an invisible world of elves, dwarves and other hobbity things, known as huldufólk, co-exist with humans, and if you screw with their habitats, shit starts to go terribly wrong on your construction site. Consequently, the aluminum manufacturing giant Alcoa recently had to hire a government psychic before building their smelting plant:Before Alcoa could build its smelter it had to defer to a government expert to scour the enclosed plant site and certify that no elves were on or under it. It was a delicate corporate situation, an Alcoa spokesman told me, because they had to pay hard cash to declare the site elf-free but, as he put it, “we couldn’t as a company be in a position of acknowledging the existence of hidden people.” I personally find this charming. I wonder if elves have political advocates, or a party? Are there elf fundamentalists? Wow!
I passed up the chance to see the documentary Huldufólk 102 a few years ago at a film festival, and I've always regretted it, and it's not available on DVD these days. Drats. |
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| (no subject) |
[Mar. 2nd, 2009|05:41 pm] |
So one of the more badass pieces of cookware I inherited is a shiny new deluxe All-Clad slow cooker. It's big, seven quarts, and supposed to be pretty much the fanciest and best you can buy.
I've never made anything with a slow cooker. I really have only the faintest idea as to how. Any suggestions? Any good cookbooks? I know Fix it and Forget It is popular, but is it any good? Anyone ever mess around with crockery and slow cooking and such?
It's my ambition to make the greatest beef stew ever. |
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| Cancelled Czech |
[Dec. 18th, 2008|02:07 pm] |
It appears that the city of Prague has nixed the construction of what was to be the greatest of mankind's architectural achievements, the new Czech National Library. I guess that despite international acclaim for the planned bibliothèque, the stodgy traditionalists of the Prague Assembly just couldn't face the spectacular (and inevitable!) possibility of the library going on a protoplasmic rampage and devouring the city.
BLARRRRGH!
For more pics of the wonderful monstrosity, go here. |
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| LIVEBLOGGING THE LIBRARY |
[Dec. 10th, 2008|01:15 pm] |
LIVE BIRD IN THE LIBRARY!
Also, I believe congratulations are in order: I'm finished with graduate school! I'm skipping the walk, but I'll officially be allowed to breathe the rarefied air of the overeducated and underpaid this Friday.
To all my friends that have been neglected for the last couple of years, you're getting a call whether you want it or not! |
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