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Tweet about a paddle, get auto-followed by kayakers
I guess auto-following is just the logic of spam (it's so close to free that even a tiny return is enough) combined with a reductio ad onewordium mentality ( Read more... ) -
Marinated mozzarella experiment
I'd never tried this before and didn't bother with a recipe (duh) but it turned out quite well ( Read more... ) -
Seeing eye to eye isn't always a good thing
You know what would really sell? Assless cats. Almost every part of a cat is cute (as long as you're not currently being clawed or bitten), but Cats seems to spend a disproportionate amount of time insisting I stare at gaze lovingly upon look at the one part that *isn't*. I close my eyes and wait, hoping it will go away. In a minute I open them ( Read more... ) -
KHAAAAAAAAAAAN! [local]
(Subtitle: Once more, with (some) warning.)
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. This Saturday, July 11, 7:20pm at the AFI in Silver Spring. Who's in?
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notes
Note_to_Cats: Tickling me by rubbing up against my leg while I am using a Very Sharp Knife is not the best idea you ever had.
Note_to_flist: If your LJ style is more legible after Ctrl-A than before I'm probably not going to read your posts.
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Word games
1. Flipping through XM the other day I saw Goo Goo Dolls on one station and Hot Hot Heat on another. I got to wondering how many bands have names of the form X X Y? Dum Dum Girls is the only other one that comes immediately to mind. I thought Duran Duran might be a degenerate case (Y = null), but geekchick informed me that it doesn't count ( Read more... ) -
definition by example
me: fentai: in a moment of weakness, a down-on-his-luck William Shatner agrees to star as Kirk in fan-produced tentacle porn.
her: o_O
her: that is the most disturbing thought... EVAR
me: SQUICKTORY DANCE WARP 12!
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Nice in theory, but...
Geek2Geek, a geek-oriented dating site. I like the idea a lot (no, really!), but many of their Top 10 reasons why geeks make the best catch make me go "Whoa there, hold on!" For example #3 says "Geeks haven't formed bad relationship habits," because they haven't had many relationships. Ummmm... I'm not sure that's quite how it works. Who thinks ( Read more... ) -
A few bits of good news from yesterday and today
Vermont just legalized gay marriage.
The D.C. city council has voted unanimously to recognize gay marriages performed in other states.
Iowa's Senate Majority leader blocked an attempt to reverse the recent State Supreme Court allowing gay marriage, and indicated that he does not plan to allow any further action on the matter. In this video ( ( Read more... ) -
Ask the LJ grammarfiends
Is the sentence below grammatically correct? Incorrect? Technically correct but could be clearer? Some other option ( Read more... )