May 2012
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Today's assignment offers ample opportunity for...
Some of us instantly revert to our inner seventh-grader.
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Abstaining from the internet until I can see the...
And since I don’t have cable, I can’t say when that’ll be.
I’ll still respond to DMs. You know where to find me.
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Go see what's up with you once the Internet is... →
atmilliways:
thelilnan:
kwhynot:
It has been a year since the internet’s demise… Rana now flips over tables in real life.
Ummmm….ok
I guess I’m cool with this
It has been a year since the internet’s demise… Nan can finally draw, but has no audience.
THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT WOULD HAPPEN 8(
It has been a year since the internet’s demise… atmilliways can now sleep in peace.
Well, um… maybe....
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I want to add some action scripts to inDesign
Things like setting a specific phrase in italics and replacing a black and white photo with a similarly slugged color version.
Can anybody point me to some good resources for writing things like that?
tentacruels:
i ain’t sayin’ she a gold-digger, but she did move west to california in 1849
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Airport terminal closed down after TSA neglects to... →
laliberty:
Do you really think this bureaucratic idiocy makes us safe?
[T]he breach occurred after a metal detector went off as the mother, carrying the baby in her arms, went through the device. The mother handed the baby to the father, who had already been screened, and then walked through again. Once the woman was cleared… the family left the checkpoint and headed to their gate.
At which...
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Sentence of the day
For many tourists visiting Amsterdam, the image endures, and smoking a joint in a canal-side coffee shop ranks high on their to-do lists, along with visiting cultural highlights like the Van Gogh Museum and Anne Frank House.
Dutch ban takes aim at foreigners buying pot (AP)
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On Friday, I edit the letters to the editor.
The amount of whargarbl I’m wading through today is insane.
I can’t even.
Some of this has to be satire.
I might link some later, even though that’s unprofessional.
Socializing is as exhausting as giving blood. People assume we loners are...
– Anneli Rufus (via airplanes)
What ingredients does it take to make you? →
hipsterizzy:
titaniumbovine:
greenflames:
Sara is made with coffee, unicorns, and neon. With a dash of Wikipedia.
actually pretty accurate????
Towbiah is made of Instrumental, singing, and determination. With a dash of explosions.
Izzy is made of coffee, spice, and Technology. With a dash of derp derp.
…I don’t like when the Interwebs knows things about me.
Six is made of Metal,...
Where Did All the Accomplished People Go? →
And why on earth do we privilege the most superficial idiocies of popular culture over more substantial fare? The answer is simple: We have lost our fascination with accomplishment.
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We are living in an everyone-is-special-and-there-are-no-losers society. As a result, we are fearful of accomplished people because they can do stuff that we cannot do, and giving them the spotlight would...
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When I become a big important hiring manager, instead of asking people why manhole covers are round or how many piano tuners New York City has, I’m going to ask them how many Corgis in American are named Ein.
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They recalibrated my monitor at work
It now hurts to look at.
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I think I prefer a trackball, anyway
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At my hourly rate, it would have been cheaper just...
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Sorting metal
If metal genres were sorted into Hogwarts Houses:
Gryffindor - power metal, traditional heavy metal, NWOBHM (New Wave Of British Heavy Metal), Viking metal
Hufflepuff - medieval metal, alternative metal, glam metal, nu-metal
Ravenclaw - progressive metal (including djent), technical death metal, mathcore, symphonic metal
Slytherin - black metal, brutal death metal, gothic metal, neoclassical...
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Great.
Boy Scouts.
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Day 2 - Something you feel strongly about
Serious answer: Our culture needs to allow for a more open dialogue with regard to sexuality, gender and personal expression. Having a safe space to explore these issues without condemnation would save many, many lives.
Tinfoil-hat answers: 1) Trig Palin is Sarah Palin’s grandson, not her son. Between her making a transcontinental flight while in “labor” and her daughter...
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Dull ache on my lower right side.
It’s equally likely to be muscular, digestive or lady parts-related.
Just strong enough to be annoying. Not strong enough to make an appointment.
WebMD, naturally, says it’s cancer.