June 2011
106 posts
Perry Vetoes Internet Sales Tax Bill →
I don’t thank Republicans. gg, Perry.
May 2011
67 posts
belly buttons on bigger girls
oreth:
file under: things i recently realized i’m attracted to.
me = bellybuttons on nice bellies
Lane Courtesy: A Driving Ethic →
Laws that require the practice of lane courtesy are helpful in that they provide a platform to promote lane courtesy and to educate the public on the benefits of this practice. As enforcement devices (like many traffic laws) they are of marginal value and they are difficult to enforce.
For lane courtesy to flourish it must be accepted as the ethical and right thing to do, not because it’s...
Of Codebreakers and Mechanical Giants →
The World War II battle of machines that sparked the beginning of the computer age
Reminded me of oreth for obvious reasons.
[macs only] open thread, hold down shift, then... →
oreth:
creaves:
HAHAHAHAHAHA
HOLY LOL
Did you know that you can do this with Expose too? Doing it with 9 windows open and watching them all shrink and move is even more interesting. Yay for QuartzExtreme+CoreGraphics
“Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us...”
– Ira Glass (via kayfabe)
I have terrible taste which makes me it difficult for me to be creative since I can’t get the approval that I desperately want to push forward… Not that I really trust Ira Glass, but is this true?
the ragbag: today in intriguing german loanwords →
ragbag:
torschlusspanik • fear of being left out
literally: “door-shutting panic.”
this was my state of emotion back when my father’s company was giving away free zeppelin rides at a corporate picnic and i went to climb aboard the dirigible (with the secret intention of zeppelin-jacking it and…
Ganbatte! (Do your best!) →
quick vent
My boss thinks I’m an idiot. My managers think I’m an idiot. I’ve not been recognized as being relatively intelligent my whole life, but I’m not too stupid. It’s partly an act to shirk responsibility, it’s partly my inability to take anything seriously and a big part is that I do a good job at living up to expectations in this respect. I’m no genius,...