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Yes, today is my birthday. Yes, this is what my desk looks...

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:32:13 -0400

Yes, today is my birthday. Yes, this is what my desk looks like. Yes, I will be wearing an Elmo party hat for the duration of the workday.

Thanks, Joanna/Rick/Julia.

My Grandpa Jim circa 1940 (via my grandma)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:36:50 -0400

My Grandpa Jim circa 1940

(via my grandma)

"Condom ringtone launched in India"

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:39:46 -0400

"Condom ringtone launched in India":

The ‘condom a cappella’ chants “condom, condom!” in an attempt to “break down Indians’ reluctance to discuss condom use and to make wearing a condom more acceptable.”

Available at www.condomcondom.org if you want it….

thisisbk: Old CEO Me: hahaaaaa i get it. And...

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:59:07 -0400

thisisbk:

Old CEO

Me: hahaaaaa i get it. And Leinenkugel’s is delicious.

The new SI photo of Phelps is alright…but it just...

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:16:36 -0400

The new SI photo of Phelps is alright…but it just doesn’t compete with the original.

Phelps + 8 golds < Spitz + 7 golds + mustache

Why is the word "number" abreviated "No."?

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:05:58 -0400

Researchers Develop 'Eye-Camera'

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:00:35 -0400

Researchers Develop 'Eye-Camera'

Artist: Wim Delvoye

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 12:34:00 -0400

Artist: Wim Delvoye:

(Great website - Explore it for a while.)

Wim’s works include:

Tattooed stuffed pigs
A mosaic that contains hundreds of pictures of his own feces.
X-ray stained glass of people having sex
Crucifix pretzels
Laser-cut steel, Gothic dump trucks, cement mixers, Caterpillars, etc.
Circular saws and propane tanks painted like fine china
Digestive machines that eat and produce feces

(Disclaimer: Obviously, some of this stuff is unbelievably weird/NSFW but it is amazingly creative art.)

Yes We Can (be awkwarrrrrrd)

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 09:56:00 -0400

Sen. John McCain, R-Az., perhaps unknowingly, volunteered his wife for a beauty pageant on Monday that often features contestants topless — and, occasionally, without any decency — at the Sturgis, South Dakota, motorcycle rally.

“I was looking at the Sturgis schedule, and noticed that you had a beauty pageant, so I encouraged Cindy to compete,” McCain told an audience at the rally. “I told her [that] with a little luck, she could be the only woman to serve as both the First Lady and Miss Buffalo Chip.”

(work cited)

szymon: Gun Soap by Andreas Kraeftner

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 09:43:54 -0400

szymon:

Gun Soap by Andreas Kraeftner

Funny metaphors used in high school essays

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 09:29:19 -0400

Funny metaphors used in high school essays:

Literary genius - completely genuine and unpretentious.

(via ali-with-an-i)

Sen. Obama first compared himself to Paris in this Washington...

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 10:51:26 -0400

Sen. Obama first compared himself to Paris in this Washington Post article from 3 years ago. I think Obama’s original quote is self-deprecatingly funny; I think the McCain ad is embarrassingly off.

"[The Sunday Star-Ledger] is like a ham sandwich, it’s so thick, with lettuce, pickles and onion."

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 10:04:00 -0400

“[The Sunday Star-Ledger] is like a ham sandwich, it’s so thick, with lettuce, pickles and onion.”

- Columnist David Carr’s wife

The Star-Ledger is a terrific paper that delivers unbiased news - business, local, cultural, international, sports, arts - in a pleasing layout and with the professionalism of a major national paper. It would be a travesty if it were to lose both its local charm and excellent editors.

(more on the precarous situation of the Ledger from the NYT)

I bought this shirt at our local Rite Aid for $9

Sat, 02 Aug 2008 18:09:17 -0400

I bought this shirt at our local Rite Aid for $9

Rent Advice Please!

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 12:10:59 -0400

This is my first time resigning a lease in the city so I am seeking advice. I live in a 600 sq ft apartment in a 6 unit building in Astoria.

What is a reasonable yearly rent increase (percentage-wise? Is 5% reasonable?

If my landlord is trying to bump it 11% - didn’t tell me about it, just put the new figure on the new lease - is he being a dick or is that ‘just the way it goes’?

HELP!

Technology leaves kids ignorant of the existence of 'plants and animals'

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 11:23:46 -0400

Technology leaves kids ignorant of the existence of 'plants and animals':

“The study found that playing in the countryside was children’s least popular way of spending their spare time…half of youngsters aged nine to 11 were unable to identify a daddy-long-legs, oak tree, blue tit or bluebell…less than two-thirds (62 per cent) identified frogs…the newt, recognised by 42 per cent, was mistaken for a lizard”

Firstly, the last kid who ranked ‘playing in the countryside’ as their favorite activity was Laura Ingalls Wilder. Secondly, I kind of think I could identify a blue tit but I don’t think that is what they are talking about. Lastly, a newt or a lizard? Sure, the former is amphibious and the latter is reptilian but missing that one hardly qualifies as a flummoxing.

Wanted: a hobby

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:53:32 -0400

joannachristine:

Over a month ago - at my brother’s graduation party my uncle asked me “what I want to do with my life” (how appropriate). I proceeded to tell him “basically anything with people interaction - and anything EXCEPT finance”. Quite generously he offered to help me narrow down my choices - “what are your hobbies?” What ARE my hobbies? Well, I love sports - and I love competing in sports - especially soccer. But, despite intramurals in college I haven’t competitively played since November 2003 when I broke my leg slide-tackling senior year of high school - swiftly ending my career 2 games early.

Okay - so I love soccer, but it is clearly no longer a hobby. Running? I also ran winter and springtrack my 4 years of high school. Now I run a few times a week and every now and then I’ll sign up for a 5k road-race. But is it a hobby? No. It’s more for fitness than pure enjoyment and performance.

Well I love people and laughing - is that a hobby? I suppose not - what about Spanish people and things? I love the language and different cultures. Yet, still not much of a “favorite pastime” there.

Thus, I am embarking on a quarter-life crisis, soul-searching journey. I am going to utilize the big apple’s resources and take any class/lesson i can find: singing, dancing, drawing, painting, photography - until I find my match.

I WANT TO FIND SOMETHING THAT I USED TO BE INDIFFERENT TOWARDS. I WANT SOMETHING THAT MANY PEOPLE MIGHT NOT CARE ABOUT. I WANT SOMETHING THAT ONCE SEEN IN A NEW LIGHT I WON’T BE ABLE TO LIVE WITH OUT IT ANYMORE. pure passion.

Who knows - the answer could even be in joining my company soccer league after all.

Did my father (who is apparently in need of a haircut) meet...

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:23:05 -0400

Did my father (who is apparently in need of a haircut) meet Barack Obama??

IMG_8697 (via Barack Obama)

Taylor Forry’s new baby. After he found the frame...

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:51:24 -0400

Taylor Forry’s new baby.

After he found the frame abandoned and broken by the side of the road, he nursed it back to health, spent a couple of paychecks on it, and now he rides it to work. More photos and his geeked out description of his modifications here.

view of manhattan (and brooklyn) from my (boss’...

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:47:00 -0400

view of manhattan (and brooklyn) from my (boss’ boss’ boss’) office

(via my fllickr)