June 2010
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Joe Pug, “Bury Me Far from My...
May 2010
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WatchHappy Birthday, Beth!
My Love Affair with the Dyson Airblade™
I was at a company offsite all week. It was productive, fun, blah blah blah. I don’t care about any of that. What I care about is that there was a Dyson Airblade™ in the bathroom.
If you’re into technology, design, and efficiency, the Airblade™ is like a carbon composite dildo designed by Jonathan Ives and engineered by, well, by James Dyson. It’s a lovely contraption and my...
oh, hey great: So sorry for the delay - I know,... →
Please read this entire post, then stand and applaud Leah. Fantastic.
So sorry for the delay - I know, you wanted more of this - but I do have a dissertation to write. Nevertheless, let me say a few more things:
unsolicitedanalysis:
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You know, I enjoy and appreciate your analysis of things about which you have knowledge and have done the research. But…
Son: DAD! I HAVE STRAWBERRIES! I *LOVE* STRAWBERRIES! Me (to wife): I think somebody gave our son a tab of Ecstasy. Son: DAD! THIS STRAWBERRY HAS A RAINBOW! AND THIS ONE HAS A RAINBOW TOO! DAD! ALL OF THESE STRAWBERRIES HAVE RAINBOWS! WOOOOOOOO! Me: … Wife: …
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Please skip if you're totally sick of this...
Howdy! So… some morning, huh? Hoooeey!
Anyhoo, just wanted to say that, even though I don’t think Mike’s any less of a judgemental dickhead, I shouldn’t have called out everyone who starred his tweet. It was totally the same dick move that got me all lathered up in the first place, which, by rights makes me a dick, too. Like that’s a surprise.
I probably offended...
If I Were a Running for Office...
I wouldn’t be focusing on Rand Paul’s remarks about race — not because they weren’t abhorrent, which they were, but because they were textbook libertarianism and, as such, the retorts are textbook liberalism. He said he’s not a racist but he wouldn’t intercede in a company’s business. It’s absolutely awful, but it’s hardly like he came down on the...
Totally Post-Modern First-World Hyphen-Hyphen...
Version 1 Her: Sometimes I wish I would have just married a doctor who would take care of me so I don’t have to work. Me: So do I.
Version 2 Her: Why can’t you be rich so I could just go to the gym all day and drive around in my Range Rover like a trophy wife? Me: If I get rich, I get to sleep around. Those are the rules. Her: Fine, whatever — just so long as I don’t have to...
Sugar Daddies
Several of you have said that “sugar daddies” is the male equivalent of a “cougar,” but I disagree: the implication of a sugar daddy is that, in exchange for sex and companionship, he will give a level of security and/or financial stability (really, it’s a term that in my opinion reflects as poorly, if not more poorly, on women than it does on men); there’s no...
One thing I find interesting about the “older” question is the differences in “acceptable” ranges for men vs. women. My wife is older than I am by three years (four years if you’re going by high school graduation). I still get guys, especially the good-old boy variety, who say “Oooh, older woman!” When you have relationships that are a lot further apart,...
Michael Bolton: That is the worst app idea I’ve ever heard, Paul. Samir: Yes, this is horrible, this app idea.
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In Which the HuffPo Business Model is Revealed as...
newsweek:
Here’s Arianna Huffington in an interview with Evan Smith (thanks, Nieman Lab!) on what the unpaid people who write for the Huffington Post get out of the deal. Apparently, HuffPo’s strategy is to monetize the fact that most of their writers have never heard of Tumblr:
We pay them in visibility. We pay them in that we provide the infrastructure, the community, the civil environment...
Lazy Request for Designers, UI/UXG Folks, and...
Hi there, dudes. I’m having a meeting soon to talk some major brand identity and style manual nerdery. I have a small collection of that kind of stuff I’ve worked on in the past, but I love to bring as many samples as possible.
Do any of you have examples of Brand Identity books, style manuals, usability manuals, or anything similar that it would not go outside of your NDA(s) to...
