The Daily George
Cute, isn't he?
Not when he gets stuck in the office while I'm out and takes a
whacking great dump on the couch, he isn't. But like, "it's not his
fault", or something.
The little fucker.
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November 30, 2008
November 28, 2008
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I could link to the original post, but it's a bit flaky, so here's Kottke's excerpt from it, with all the important information present and correct. Very funny. And at least some of it is true.
November 25, 2008
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Absolutely beautiful double-sided map of Joss Whedon's Firefly/Serenity Universe. WANT.
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Jeff Bridges took some really nice on-set/insider photos while filming Iron Man. And here they are.
Weird Fishes by Tobias Stretch
One of the winners of the Aniboom Animation Contest For Radiohead's In Rainbows. I'm filing it under the "weird, but good" category. I don't like it as much as the House Of Cards one that was made with lasers, but it's definitely on a par with the one for Reckoner by Clement Picon, a previous winner in the same contest..
I'm really looking forward to the next videos in this contest/series, for 15 Step and Videotape, due to hit later today and on Friday, here.
November 24, 2008
RIP Bob:
Well it finally happened, the inevitable, Bob, my trusty goldfish, has died.
Poor old Bobser. He was 5 years old, that must be about a million in Goldfish years.
We "buried" him in a toilet paper coffin (only the best) in a plant pot outside the house.
May he rest in peace and not get dug up and eaten by a cat.
November 22, 2008
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Great new t-shirt shop based in the UK. I love the "Rewind" one.
November 21, 2008
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Krist Novoselic explains exactly why it was he decided to throw his bass in the air and then catch it with his face.
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JAck Handley's plan, to rob a bank: "The guard must bend over to tie his shoes and somehow he gets all the shoelaces tied together. He can?t get them apart, so he takes out his gun and shoots all his bullets at the knot. But he misses. Then he just lies down on the floor and goes to sleep". And it gets better.
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I agree! Plus: *Awesome* new mascot for Twitter.
November 19, 2008
Eventech Dublin - RDS
Awesome.
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This is probably the best (and certainly one of the longest) lists I've linked to. It's an awesome read though. I can't disagree with any of their choices really, but I would have placed Gollum higher than #10, and Aragorn would have been in there somewhere too.
November 18, 2008
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WANT. Seriously, who doesn't want one of these?
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Stunning. When he says "I?d especially recommend that you check out the two small strips below" he ain't kidding. If an "Art of Wall-E" book comes out I'm totally buying it (and whenever I get a coffee table, it will immediately collapse under the strain of all my coffee-table books)
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This looks like it's really going to rock. The only problems I can see are that I can't see John Cho (Sulu) as anyone other than Harold, I can't see Zachary Quinto (Spock) as anyone other than Sylar, and Simon Pegg isn't Scottish. If I can suspend those initial disbelief's, I may like this more than II, IV, VI, and VIII. Here's hoping. Fingers crossed. Pray to Jebus.
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Stunning. I really want to get this, but 1) I don't have $200 to spend on an ornament (or do I...?), and 2) Nikki would under no circumstances allow me to put it anywhere in the house. This is why I need a garden, so I can have a garden shed, to put stuff like this in there.
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OMG OMG OMG! I've never said this before, but MUST-HAVE TOASTER ALERT!
November 17, 2008
To Bang Or Not To Bang:
So it's come to the time when Babs needs a haircut, again. I was going to go short again, but really I don't want to have to be arsed getting up a whole ten minutes earlier than normal to GHD the life out of my hair because it was too short to allow it to curl up, as in, I had an afro, and it wasn't pretty.
When I was in Perth the lovely Teeny did my hair for me twice, in her "salon" which was basically the room in the hostel we were all staying in, but she gave me the best haircuts I have ever had, and now I am mildly scared. Also I am thinking of going fringey or "getting bangs" again. People keep telling me it was nicer. But also, it's a hassle. When it rains I have this curly sue thing going on at the front of my head, I don't really like the feel of hair on my face, even though I got used to it eventually, all I know is thank fook I am not going to "The Butcher" who cut my fringe really short and then feathered it, so
what do you think?
Bangs? Or no Bangs?
(PS: Becca if they butcher my mane I am holding you responsible as you
recommended this place, and you know how scared I am of hairdressers!!)
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Responding to recent events on Earth, God, the omniscient creator-deity worshipped by billions of followers of various faiths for more than 6,000 years, angrily clarified His longtime stance against humans killing each other Monday [The Onion, of course]
These (Shoe) Boots Are Made For Walking
Owwwww….owww!
So yes I know you are not really supposed to do much while wearing really high shoes that contort your ankles and feet into weird positions, but I had to, wear them I mean. To a christening, to the afters of the christening, to the pub (where I took them off for a while) and then for a bit of standing and dancing….I didn’t think they would kill so much, because they didn’t the last time, because they are well made, and were expensive (before I bought them on sale! Mwah-ha-ha-ha!) but owwwww. Pain.
