March 2009
29 posts
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-3-29) →
The Thermals (43)
Cursive (42)
The Gaslight Anthem (20)
Sebadoh (15)
Frightened Rabbit (14)
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We're putting the clocks back tonight.
mabelmoments:
Well, everyone but me, because I never put mine forward in the first place. Yes, i’ve spent the last 5 months having to add an hour everytime I checked my watch.
We’re putting the clocks forward tonight, but I didn’t change the clock in my car six months ago. For the next couple of weeks, the time will be right, but it will confuse me.
So, This Bird Walks Into a Store…
rachell:
A seagull in Scotland has developed the habit of stealing chips from a neighborhood shop.
He waits until the shopkeeper isn’t looking, and then walks into the store and grabs a snack-size bag of cheese Doritos.
Once outside, the bag gets ripped open and shared by other birds.
The seagull’s shoplifting started early this month when he first swooped into the store in Aberdeen,...
Appleton — Scream It Out
I vaguely remember...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-3-15) →
Dropkick Murphys (47)
The Anniversary (29)
Cursive (14)
The Receiving End of Sirens (13)
The Dismemberment Plan (12)
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Man torches mobile home to escape ghosts →
up-schist-creek:
Full report to follow once the local Fire InSpectre has a look at the scene.
In a statement released to the press, the man’s parents said, “We are very proud of the can-do spirit demonstrated by our son.”
People skills
There was a presentation at work today, about a new system we’re introducing. There were 16 of our people there and two external guys were there to do the presentation. Before they started, they asked us to go around the room and say our name and what department we were in, for their benefit. The presentation lasted about two hours, mostly them talking and some of us chipping in with...
Two things that always do it for me
-When a girl pulls all her hair around her neck and has it sitting over one shoulder
-When a girl wears a dress or a skirt over jeans
They’re not the only two things, but I saw both of these today. They get me every time.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-3-8) →
The Gaslight Anthem (28)
Cursive (27)
Nada Surf (21)
Girl Talk (14)
Far (12)
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Coffee taster's tongue insured for $14M →
up-schist-creek:
pterodactyls:
up-schist-creek:
But truly, no dollar amount can espresso the true value of his ability.
Wow, that’s a latte cash. What are the grounds for the insurance claim? What if he’s found to have bean lying?
I’ll have to let those questions percolate in my head a bit, lest I be accused au lait-ziness in my thinking.
Experts say they’ve never known a body part...
I thought seahorses were fictional creatures until...
Truck full of light bulbs hijacked in California →
up-schist-creek:
Police are still baffled as to exactly watt happened.
Truck driver Phil, a mentor to many of the younger drivers in the company, was said to be incandescent with rage after the incident.
Man discovers human teeth in new wallet →
up-schist-creek:
Representatives for Wal-Mart say they do not expect this story to cause a dentin sales.
While police try to get to the root of the mystery, store manager states that the failure to make the sale is a “tough loss to handle”.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-3-1) →
The Gaslight Anthem (65)
Built to Spill (26)
The Rolling Stones (21)
Cursive (21)
…And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead (14)
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That’s What →
nostrich:
matthewb
Creative use of Twitter’s API by Zac White to track all status updates that were replied to with the phrase “that’s what she said”.
Brilliant.
This is going to be huge.
