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A poll?
Poll A Poll! -
In other procrastination news:
The techie in me would once again like to lament the fact that the US does not use (or, for the most part, acknowledge the existence of) ISO (A-series) paper sizes. 1:&sqrt;2 is such a versatile ratio.
Now, off to the post office to pick up a flat rate box. Huzzah for getting away from thinking. -
Best... travel show... ever...
Meet the Natives: USAIn which some awesome guys from the Pacific island of Tanna travel around the US, documenting the strange and exotic customs and practices of, e.g., the Cowboy Tribe of Montana, who have to wrap themselves in bags at night so they do not freeze, or the strange rituals and social posturings of the inhabitants of far-flung Orange ( Read more... ) -
For the record...
... I hate writing resumes. I hate trying to build a new narrative for my life every time I see a new position for which I might be qualified. I hate trying to strike a balance between selling myself and overselling myself. I hate realizing that the primary goal of HR departments everywhere is to weed out people just like me as risky. I hate ( Read more... ) -
For the record:
You really shouldn't be able to take a minority's rights away by plebiscite. And you really really shouldn't be able to remove them based on a 52.75% majority.
Maine, I'm looking at you. California, don't start thinking you're off the hook.
And having achieved that sort of bare majority on election day shouldn't give you an excuse to bleat and ( Read more... ) -
Note to Self:
Dear Self:
Once upon a time, you lived on cola and coffee. You could drink two liters of sugar-laden coffee at work, and have several glasses of soda at home, and go to bed only slightly later than a human being should.
Those days are gone. Nowadays, two cups of tea in the morning and two glasses of cola with dinner will give you fucking insomnia ( Read more... ) -
For our time...
The Diamond Pillar: a Fable by John Seavey ( Read more... ) -
"If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe."
Overheard ragnvaeig playing this the other day, and found it cool enough to seek out and download the mp3. Since I believe it to be most awesome, and I think this is an audience that might appreciate it, I am sharing it with all of you. If you're sick of auto-tuned music, you might not want to bother... but you might anyway.
Carl Sagan - 'A Glorious Dawn' ( Read more... ) -
Oh, yeah...
So, as mentioned in the last crafty post, I went to all the trouble of embossing designs only to decide I didn't like any enough to make them part of ragnvaeig's birthday gift necklace. In the end, the piece of jasper I was planning to hang from the embossed piece didn't have a big enough hole for the 20ga copper wire I was planning to use anyway, so I just ( Read more... )