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I just heard about this guy today. He is hilarious:
This guy I've heard of before, but he is still hilarious. (Language warning to those sensitive to that sort of thing).
This guy I've heard of before, but he is still hilarious. (Language warning to those sensitive to that sort of thing).
Stereotypes
Feb. 14th, 2003 07:48 amSo, I'm a decent-looking, sensitive guy who lives alone with two cats. I recently moved to San Francisco, a city I think is absolutely wonderful. I generally dress nicely and have some fashion sense. I took care in arranging my furniture and other interior decoration so my apartment would look nice. And I absolutely love musical theater.
I don't know why half the people I know think I'm gay....
I don't know why half the people I know think I'm gay....
Still relevant
Feb. 13th, 2003 12:06 amAt least, as relevant as it ever was:
Where's Osama?
(I did this a while back, and was reminded of it recently, so I thought I'd share)
Where's Osama?
(I did this a while back, and was reminded of it recently, so I thought I'd share)
I really like the Daily Show
Feb. 11th, 2003 11:02 pm"We know what a disarmed country look like, and Iraq...uh...doesn't look like that."
-George W. Bush
"Apparently, you don't even need me here."
-Jon Stewart, responding to audience response to Bush
Now he's reporting that Rumsfield's family in Germany, who he last visited in 1982, have officially disowned him. "However, he is still in touch with other people he hasn't seen since the 80's", showing an old picture of him shaking hands with Saddam Hussein.
-George W. Bush
"Apparently, you don't even need me here."
-Jon Stewart, responding to audience response to Bush
Now he's reporting that Rumsfield's family in Germany, who he last visited in 1982, have officially disowned him. "However, he is still in touch with other people he hasn't seen since the 80's", showing an old picture of him shaking hands with Saddam Hussein.
And now for something...
Feb. 11th, 2003 04:33 pm"There are 10 kinds of people. Those who understand binary, and those who
don't."
don't."
Yesterday, I went out to Target on my lunch break (one BART stop down from where I work) and, among other things, purchased a chair. One of those new-fangled folding nylon-and-aluminum camping chairs. The chair comes in a large nylon sack, a long, thin, vaguely cylindrical shape, with a large shoulder strap. The same sack could easily be used to carry a rifle, which I assume is what someone was thinking when they called the BART police on me.
So I get off at the Pleasant Hill station, to be met by two police officers. One of them asks me what I have in the bag. I unsling it from my back, point to the large decal on the side that says "Chair" and I answer him, "Chair."
The other cop immediately starts laughing, which seems to annoy the first one. He asks me to open the bag, so I take out the chair and unfold it. To prove that it really is a chair, I then sit down in it. Realizing it has a drink holder in one arm, I tell them that if they'll give me a beer, I'll demonstrate the drink holder as well. I am informed that it will not be necessary. They apologize for the inconvenience, and explain that someone had called them anonymously from one of the other cars to report "a suspicious character" carrying a bag.
The moral of the story is, if you're going to be carrying a rifle on BART, put it in a dufflebag rather than a rifle-sized bag. My duffle could easily hold a few rifles, and I've never been stopped for carrying it on the train.
So I get off at the Pleasant Hill station, to be met by two police officers. One of them asks me what I have in the bag. I unsling it from my back, point to the large decal on the side that says "Chair" and I answer him, "Chair."
The other cop immediately starts laughing, which seems to annoy the first one. He asks me to open the bag, so I take out the chair and unfold it. To prove that it really is a chair, I then sit down in it. Realizing it has a drink holder in one arm, I tell them that if they'll give me a beer, I'll demonstrate the drink holder as well. I am informed that it will not be necessary. They apologize for the inconvenience, and explain that someone had called them anonymously from one of the other cars to report "a suspicious character" carrying a bag.
The moral of the story is, if you're going to be carrying a rifle on BART, put it in a dufflebag rather than a rifle-sized bag. My duffle could easily hold a few rifles, and I've never been stopped for carrying it on the train.
OK, so at first, the ability of stores (and thus police, hackers, and assorted criminals) to track your every move using tiny tags half the size of a grain of sand might seem somewhat scary:
http://news.com.com/2010-1069-980325.html
But what the writer of that article is missing is all the positive applications of this technology:
( Read more... )
http://news.com.com/2010-1069-980325.html
But what the writer of that article is missing is all the positive applications of this technology:
( Read more... )
White house email is working again
Jan. 13th, 2003 05:07 pmI'm not quite sure when they fixed it. It was down for at least a few months after he took office, starting the day to took office, but I haven't tried it recently until today. Standard form letter from the autoresponder, pretty much the same one that Clinton used, with the addition of the "presidential greeting" option. I'd never heard of this,
apparently, there's a whole office in the White House devoted to mailing out letters for special occasions, signed by the President Himself. Interestingly, they included a Bar Mitzvah "or equivalent occasion" as one of the events you can get a Presidential Greeting for. From what I understand of the Bar Mitvah, I suppose the closest thelemic equivalent would be a IInd degree initiation. I think it would be kinda cool to get President Bush to sign a note congratulating someone for that.
Anyway, here's the reply:
( Text of email autoreply )
All that, and all I was doing was signing him up to win a free cruise....
apparently, there's a whole office in the White House devoted to mailing out letters for special occasions, signed by the President Himself. Interestingly, they included a Bar Mitzvah "or equivalent occasion" as one of the events you can get a Presidential Greeting for. From what I understand of the Bar Mitvah, I suppose the closest thelemic equivalent would be a IInd degree initiation. I think it would be kinda cool to get President Bush to sign a note congratulating someone for that.
Anyway, here's the reply:
( Text of email autoreply )
All that, and all I was doing was signing him up to win a free cruise....
Sorry for the giant URL, you'll just have to cut and paste it if it wraps:
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=ce24f67f4391402642140618dcde1e00&threadid=138905&perpage=50&pagenumber=1
Some are better than others, but overall it's pretty damn funny.
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=ce24f67f4391402642140618dcde1e00&threadid=138905&perpage=50&pagenumber=1
Some are better than others, but overall it's pretty damn funny.
