May 2009
WatchTrailer for Torchwood: Children of Earth.
Holy fucking CRAP this looks good.
WatchI am just enough of a sap to find this utterly charming.
(Via Neatorama.)
“…it feels kind of insulting to think that he should always have to be...”
– Graeme McMillan, on the io9 blog, discussing why it might not be a bad thing that Joss Whedon isn’t involved in the Buffy movie. He makes a fair point.
Brother: Do you want to listen to Sesame Street or The Who?
The Neph: Motown!
It's funnier if you know my stepdad
Stepdad: My new computer comes next Friday.
Me: Oh yeah? Is it going to have Vista on it or did you find one with XP?
Stepdad: I have no idea what you're talking about.
To Do List, 5/14/09
1. Watch last night’s LOST before I inadvertently find out what happened
2. Put in Fresh Direct order for Saturday
3. Make the roasted cauliflower dish I meant to make on Monday, before the brussel sprouts distracted me (sidebar: my 8-year-old self is now thinking, “who the fuck did I grow into?”)
4. Vacuum
5. Clean bathroom
6. Find out if Brooklyn Public is open for brunch...
The Evolution of Virtual Currency →
Reciting from memory…
“My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings:
Look on my works, motherfuckers ye mighty, and despair.”
Cobble Hill Blog » Rock-climbing coming to Boerum... →
AWESOME.
Spiders Getting Bigger -- Global Warming to Blame? →
This makes sense. Treating the planet like a giant landfill should result in our collective lives turning into a bad 50s sci fi B-movie (which is of course the only logical outcome of this development), and it serves us right.
Though I, for one, would like to welcome our new Spider Overlords…
(Am I the only one who still thinks that’s funny? Probably. Don’t care.)
In Memoriam
2:03 pm, a text to my brother: RIP Dom DeLuise. “Not in the face!”
2:09 pm, my brother’s reply: WATCH ME FAGGOTS!
“Feminists are in danger if we don’t know our history, and a saucy tattoo and a...”
– Naomi Wolf reviews Bad Girls Go Everywhere: The Life of Helen Gurley Brown, by Jennifer Scanlon (via kpwerker) 