January 2009
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"PC police" run amok over Sea Shanty, Mother... →
“But the Bookstart charity says the re-writing of What Shall We Do With the Drunken Sailor? has “absolutely nothing to do with political correctness”.
What Should we do with the Drunken Sailor Grumpy Pirate? Baa Baa Black Rainbow Sheep? Three Little Pigs [Content deemed offensive to Muslims]
What are we doing?
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School pole dancing demonstration causes uproar →
“Mrs Remmer was told staff had complained that after the first performance pupils were spending class time watching their mobile phone recordings rather than paying attention to afternoon lessons.”
Really? Looking at school sanctioned Porn instead of studying? Get out!
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Wife murdered for Facebook status →
A man murdered his estranged wife after becoming “enraged” when she changed her marital status on Facebook to “single”.
…Then tried to kill himself, but failed… He really should have put as much effort into that as he did her murder.
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I Will Never Again Drink You. Or Eat You.
subjecttochange:
I will never again drink you, Southern Comfort. It’s been 15 years since we’ve seen each other. And still, I mean never. Just the sight of you is enough to release the butterflies. And to smell you?” UGH! Well, it’s too traumatic to go into detail, but you know what you did, you wretched bastard.
THIS… but for Rumplemintz.
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I blame Ashley Simpson.... still.
myeviltwin:
Twitter post: First Obama takes his oath on a Qur’an and NOW we learn the music was prerecorded?! I expect this from from Obama, but not you, Yo-Yo Ma.
What is the instrumental version of lip-syncing called?
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What was your first job?
robot-heart:
notthatkindagay:kimboslice:thephenthouse:
I worked at a local grocery store in high school.
Page (Book re-shelfer, paper fetcher) at the main branch of the City Library.
I am old.
moffs:
Here is what being 32 is like, people: You spend your twenties losing the vim and vigor of teenagedom so gradually that it’s imperceptible. And then around 30, you pass a tipping point and your body starts to not function quite so sublimely, and suddenly you come to the horrible realization that IT IS NEVER GOING BACK TO THE WAY IT WORKED BEFORE. It is not like, oh, you’re a bit out of...
Oh my god, NO.
sistermarymartha:
So some chick I grew up with friended me on facebook, and I mindlessly accepted her friend request. I grew up in a very religious home - and church was a constant presence. So anyway, I clicked on her profile and just about died.
She belongs to the Sarah Palin Prayer Covering Group. A Facebook Group dedicated to making sure Sarah Palin is “covered” by prayer at all times.
This...
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“Seriously…who gives a sh1t? He f*cked a legal adult and then lied about...”
– Random Blog Commentor on the Sam Adams Scandal
(Edited to be work friendly)
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Company Email
From the corporate mothership:
In anticipation of this morning’s presidential inauguration, we have set-up several locations for employees to watch the live ceremonies on television.
Please visit one of these rooms to watch the inauguration and do not stream video on your desktop. This will help ensure [COMPANY]’s IT infrastructure is not negatively impacted by a large influx of employees...
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"Artisan" and "Gourmet" Pizza is crap.
When the company-wide email containing “Pizza in the lunchroom” goes out, I am rarely a part of the resulting stampede for leftover meeting eats. This is because pizza in the Pacific Northwest tends to be a joke. I present the following as evidence.
Exhibit A:
“Cipolla Y Pomodoro” Caramelized Yellow Onions, Roasted Tomatoes, Mozzarella, Kalamata Olives, Chevre’,...
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[NotHired] Haven't We All Been Here? →
Me? No. No good can come from “fishing off the company pier”, “dipping your pen in the company inkwell”, and [Insert your favorite “Don’t Do Your Co-Workers” metaphor here].
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Slate: Understanding Why People Don't Join... →
numbersixspeaks:
chfdigital:
An acquaintance put this best when she finally caved and joined Facebook:
“I joined your little addiction when I found out I was no longer being invited to parties because people only do that on Facebook now. I still want to be your friend but I would rather hear from you than read about you online…”
I was a late adopter myself, and find this certainly to be...
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Chicago Symphony Chorus - Il Trovatore / Act 2 -...
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Today's events have made me realize that Tumblr is...
(via conorgriff)
What’s more? I think Twitter will be completely unusable.
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Awkward Office Moments
Portland is a huge cycling commuter city. As such, most offices provide showers so that those of us who drive don’t have to smell those of us that bike.
A female coworker just accidentally saw a male coworker naked in the shower, and of course told the rest of us. We’re all giggling at our desks like a bunch of school girls.
Moral: If you use the office shower LOCK THE DOOR. This way...
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Futureshock - Frequency (from Phantom Theory)
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If its all the same to you, dear coworker, I would...
(via thedoctr)
To the people who think I’m neurotic for waiting for an empty bathroom at work so I can pee.
A: Because I am watching The Music Man, which made...
tylercoates:
Q: Why don’t I have a boyfriend?
THIS is totally your fault:
Don’t you know the Music Man is contagious?!?!?
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[Inside Facebook]Whopper Sacrifice has itself been... →
“A week after the Whopper Sacrifice application made waves for its creative (and aggressive) use of Facebook friend removals as a way to spread the application, Facebook has forced it to disable the app’s functionality, according to the developer.”
BOO-urns!
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[Playstation Blog] Get LocoRoco 2 for the Cost of... →
Hell yes!
U.S., officially torturers
soupsoup:
I am against torture, however it occured to me. What is the difference between dropping bombs or killing terrorists and torturing them for information?
You wouldn’t prosectute a solider for killing a terrorist, but you would for torturing them to get valuable information.
I’m in no way advocating torture, I am just having some difficulty with this moral justification.
Not...
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U.S. arrests pilot accused of faking death →
Tip #1: When fleeing prosecution in your own plane, fly somewhere they will ignore extradition requests.
Slick getaway FAIL!
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'Bunny Suicides' To Stay In School Library →
Last October, a mother rifling through her kid’s backpack was horrified to discover her 13 year old son checked The Book of Bunny Suicides out of the High School Library.
In a fit worthy of Maude Flanders, she refused to return the book to the library citing it as inappropriate, and threatened to have people check-out and detain any replacement copies the library purchased.
In December she...
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WatchHome Alone 6 - That Culkin Kid Ain’t So Cute No More
(WTF? There’s a Home Alone 5 coming out next year??)