October 2009
14 posts
That Lousiana Justice of the Peace story pissed me off. What pisses me off even more is that in the 21st century, we’re still dicking around with words like ‘mixed-race’, ‘interracial’ or the single most hideous word in the English language, ‘miscegenation’. I don’t know if we need new words, if we need to reclaim the words we have (‘Don’t be hatin’ on miscegenatin’), or if we all just need to...
This is what happens when you forget to WRITE YOUR... →
The Guardian has been prevented from reporting parliamentary proceedings on legal grounds which appear to call into question privileges guaranteeing free speech established under the 1688 Bill of Rights.
Today’s published Commons order papers contain a question to be answered by a minister later this week. The Guardian is prevented from identifying the MP who has asked the question, what...
I am CERTAIN there is no God but when I think of the millions of years of evolution it took to create a flightless bird with wings to dip in blue cheese sauce, sweet Jesus, I WANT to believe.
“As for Liverpool, the fact that I just used the Beatles to suggest how well...”
– If you’re a fan of, ahem, ‘real’ football. You owe it to yourself to add www.runofplay.com to your RSS reader. All sports writing should be this good.
September 2009
25 posts
Let My Pee-pee Go!
I’ve been a bit behind in catching up on Tumblr, so I just saw that @paul_e_wog has made public my very private shame. Yes, my bladder is weak. It follows the nightclub policy - one in, one out.
Paul said it all much better than I will, so I’ll just say that Kirtlifter is a very fine beer, and Paul is a very fine companion to drink it with. More, please.
Rolling Stone's Top 100 Guitarists:
blanddiva11:
anotherangle:
nickdrake:
ruffianarchivebox:
fortruthisalwaysstrange:
1. Jimi Hendrix 2. Duane Allman of the Allman Brothers Band 3. B.B. King 4. Eric Clapton 5. Robert Johnson 6. Chuck Berry 7. Stevie Ray Vaughan 8. Ry Cooder 9. Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin 10. Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones 11. Kirk Hammett of Metallica 12. Kurt Cobain of Nirvana 13. Jerry Garcia of the...
“Why don’t you get a haircut? You look like a chrysanthemum.”
– P.G. Wodehouse
Whenever I feel down, reading some Wodehouse perks me right up. He knew how to write “silly” better than anyone! (via mathcat345) ARB for Plum. He was the very tippiest of the toppest.
Tesco responds to complaint they discriminate... →
I know nothing about PR, but this is genius.
Tesco said: “He hasn’t been banned. Jedis are very welcome to shop in our stores although we would ask them to remove their hoods.
“Obi-Wan Kenobi, Yoda and Luke Skywalker all appeared hoodless without ever going over to the Dark Side and we are only aware of the Emperor as one who never removed his hood.
“If Jedi walk...
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Placeholder for video I took of my wife singing along with Richard Marx while tapping out the rhythm on her Bump, complete with Gene Simmons tongue out finale, that I will NEVER EVER be allowed to post.
She has a great voice. None of your flashy overblown stuff, just the sweetest tone.
Google Voice Does Not Understand My Mum
Hi John, Not sky just starting to the client Hi, I’m just checking in on the main call phone tomorrow night. I can. My name, Hi, this is just calling to do here, just missed you and I’d love to get the mail and I’d like to come to listen to another night and okay again from tomorrow okay darling. Okay, thank you. London.
So close, Google.
I need to call my parents and tell them how lucky I was to have them.
RIP Patrick Swayze
It’s been, what, twenty years since Dirty Dancing? and I can still do this from memory.
She’s like the wind
Through my tree
She rides the night
Next to me
She leads me through moonlight
Only to burn me with the sun
She’s taken my heart
And she doesn’t know what she’s done
I feel her breath on my face
Her body close to me
Can’t look in her eyes
She’s out of my league
Just a fool to believe
I am...
NOT FUCKING COOL
angelablack:
Dear Tumblr friends:
I think I’ve established that I am a pretty rational, level-headed and fair-minded person. And so trust me when I say that DVSJR is a gigantic creep who is impinging greatly on the enjoyment of this Tumblr community amongst several women here.
He is making women feel threatened, stalked, harassed, scared, unable to sleep and feeling like they need to...
fingerpainting
blanddiva11:
Thank you for the Turing tribute via PM Gordon Brown. I cried not just for Turing but that it took so long for this moment.
The apology was prompted by an online petition on the Downin Street website. I’m proud to have been one of the 31,306 signatories.
Gordon Brown Does Something Right
Prime Minister: 2009 has been a year of deep reflection – a chance for
Britain, as a nation, to commemorate the profound debts we owe to those who
came before. A unique combination of anniversaries and events have stirred
in us that sense of pride and gratitude which characterise the British
experience. Earlier this year I stood with Presidents Sarkozy and Obama to
honour the service and the...
“It doesn’t sound as if Jaycee Dugard got to see a sports page.
Box...”
– Mark Whicker of the OC Register. When the douchepocalypse begins, he’ll be in charge.
August 2009
28 posts
Because sokeri reminded me of how great this show...
Buffy: Angel was power-freaked by that ring.
Giles: I'm afraid he was not overreacting. This ring is worn only by members of the Order of Tanaka. It's a society of deadly assassins dating back to King Solomon.
Xander: And didn't they beat the Elks this year in the Sunnydale adult bowling league championships?
Giles: Their credo is to sow discord and kill the unwary.
Xander: Bowling is a vicious game.
Giles: [snapping] That's enough, Xander!
Oh now you've done it. You've gone and revealed my auto-reblog in front of everyone. You should all resist the urge to test that theory.
Angela
I saw your post last night just before I went to sleep and I didn’t want to just heart it and say nothing more. Yes, you are nice. I’m glad I said it, and I’m glad you liked it. I’m sorry you got even a moment’s angst out of it.
It’s easy to be cynical or mean on Twitter. Think up a new way to say ‘laugh at this person for being fat and/or ugly and/or...
Because iPhone Reblogging is Just Impossible
I saw yhf did this and it seemed like a good idea. I’m fingerpainting here. Pretty much everywhere else (Twitter, Last.fm, Blip.fm, the Gmail), I’m muchty. If I’m following you here but not on Twitter (and you actually want me to follow you on Twitter), shoot me an @ reply and I’ll fix it. I’m doing all this on my phone 90% of the time and I keep finding I have...
Um. So you know all those times I said I farted in...
angelablack:
On today’s Dinobrain I learned that you have to wait a bit before farting in front of someone. Like, on a first date is totally out of the question. Which made me realize that I have essentially let you know that I farted at least a dozen times before I’ve even actually met any of you. And I can’t take them back now. First impression of me as a girl farter is already set. But maybe...
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BRAIN LONER
Your meme’s truth made me cry.
