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from my heart and from my hand why don't people understand my intentions
And now it's October, which means (among other things) that the Ig Nobel prizes have been announced.
In an event that the journal Nature has described as "arguably the highlight of the scientific calendar," each year the editors of the Annals of Improbable Research select and honor a group of research achievements that "first make people laugh, ( Read more... ) -
gonna go bam bam bam bam bam bam bam on that faucet, damn that faucet
A modern house is a tremendously complicated machine. And like any complicated machine, it has parts that wear out and eventually need to be replaced. If you know me at all, you probably know that I've been working on replacing our 1930s-vintage electrical wiring since about 2004. When I'm done with that, we'll be fixing the walls, whose plaster ( Read more... ) -
but he only saw two black otters swimming over by the farther bank
XKCD can be hit-or-miss for me. (Though I suspect that the misses are frequently 'cuz I'm not a math geek.)
Today's episode, though, threatened my keyboard with a coffee dousing.
'Specially after this gem of a YouTube video posted by blackthornglade the other day. Christopher Judge (from Stargate SG-1) sitting on a con panel, discovers a subculture he knew ( Read more... ) -
you see me on the street you always act surprised
Okay, this is just too good not to share. Besides, it happened here in New Jersey!
Shifty-looking guy wandering around Long Branch, NJ turns out to be Bob Dylan: cops at the scene never heard of him.
To quote Paul Simon: "The maaan ain't got no cultcha." -
somewhere there's heaven it's where you are
Repeating what I've seen from ivymcallister and cinema_babe:
Les Paul was ninety-four years on this earth. If there's any justice in the universe, he's comping under Clifford Brown right now ( Read more... ) -
made to feel the way that every child should
It's no secret that the fear of death has a powerful effect on people's politics. If LBJ's infamous "Daisy Girl" ad wasn't enough to illustrate that point, maybe this will do: a controlled study in 2004 showed that merely thinking about death had a strong effect on people's voting preference ( Read more... ) -
a man must have a shed to keep him sane
Free! Free! Free ( Read more... ) -
no one ever said he was involved with thieves
I'm gonna try to make this as brief as I can, although if you know me you know I run wordy ( Read more... ) -
I feel the pull on the rope let me off at the rainbow
Yes, this was an actual Wrangler Jeans advertisement, from Japan. Noted without further comment.
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take the highway park and come up and see me I'll be working
(Note to self: Need a "massage" userpic)
Oh hi!
Special announcement: I'm looking to start working again.
Anyone want a massage? Know someone in (or near) Central NJ who wants a massage? I'm certified in New Jersey and licensed in New York, so I can even work in NYC.
My phone, rates, and stuff are over at www.tactisle.com.In fact, I just ( Read more... )