I did manage to get my picture in the paper though, whoop whoop.
When will I…will I be famous…I can’t answer, I can’t answer that, when will I get my picture in the paaaaaaper…I can’t answer…I can’t answer that” I was papped, I hope they photoshop out my spot now, if its printed I suppose I’ll scan it in to show you me in all my glory, or whatever.
I think my ankles are now broken officially because of them. But they are sooo pretty. (And everyone said how tall I looked as well!)
November 14, 2008
My Good Friend:
Today, one year ago, I was just after getting into my teeny car outside Matt and Nikki's and was about to pull off when my phone rang, my friend E's name was on the screen and I hadn't spoken to her in ages so was expecting a good old chin wag, when I said hello all I could hear was her sobbing. So was I seconds later. She had called to tell me that earlier on that day, our friend Peter had died. He had taken his own life. His parents had found him in the apartment he had shared with his girlfriend until 2 weeks previously when they had split up. He was supposed to be moving to Portugal in three days time. But he didn't.
I didn't run into the house crying, I was so calm. I think I didn't believe that it was true, or I didn't want to believe that someone who had been the source of a lot of my laughter since I had known them was gone. I didn't want to believe that he would do this, that he would willingly do something like this. He was such a happy person...and what about us? What about all of the people that he had left behind? I asked this question to no one as I drove home in a daze, what about us?
I didn't run into the house crying, I was so calm. I think I didn't believe that it was true, or I didn't want to believe that someone who had been the source of a lot of my laughter since I had known them was gone. I didn't want to believe that he would do this, that he would willingly do something like this. He was such a happy person...and what about us? What about all of the people that he had left behind? I asked this question to no one as I drove home in a daze, what about us?
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"Empowered Patient asked four experts -- all medical doctors -- what supplements they take every day. Their lists may surprise you -- they all take at least two supplements -- some take three or four or more"
November 13, 2008
Phew! (Ish)
I always convince myself that I have no money, it's worked it the past when I have been trying to save, and save I did. I know it's stupid, I am 25, I shouldn't be afraid to check my bank balance, but sometimes it's scary, especially when I came back from Australia and hadn't a bean, well I had some, but not as much as I would have liked really.
See I want to go away again in January, I am not sure where yet, just somewhere for a while, I am thinking New Zealand, I really should get my arse into gear and book some tickets somewhere really, but I had been too scared to check my account to even see whether or not I had anything.
So tonight ladies and gentlemen, I did it, I checked it, for the first time in (cringe) 4 months. And it's doing fine. I was hoping for a bigger amount, maybe it would be more if I wasn't so blase about it at times when I see something nice that I like and just say "fuck it I am buying this" but I won't be doing that anymore. I haven't got the space anyway, and I don't really need anything either. So hopefully come January I will have enough money to get myself around wherever I go without having to live like a total pikey.
(Maybe if I hadn't bought all of those shorts when I was in Australia...what was I thinking!?)
See I want to go away again in January, I am not sure where yet, just somewhere for a while, I am thinking New Zealand, I really should get my arse into gear and book some tickets somewhere really, but I had been too scared to check my account to even see whether or not I had anything.
So tonight ladies and gentlemen, I did it, I checked it, for the first time in (cringe) 4 months. And it's doing fine. I was hoping for a bigger amount, maybe it would be more if I wasn't so blase about it at times when I see something nice that I like and just say "fuck it I am buying this" but I won't be doing that anymore. I haven't got the space anyway, and I don't really need anything either. So hopefully come January I will have enough money to get myself around wherever I go without having to live like a total pikey.
(Maybe if I hadn't bought all of those shorts when I was in Australia...what was I thinking!?)
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"When a particle accelerator reaches the end of the road, the physicists hold a wake for its death ... What happens next is less certain"
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One of the best posts on The Big Picture so far. Absolutely stunning. Antarctica is probably the most naturally beautiful place on Earth.
November 12, 2008
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Awesome. (Scala & Kolacny Brothers)
November 11, 2008
Why?
Why is it that when I have been sitting here for now FIVE hours waiting for the stupid "system" to start working it starts to work a mere 3 minutes before my lunch time, which now means that I have to work through, greatness n't.
November 10, 2008
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Don't sneak up on a brother (animated .gif)
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"He took Michelle to see the Spike Lee film Do The Right Thing on their first date, He hates the youth trend for trousers which sag beneath the backside, He uses an Apple Mac laptop, He has his hair cut once a week by his Chicago barber, Zariff, who charges $21, He plans to install a basketball court in the White House grounds" And many, many more.
