August 2010
Watch“Have a good Saturday”
Working From Home
Em: [arrives home with Amanda] Daddy!
Me: [picks up Em, talks briefly with her about her day]…Okay, sweetie. Daddy needs to get back to work now.
Amanda: ♫ and the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon…
Me: Ha.
[time passes]:
Amanda: Em, can you give Daddy a night-night hug and kiss?
Em: NO!
Me: ♫ my girl was just like me…
Murphy’s Lullaby
Finance Rep Charged With Putting Semen in Female... →
Michael Kevin Lallana, a (now former) field director for Northwestern Mutual Financial Network in Orange County, California, was arrested yesterday for allegedly ejaculating into his twentysomething female co-worker’s water bottle in their office on two separate occasions.
The parenthetical clarification amuses me.
Barcode Hero - Scan barcodes on your phone and... →
I’ll wait for Live Within Your Means Hero, thank you.
We’ll be the Duke and Duchess of Generic Foods
Toddler, Know Thyself
Em: Paddy's my puppy.
Me: Paddy's OUR puppy.
Em: Paddy's MY our puppy.
Me: Paddy's a sweet girl. Are you a sweet girl?
Em: No.
Me: What kind of girl are you?
Em: Two years old.
Nanotech Tea Bag Creates Safe Water For Less Than... →
Inside the sachets are two tiny destroyers of all things unsafe: ultra-thin nanoscale fibers, which filter harmful contaminants, and bacteria-killing grains of carbon.
If this is for real1, why isn’t it the biggest effing story on the planet right now?
If it’s a hoax, vilification of the perpetrators should also make a big story. ↩
The King Of The Ferret Leggers: The Classic Tale... →
But Reg Mellor refuses to acknowledge that his talent is made of the stuff of heroes, of a mixture of indomitable pride, courage, concentration, and artless grace. “Naw noon o’ that,” said the king. “You just got be able ta have your tool bitten and not care.”
“The world record was 60 seconds. Sixty seconds! I can stick a ferret up me ass...”
– Reg Mellor - The King Of The Ferret Leggers: The Classic Tale Of Sportsmen Who Put Carnivores Down Their Pants
(hat tip to fancycwabs)
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Neurogenesis in the adult human hippocampus →
How the HELL did I go twelve years without hearing that it’s been established that adults can and do generate new neurons?
And tons of stuff in Instapaper
More than ever, thanks to Give Me Something To Read and Longform.org.
And tons of other stuff, too.
My mind has too many channels.
Oh…
…and Infinite Jest - David Foster Wallace (still)
(following rrrrred’s lead)
What I’m Watching
Rubicon
Eureka
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (Netflix)
What I’m Reading
Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain - John J. Ratey
Designing with Web Standards - Jeffrey Zeldman (re-reading to lead a “facilitated reading” for coworkers)
Under the Dome - Stephen King (recently finished)
Here...
“I bag on meetings because like any nerd I expect the universe to be efficient...”
– Rands In Repose: How to Run a Meeting
What is a Hatband Headache? →
The pain of a hatband headache is caused by muscle tension around your head. As your muscles tighten, they put pressure on your skull, leading to a generalized pain. The pain is usually not excruciating, but it can be distracting and irritating. Typically, taking aspirin or ibuprofen provides relief from a hatband headache, although some people also like to lie in a dark room or ice their heads...
“11) Sassy, sarcastic and ironic around his friends”
– Is My Husband GAY? | ChristWire
(via @robbaedeker/@julcas)
(via biorhythmist)
Oh, SNAP!
WatchPeter Molyneux demos Milo, the Virtual Boy
“Milo’s mind is in the cloud”
I think I know how SkyNet gets going now.
I'm Like Noah's Ark For Food
My daily menu, until such time as I grow weary of it:
2 servings Quaker High-Fiber Oatmeal, Maple & Brown Sugar flavor
2 SlimFast shakes, chocolate royale
2 bananas
2 pears
2 apples
2 peanut butter and strawberry preserves sandwiches
Not in that order, naturally.
*can you spot the extremely obscure film reference in this post?
Watch“no take a picture!”