Pretend To Be a Time Traveler Day is on December 8th. The funny thing is, I spent most of elementary school doing exactly this. It's nice to see your hobbies recognized with their own holiday. Via Via (0)
The Morning News has a handy guide on selecting baby names. My favorite option from the helpful chart is Electric Pixie Pants, or possibly Mister Kitten Sputnik.
Driving a hybrid car to reduce my carbon emissions while simultaneously hoping global warming makes it so I’ll never have to shovel snow again? Yeah, That’s just how I roll. tangentially related humor available at this link.
Nice to know that there is a segment of the population who will forever think of me as That Guy Who Gargled Butter Once, and had a webcomic made about it.
Meg: Here they have “Chicken Soup for the Dog and Cat Lover’s Soul”
Me, looking at some tropical fish books: hmm?
Meg: I wonder if they have a “Chicken Soup for the Bird Lover’s Soul?”
Me: …
Meg: I guess that would be sad.
Me: I am so blogging this.
Do not click on the following link unless you have already seen Serenity. Serenity in 2000 words. if you haven't seen Serenity yet, why not? Nevermind, I don't care, go see it. (1)
The Morning News has a great Q&A about the Prius:
Q: Can you describe the quality of the Prius’s silence when you pull up to a stoplight and the gas engine shuts off entirely?
A: It is the deepest, bone-settled stillness of a kind only experienced by the greatest Zen masters after many decades of study, punctuated by the hammering riffs of System of a Down because the Prius now comes with a six-speaker surround-sound package from JBL, baby!
This would be very disconcerting, but perhaps amusing in hindsight if it was done to me. Definitely time to change that pairing code. (0)
A while ago at work we received an email from someone outside the company that had the most pimped out email signature EVAR. I was so dumbfounded/impressed that someone actually built this horrible contraption out of marquee tags, I saved it, and modified it to protect the guilty. Submitted for your viewing pleasure: It's a little b0rked in Firefox, as it keeps on scrolling, FOREVER, but I feel that just adds to it's charm. (0)
Want to know what it's like to do 2nd level support at a help desk? Read The Chronicles of George. (0)