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"More Americans are arrested each year for simple marijuana possession than for all violent crimes combined"
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Your Argument Is Irrelevant.
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OMG. (photos)
Feel Good Music
Every time I hear this it transports me back to Perth, sitting on the "gossiping seat" with my friend Laura drinking El Cheapo Beer and a bit of a chair dance (mainly pretending we were drumming), gossiping about everything, telling each other our life stories and laughing a lot.
Today, the cold, wet, windy and basically miserable day that it was, I really fucking wished I was there, just even for ten minutes, but alas it was not to be. I am going to Manchester at the end of this month to see her and I can't wait, roll on the 27th. Whoop whoop! (PS: I really hope this embedded because as you all probably know, I am pretty much retarded at anything computery!)
November 9, 2008
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A real-life version of the Photoshop window. Fantastic work. I love the Color box, the swatches and the layer box.
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My favourite has to be "No Country For Old Men In Black", followed closely by "Gone With The Wind In Sixty Seconds"
November 7, 2008
Ultimate Power Mullet FTW!
Houston...We Have A Problem:
Oh holy moley!
I think I have issues with Purple Snacks (Cadburys). I am now newly addicted.
I was just looking in the mirror while waiting to go pee and noticed this new "mole" on my neck, only it wasn't a mole, it was melted chocolate from my Purple Snack Binge earlier, help me, help me now. How long had that been on me, circa 2 hours and no one had told me.
November 6, 2008
What's In A Name:
I discovered yesterday evening that my name was the name originally chosen for me and now I am wondering would it have made a difference to who I am, if I was called something different. I know my "boy" name was going to be Luke, but I never knew about the other girl options - Edith, Deborah, Judith....hmm. I can see me as an Edith, or an Edie, but not a Debbie, or Deb, or D, or Judy, or anything else.
It's not like many of my friends even call me by my (ahem) real name even, they all have names for me, or use terms of endearment, or nothing, but trying to imagine them calling me "Debbie" or "Judy" is just too weird. Also Judy is a bit of an old lady name I think. Thank jebus for my Daddy who said he didn't like those names, and even though my name was the most "popular" (ie: common as muck) name for just about all of the 1980's and is top of the polls yet again, I like it, it is a good normal but not boring name, and it is me.
PS: My friend had a baby boy on Monday who as of yet has no name, hence the conversation with my Mammy, boy name ideas will be greatly appreciated, I like Conan, as in the Barbarian, not for my old child though, for someone elses.
Either Our Cleaner...
...has a coin fetish, or just got really, really bored.
November 5, 2008
Sometimes I Wish I Paid More Attention:
I was browsing a jobs website, for jobs like, and saw this one that I thought, hey that would suit me in a closet nerdy way (it was for a library person in a university blah blah) so I am there dreaming away at lunch saying things like "finally a job where I get to see people and talk to people and see people, as in actual humans, not just see the blue horrible sound board thing, the Students would hate me because I would be the one fining them their drinking money for returning books late, I could say "shhhhh" all the time and people would pay attention, or they would get the boot outta my bibliotheque, I could wear my groovy geek chic clothes, it would be in the city centre, and well basically it would be a lot more interesting than what I am doing now, which is mostly nothing and then sometimes when there is something to do, I wing it on SAP and then I faff about on a website which is a "tool" for work, while simultaneously arsing about hoping for the best (ie: that they dont check my internet usage!!) and the money was brilliant, then I copped that it was only 4 hours per day, how crap, yet again my dreams have been shattered. Damn.
Maybe I should apply anyway, it would give me an excuse to go back and study something that I havent decided on.
Does anyone know if they have Careers Guidance Counsellers for adults who should really know better at this stage?
Short Skirts:
I have just been told I am the first "woman" (*in my mind I am a girl...not yet a woman..as Britters would say) where I work to wear a skirt so short. It is mig thigh. I don't get it. I work in the office of a factory. I have been wolf whistled by the losers downstairs on more than one occasion (note - I think they are losers because they wolf whistled, not because they work in a factory, they probably actually get paid more than me). Anyway, they have wolf whistled me when I was wearing trousers before. Today, in the canteen they looked at me, as if they had never seen a "woman" before. I am wearing tights and everything, really thick black ones. You cannot even see the skin colour underneath. Hmm. People really confuse me. Last week while wearing the same skirt in a different colour I was told I looked "edible" by a totally straight woman, and also "very Mary Quant" by another, but today I am a slut, because the factory lads whistled.
If only they had seen me when I was in Australia in my mini dresses and super short shorts.
Still not as bad as my own sister (yes Becca) telling me I looked "very provocative" in a black skirt with a red shirt yesterday.
I am wearing tracksuit bottoms into work from now on. Like them downstairs.
November 3, 2008
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Interesting Halloween squash carving.
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