December 2010
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The G-G stuff is funny but reading your personal...
A couple of points here: 1. If someone feels alienated just because I disagree with their opinion, then that’s their problem, not mine. I’m not going to censor my thoughts just to keep them happy. Also, people challenge my opinions all the time, that doesn’t mean I feel like they don’t “like” me. 2. Throughout my life some “people of faith” and...
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What I think happened at Yahoo re: Delicious.com
Yahoo: Right fuck it, we're shutting down delicious.com
Internet: What the hell? There's like a bazillion of us here using it, hadn't you noticed? Don't you see an opportunity there?
Yahoo: Well we uh...
Internet: A massive community of users, tagging links, sharing finds, doing your work for you for free and you're shutting it down?
Yahoo: (.....shit... maybe maybe we can make some money from this) Uh, shutting it down? Who said we're shutting it down? No no, we're SELLING it. So uh which one of you lucky people wants to buy this fantastic service?
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What I think happened at Yahoo re: Delicious.com
Yahoo: Right fuck it, we're shutting down delicious.com
Internet: What the hell? There's like a bazillion of us here using it, hadn't you noticed? Don't you see an opportunity there?
Yahoo: Well we uh...
Internet: A massive community of users, tagging links, sharing finds, doing your work for you for free and you're shutting it down?
Yahoo: (.....shit... maybe maybe we can make some money from this) Uh, shutting it down? Who said we're shutting it down? No no, we're SELLING it. So uh which one of you lucky people wants to buy this fantastic service?
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Oh, that's comforting.
Evie: I have some chicken dippers on.
Me: Will they be OK? Didn't the fridge defrost a bit?
Evie: Ah they'll be fine, I don't think they're real chicken anyway.
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Chatting with 6 year old niece
Ellie: Granny nearly fainted during dinner today.
Me: That's terrible, why?
Ellie: Because Grandad said "Thank you."
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bijan sabet: Your Tumblr reach is likely bigger... →
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What music are you listening to today?
The Decemberists, Wilco, The Pretenders and um, Uffie.
I’m an odd person in many ways.
Ask me anything
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“Somewhere” not only has the worst title of any movie this year, it also...”
– Alex Carnevale (Via Conorh)
“Bear with me,” the standard expression, is a request for forbearance or...”
– bare/bear
Just so you know, be careful which one you say to your colleagues… unless you really like them.
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-12-19) →
The Chemical Brothers (39)
Wilco (22)
Uffie (11)
The Decemberists (6)
The Crystal Method (3)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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“In the future we’ll look back on this and laugh… because...”
– Demetri Martin
“You won’t burn in hell. But be nice anyway.”
– Ricky Gervais: Why I’m An Atheist
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A winter moment, by Travors.
The grass is lightly frosted,
The sky is cold and vast,
I amble slowly homeward,
Freezing off my fecking ass.
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-12-12) →
Nick Drake (6)
Josh Rouse (3)
The Cardigans (3)
José González (2)
Beck (1)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
“…and the third reason why it is bad to believe in something, a reason that...”
– In Defence of a “dirty stinking Atheist” (at Christmas time) - robertedge
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“the best writers have said very
little
and the worst,
far too much”
– Bukowski, “As The Poems Go”