This week's Radio Lab started out simple, but ended with a bang. The entire point of the show was to investigate deception, lies, liars and scientific findings that are closely tied to them ( Read more... )

Yep, he's gone. Boss got rid of him. I think he chickened out and told the FNG that we were running low on work, so we're not sure when we'd be able to give him more to do, etc, etc. I don't think he set the strong expectation that we'd be calling him, but the inkling was there. Oh well, so much for a clean break. Well, at least yesterday he sat ( Read more... )

Ask anyone with a 1999-2004 Jetta (or Golf, I don't think it matters) if they smell melted crayons when they get into their cars, and their eyes will widen in exasperated recognition. They'll know exactly what you're talking about, especially if their car is a little older in that range ( Read more... )

Yesterday, when talking about the FNG and how to deal with him, he said "Sean and I are gonna have a 'come to jesus' with him." That struck me as hilarious. He says little shit like that all the time, and we generally have some good back-and-forth. It ain't the greatest job in the world, but bosses like this are hard to come by ( Read more... )

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I've been a Nine Inch Nails fan since Broken. An alternative music video for Wish (not the one you'll find on YouTube) was what got me. Then, of course, I went back and acquainted myself with his earlier stuff. When I heard Burn on the radio one night at the movie theater (while I was working), my jaw dropped and I immediately had to find out what ( Read more... )

So I had a plan today. It sorta went well, but not as expected ( Read more... )

So there's this FNG who started a few weeks ago (that's Fuckin' New Guy, for the uninitiated). He's a dweeby asian kid who refers to all CSS hacks by their "official names," as if the rest of us would have a clue which of the 10,000 existing hacks he's talking about. He might have them all memorized. Which, you would think, would make him an ( Read more... )

Just FYI, these are the vehicles in the garage of the dude down the street.

Porsche 997 twin-turbo

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