B: If we had a lawn, and you didn't want to mow it, we could hire a gardener.
K: Or ninjas.
B: Ninjas mow lawns?
K:When you least expect it.

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murphy_slaw: I have discovered that if you hum "Hubba Hubba Zoot Zoot" all day long, good things will happen. Your life will be materially improved in scientifically verifiable ways.
akbar: i buy that. i've been singing it all day and its now overcast and cool (compared to the 98+ degree evilness we have had all week)

What Greg is really saying is "I've got your back, unless it's funny."
- Bryan Stratton, explaining why Greg left Brian Herbst to Teddy's tender mercies.

Bronwyn and I got back from the honeymoon on the Monday morning red-eye from Honolulu. Photos are here, and I'll be adding commentary to the sets and photos throughout the week. Overall, we had a fun, busy but not overscheduled vacation. The worst thing that happened to us was that the food at the Honolulu airport was so grim that we ended up ( Read more... )

When an oyster gets an irritant particle lodged in a sensitive portion of its anatomy, the result is a pearl.

When I get an irritant particle lodged in a sensitive portion of my anatomy, the result is a booger.

djakbar56: for URL. Do you say "yurel" or U-R-L?
murphy_slaw: I say "earl"
murphy_slaw: sometimes "U-R-L"
djakbar56: but if you personify it and give it a name, it will be THAT MUCH HARDER TO KILL!
murphy_slaw: Don't kill Earl! Earl is my friend! He lets me go places!

"How do I get my sysadmin to do anything?"

Never forget: He can read your mail.

...but won't, because nothing on earth is more banal than someone else's email.

Sysadmin fun fact #207:

When a sysadmin tells you "Sure, I can do that. Just go file a ticket in RT.", the same part of his brain is stimulated as in a French teacher saying "Ah ah ah! En ( Read more... )

Because akbar56 and I can't even talk about real estate without being ridiculous ( Read more... )

murphy_slaw: Donuts are sort of the culinary manifestation of regret, aren't they?
murphy_slaw: I mean, as soon as you eat a donut
murphy_slaw: you can immediately think of something else you would rather have eaten.
murphy_slaw: Donuts are never a good idea in hindsight.