Given that I apparently still look like a student and people don't realise how long I've been working, I'm somewhat nonplussed about the whole thing. Is turning 30 such a horrible thing? Truth be told, I've been looking forward to it in the vain hope that it means I will soon be treated like a functional, intelligent human being (don't worry, I'm ( Read more... )

So it's been a while since I've bothered to write anything.* Not from a lack of thought though. More a lack of will. Since I'm trying to rediscover the ability to form (vaguely) coherent sentences I'm sure I'll rant about some of the oh so pleasant experiences of the last 10 months ( Read more... )

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I laughed so loudly the new neighbours are probably regretting moving here...

So the Tiger Woods Apology is currently being aired on two channels simultaneously. I will admit that my first thought was pretty much, "Whatever, you zombie-eyed freak" (seriously, those are the glassiest pair of eyes I have ever seen and it was quite disconcerting). But once I got over that, I'm left wondering why this is even being televised ( Read more... )

Dear Google ( Read more... )

Your result for The Political Objectives Test...
Progressive

You scored 71 Equality, 71 Liberty, and 43 Stability!

Your commitment to both liberty and equality makes you a blend of the Liberal and the Socialist. For you liberty and equality are two parts of the same condition. Everyone has to be free to pursue their own way-of-life but in order for ( Read more... )

Cattell's 16 Factor Test Results
Warmth |||||||||||||||||||||||| 74% Intellect |||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 82% Emotional Stability ||||||||||||||||||||| 62% Aggressiveness ||||||||| 30% Liveliness |||||||||||| 38% Dutifulness ||||||||||||||||||||| 62% Social Assertiveness ||||||||| 22% Sensitivity |||||||||||||||||| 54% ( Read more... )

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[http://www.nypost.com/seven/08012009/postopinion/opedcolumnists/why_everything_sucks_182513.htm]

I've figured it out. I've figured it out.

What? Everything. Why everything sucks.

Here's why. In the 1950s, ( Read more... )

Thursday, June 18, 2009
Pixar grants girl's dying wish to see 'Up'
By ANNIE BURRIS
THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
"Colby Curtin, a 10-year-old with a rare form of cancer, was staying alive for one thing - a movie.
From the minute Colby saw the previews to the Disney-Pixar movie Up, she was desperate to see it. Colby had been diagnosed with vascular cancer ( Read more... )

David Eddings died.

And now David Carradine's died too (source).