My Eurosport Summer
I do enjoy the sporting events, whether they be football, handegg, fuzzy balls, men in spandex, what have you.
This summer, I will be particularly pleased with my world sport-loving self.
In eight days, the French Open starts. It lasts until June 6.
After a quick week off, the World Cup gets under way.
Ten days later, Wimbledon starts. Its final is on the Fourth of July, which means I will...
On compliments
I hope this doesn’t come across as callous because I mean it as anything but that.
There are very few people I’ve ever met who don’t concern themselves more with the compliments they don’t get than the compliments they do get. Pretty people always want to be respected. Smart people wish they were sexy, or debonair, or “cool.” I’ve been “nice”...
Phone Call with My Mom
Mom: Hi Honey! I need to mail you guys an anniversary gift before I forget. I didn’t have your zipcode but I looked it up online on the Internet.
Me: Great!
Mom: So it’s going to [address redacted] and—
Me: Actually, that’s the wrong street number. It’s [redacted].
Mom: Oh! I’m glad I asked!
So, blab blab blab blab…
[five minutes passes]
Well, I know...
The 50 Greatest Hip-Hop Samples Of All Time →
yowhatsthehaps:
sassyfontaine:
brain-food:
austinkleon:
Have mercy, this is sweet.
Words cannot express the joy my ears are having.
I AM IN NERD HEAVEN OVER HERE OMG
Well, now I know how I’ll be spending my weekend.
sokeri asked: something about fitting all the dishes in the dishwasher has always bothered me. how do they get clean if if they're all stacked and smooshed together like that? shouldn't there be enough space for the water and the detergent to get in there and do their thing?
ungracefulme asked: What's up, Assface? It's been a while.
Question: Why are dudes so okay with sitting in their own stank?
Question: Why are dudes so okay with sitting in their own stank?
paulewogblog asked: How can one tell if he(or she) is an ignorant slut or not?
-1984-deactivated20120416 asked: I apologize for filling your ask hole with weak come-ons and sexist jokes that gave you little material to work with.
How are your cookie crumbles?
How are your cookie crumbles?
digthecat asked: How do you pronounce @&%$&@!?
-1984-deactivated20120416 asked: I've never seen you in the same room as my husband either AND he's a real asshole about the dishwasher. Never does the dishes, bitches about the loading of the dishwasher. Wasn't there some sort if 80's movie about cloned men?
"What do you do if your dishwasher stops working? Slap her ass and tell her to get back to work!"
Ahem.
"What do you do if your dishwasher stops working? Slap her ass and tell her to get back to work!"
Ahem.
fuiru asked: Silpat baking sheets. They are the answer to your cookie-sticking problems. Seriously, never make another cookie until you get a Silpat baking sheet.
Crap, I need to ask a question now, don't I? Erm, what's your favourite palindrome?
Crap, I need to ask a question now, don't I? Erm, what's your favourite palindrome?
luckyshirt asked: Your avatar makes you look like that guy from Star Trek: First Class or whatever the hell it was called.
The guy that wore the hair clip thing over his eyes.
Anyway I was told there would be coffee at this meeting.
Yours forever,
Anonymous
The guy that wore the hair clip thing over his eyes.
Anyway I was told there would be coffee at this meeting.
Yours forever,
Anonymous
lafix asked: It's like you know nothing about cookies at all.
Ask yourself a question. I'm too busy thinking of an entire pan of wasted cookies.
Ask yourself a question. I'm too busy thinking of an entire pan of wasted cookies.
acrazymomslife asked: Hey are you related to my husband? he knows everthing too! What a coincidence! that and why do I find you so amusing?
mikerastiello asked: When I put the clean dishes away I put the measuring cup with its cousins (the drinking cups). This pisses Ali off to no end. Which is why I continue to do this.
Is this funny, or me being a dick? I think it's hilarious.
Is this funny, or me being a dick? I think it's hilarious.
