Month: October 2003
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Exasperated Co-worker: “I’m writing up some documentation for the new website administrator trying to explain how to update our site. And do you know what? Only one f***ing thing automatically updates! Seventy-five percent of this information already exists on our other sites but there’s no integration!”Me: “I know… What’s the one thing that works?”Her: “The…
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Another positive article on the Atkins Diet from today’s Sydney Morning Herald. Those of us who’ve actually taken the time to read his books will notice a glaring error though – “Atkins dieters are instructed to begin by eliminating all carbohydrates from their diet.” Wrong! I actually sent a letter to the editor to clarify.…
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Kristy vs. the Birds Round 1: On our way home from work yesterday, Kevin and I were barreling down the highway when I noticed a pigeon dawdling in the road up ahead. “Better move little birdie!” I joked, fully expecting the bird to fly off any second. Suddenly WHUMP! Pigeon carcass flew past Kevin’s window.…
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Expats Against Bush. Excellent. Count me in.
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Major Glitter thread purge! The site sure loads faster, but unfortunately all the lovely Halloween discussions are gone. 🙁
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“I’m a goth and I vote.” I honestly fell for this one until I got to the line about Prozac. (Link courtesy of Graham.)
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New poll! It’s two hours til the big Halloween party and you don’t have a costume. What’s the best last-minute option?
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The iTunes Music Store has sold 1 million songs in 3.5 days. Alas, not one of them was to me. Anybody in the US mind if I switch my credit card address to your house? In other products-I-desperately-want-but-can’t-get-my-mits-on news, the Snook has made great strides with our homegrown “TiFaux” DVR project. We’re using this system…
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The Ageless Project. Pretty pointless, but once I saw the lack of March 1977 blogs, I just had to add myself.
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Holy crap. I was reading this interview with Mercedes McNab (aka Harmony from Buffy) when I came across this little nugget: James “Spike” Marsters is 41 years old! Whoa. He certainly doesn’t look it. Maybe he is a vampire. (Link courtesy of J.Go.)