* Zynga Inc announced on Monday its biggest ever round of layoffs and warned of weak bookings for the current quarter, raising doubts about the social game developer’s attempt at a recovery. *yes, the whole point of this post was to get that Sheldon pun out!!! of my brain. *shakes head* *wanders off*
halp? My pal’s laptop died. She replaced it with a tablet and just wants it gone but is afeared that there is personal info on the laptop that she doesn’t want “out there.” What’s the best [and most fun] way to destroy that old laptop?
summahhhhhh! It’s gonna be 100° this weekend, here, and was 98° last Sat. …at a garden party… with no trees… Which means it’s time for *drumroll* Earl Grey Ice 1.25 quarts pretty darn warm H2O [not boiling!] 12-14 Earl Grey tea bags [I use half decaf -- but I'm just a pansy] 3/4 cup fresh [...]
Preference Cascade? The Anchorage Assembly’s power over public testimony to the body: Richard Evans [was allowed] to testify early, because Evans was taking time off from one of his three jobs to testify Tuesday. Evans, a painter with dried paint on his hands, said his right to free speech was something his pilot father fought [...]
Apparently this is not embeddable, but it’s a quick load and it made me giggle. *clicky*clicky*
Life — it’s Amazing! OR *clicky*clicky*
they’re out there… OR *clicky*clicky* More on Tyler Wilson and here and here. Here Wilson ‘splains dihydrogen monoxide to a fish out of water:
and Delicious …Racism is a resource and like every other resource, it’s in danger of running out. We hit Peak Racism decades ago. Peak Sexism peaked even earlier. Even Peak Homophobia peaked a while back. The cool kids are trying to push Islamophobia while peddling worn copies of Edward Said’s Orientalism that the campus book [...]
TV We caught this little movie last nite: The Seige Anyone seen it? Not particularly good; just eerily prescient….
what, now? NASA’s Langley Research Center has collated data proving that “greenhouse gases” actually block up to 95 percent of harmful solar rays from reaching our planet, thus reducing the heating impact of the sun. whaaa????? NASA’s Langley Research Center instruments show that the thermosphere not only received a whopping 26 billion kilowatt hours of [...]
right out loud Maher on his show, “whateveritis” [4/19/13], interviewing Brian Levy, the director of the Center for the Study of Hate & Extremism [helluva career choice, Briiiian] at California State University in San Bernardino about the Boston Bombers [no, not the roller skating team]: MAHER: …I mean, if you read what the older brother [...]
*head*desk*head*desk*remedy!* Nooz you can uze. “Pain extends beyond tissue damage and hurt feelings, and includes the distress and existential angst we feel when we’re uncertain or have just experienced something surreal. Regardless of the kind of pain, taking Tylenol seems to inhibit the brain signal that says something is wrong,” So does bourbon, Buddy… so [...]
Safe for TV mebbe not so much for work… OR *clicky*clicky*
bullpoo flinging Rep. Doug Lamborn (R) of Colorado began quoting from what he said was an unclassified version of the DIA report, which has not yet been made public… ‘DIA assess with moderate confidence the North currently has nuclear weapons capable of delivery by ballistic missiles. However, the reliability will be low.’ …a day ago, [...]
or – not enuff coffee …the ‘anti-drone hoodie’ [from] Stealth Wear… is a hooded shawl made of a silver-fiber material that is …”intended to thwart overhead thermal surveillance from drones.” wait for it… …they are inspired “by Muslim dress: The burqa and the scarf,” he adds. “Conceptually, these garments align themselves with the rationale behind [...]
Paraprosdakians … ParaprosdOkians 1. Where there’s a will, I want to be in it. 2. The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it’s still on my list. 3. Since light travels faster than sound, some people appear bright until you hear them speak. 4. If I agreed with you, we’d both [...]
and Quality of Life Cheap is good. Money is scarce. But sometimes it’s worth spending that extra buck. Like paper plates. Sure, I can get ‘em for .007¢ apiece. But you hafta use seven of ‘em or they become instant Dali painting and there’s your yummy dinner *pl000p* on your shoe. Why not spring for [...]
February 11, 2013 – 8:38 am
erm… [!!!] Well, it meets this CBS Standards and Practices prohibition for The Grammys…. “Please avoid sheer see-through clothing that could possibly expose female breast nipples. Please be sure the genital region is adequately covered so that there is no visible “puffy” bare skin exposure,” …“Please be sure that buttocks and female breasts are adequately [...]
