February 2012
16 posts
“I guess it’s true that I should have told you before / and not have waited...”
– Magnet Field’s upcoming album is the best release of the year so far.
Watch“Would you like to double down on your meal? It’s twice the amount of food for twice the price” - Portlandia
how to win the early morning
Go to bar. Come home from bar. Go to sleep. Wake up at 5 to use bathroom. Decide for some insane reason it is a good idea to walk out your apartment door. You are now standing outside your auto lock door in just boxers. Desperately try to open door with cardboard. Realize this is impossible. Keep trying. Walk around all floors of building while worrying about your sanity. Collapse in chair in...
“oh, you’re still alive?”
– Dental assistant walking into the room a few minutes after the dentist applied novocaine
counterpoint
A week ago or so the the Times Travel Section ran an article lamenting the supposed decline of First Class on airplanes. Perhaps it really has declined, but I flew enough last year to become eligible for free upgrades and first class is pretty nice. Who possibly does not like a big comfy seat and unlimited beer and snacks? I’d fly longer and on a more roundabout route to score this.
starships, were they meant to fly?
Phony Calls by Weird Al
tell congress to take me back off birth control
The Onion needs to write this op-ed.
winning
On my W-2, the “wages, tips, other comp” amount ends in .47.
Godzilla by Blue Oyster Cult
an important message from the free range knife...
As this blog mentioned on Twitter, an emerging pastime in California is DIY slaughter. Unfortunately for these hobbyists, even in the foreign land of NorCal their name does not endear them to the wider home owning public. That’s where the Free Range Knife Enthusiasts Association comes in. With a name any young mother could love, the FRKEA—pronounced “freak”—advocates...
