March 2010
9 posts
“Somebody’s stupid here, and I think she thinks it’s me.”
– http://www.npr.org/blogs/monkeysee/2010/03/the_writing_style_of_twilight.html
NPR on the Twilight books. I haven’t read them, but I know some people who have.
“Pretty woman, don’t walk on by
Pretty woman, don’t make me cry...”
– Roy Orbison
So I woke up with the song “Pretty Woman” stuck in my head this morning, and I later made the mistake of trying to make sense of the lyrics. That’s something I’ve never done before. I should have remained in the dark on the lyrics.
As I see it, there are two...
I am a programming watcher, not a TV watcher
I got a packet in the mail yesterday, from the Nielsen Ratings people. The packet contained a brochure, a survey a pre-paid envelope and a website where those of us who had decided to join the latter part of the 20th century could log on and complete the same survey, further decreasing the usefulness of the USPS. Oh yeah, it also had a two dollar bribe to convince me that I should complete the...
“Individual interruptions are no more predictable to an office worker than fires...”
– Lifehacker wrote that, in reference to this article on Stepcase Lifehack.
The idea that interruptions are part of my day had never occurred to me. I work in a very streamlined office, so I wear many hats during the day. This means many interruptions. Where I would normally be upset that my workflow...
This will either end horribly, or awesomely. →
That’s right, we just discovered a planet that might be habitable.
Let’s just hope they didn’t see us first.
“Please do not attempt to print this spreadhseet for the purpose of hand-writing...”
– It has become necessary for me to add this disclaimer to a spreadsheet I routinely send to various partners. I had to include that phrase, after I started receiving faxed copies of printed versions of the spreadsheet, with hand-written responses.
This is one of those phenomena that might just make...
You might think your Escalade makes you more... →
I just checked the Missouri Revised Statutes, there is no exception to the traffic ordinances for drivers of Cadillac Escalades. You have to use your turn signals (or your hands, the law is very clear on that) each time you want to change lanes to cut me off.
“ATTENTION!! DO NOT ADD HER!!! IF SOMEBODY CALLED ” SMARTGRRL15”,...”
– Why don’t these Facebook statuses as dire warnings ever come with A) acceptable grammar or B) an attempt at a technical explanation of how it would be possible for someone on “Ur list” to pass along a ‘virus’ to your account.
Also, I’m not sure I want to remain...
