Wow. There's now another Hanukah song that isn't completely awful. However, I don't think many families will be singing it together. Sarah Silverman asks Santa to Give the Jew Girl Toys. Not safe for most work places, but pretty funny.

I'm taking far fewer painkillers now, but it hasn't really changed my taste in web sites. I'm sure that surprises nobody.


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Laura and I are in the Leeebary (use something close to a Smithers voice), doing a 1500 piece puzzle of the German castle that the Disneyworld castle is based on and listening to Groove Salad through iTunes. Add the fact that I'm taking hydrocodone every 4-6 hours, and you can imagine that I'm having an odd but pleasant morning. The pain comes ( Read more... )

I may actually post a bit for the next few days. This is because I am home recovering from surgery. Extremely minor surgery. The kind of surgery they let med students do at teaching hospitals, which I did not go to ( Read more... )

At the very least, its my favorite photograph of the day.

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Wired asked some authors to write six word stories. There are some gems in there. Here are a couple of my favorites.

Longed for him. Got him. Shit.
- Margaret Atwood

Computer, did we bring batteries? Computer?
- Eileen Gunn

The baby’s blood type? Human, mostly.
- Orson Scott Card

I’m your future, child. Don’t cry.
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Now this is how you carve a pumpkin for Halloween!

More than one person on this list likes designing cakes. More than one of you likes Discworld (I think). Behold The Discworld Cake!

I suppose it was only a matter of time. You can buy a house in the Shire.

Two days ago was the Six-month-aversarry of my wedding with Laura. In the grand tradition of married couples everywhere, we celebrated by staying home and watching a movie. We may have also had a little bit to drink. I am amazed that six months of marriage have passed. My life has been transformed in the last two years, and I couldn't be ( Read more... )