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did somebody say theremin?

Posted on February 10, 2009
there's cool.there's really cool.then, there's what could quite possibly be the epitome of cool: covering gnarls barkley on a theremin.

News Crack Smokers Can Use: February 10, 2009

Posted on February 10, 2009
thanks to certain non-crack-related entertainments, i was a little late in getting this week's News up. however, while i was busy hacking, lockpicking, and hanging out with Firefly and friends, crack smokers were busy smoking crack and doing colossally silly things as a result...

i loved this song in high school, but didn't understand it yet.

Posted on February 10, 2009
"work song"by caroline's spineit's another early morningsun came up without a warningi never do nothing til i'm showered and cleangot my pagergot my cuffsa matching tie should be enoughi never leave the house without something to eatan early riser by genetictake the stairs cause i'm athleticalways at the office before anyone elsei take my faxes to be copiedgrab a doughnutgrab some coffeepicture a diploma sitting on my shelfthe monotony is killing meand i try to deny this corporate lobotomyi need a suit of armor for a meetingknow i'm gonna take a beatingunderstaffed and my department's in a crunchbudget has become a hassleboss is ripping me a new assholesays he wants an answer on his desk before lunchafternoon things don't look betterphone machine is breaking recordsfive hundred messages from who knows wherestaying late 'cause i'm a beginnercall my girlfriend cancel dinnersays she thinks i'm having an office affairthe end of day there's no solutionface the traffic air pollutionput a smile on my face i didn't get firedback at home to clear my headi grab a drinkfall into bedforty more years until i get to retirethe monotony is killing meand i try to deny this corporate lobotomy

i'm not dead!

Posted on February 10, 2009
i am back from shmoocon. it was amazing. i'll talk about it more later, when i'm not half-asleep.there should be News Crack Smokers Can Use today. i have been delayed in writing it...unlike the crack smokers, who have not delayed in smoking crack and doing stupid crack-related things...

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*cracks up*

Posted on February 05, 2009
Rob: "mad pimpin' is relevant to my interests."

xkcdftwredux

Posted on February 04, 2009
math: it works, bitches.i think i have a new phrase for my lexicon.

clay! and beer! clay and beer!

Posted on February 04, 2009
anyone in Chicago want to go to Cocktails and Clay on February 13? it's at the hyde park art center...and you can drink beer and play with clay! i think i've played with clay once since middle school, so this sounds absurdly exciting to me.there's also a dance party and some art exhibitions...

musings on kirk cameron

Posted on February 03, 2009
more proof that i have weird friends:shaph: do trivia tonightme: i can't. i have a hackerspace meeting.7-9pmshaph: bah!k nicolleme: sorry, this isn't irc ;-)you don't have ops herei'd probably get a nice swift !k in the ass if i missed the meeting tonight, thoughshaph: you're getting a !k in the ass when you get home theni learned that improves relationships from "Fireproof"me: who died and made you Kirk Cameron?shaph: ...

stepping into bubble gum. worse.

Posted on February 03, 2009
christoph niemann's lego renditions of various new york-y things are whimsical and brilliant.

it's not news, it's chicagotribune.com

Posted on February 03, 2009
i saw this on the front page of chicagotribune.com today:WHY IS THIS NEWS????? this is a large public statue in a large public place. large public statues in large public places get vandalized. it doesn't matter how many cops the city schedules to walk around that pointless eyesore instead of to address real crime...

there's even seamen hanging from the chandelier!

Posted on February 03, 2009
Paul and Storm and Jonathan Coulton are playing in Chicago on Saturday, February 28, at the Park West.i am going. does anyone else want to go with me and enjoy a geeky night of music and...geekiness?

super bowl ad goodness

Posted on February 02, 2009
i don't care all that much about the super bowl. however, i always like seeing the ads. insertnamehere2 suggested that we post our favourite super bowl ads, so here go the two that i saw that made me crack up:first, we've got ed mcmahon and mc hammer's cash4gold...

dear lord, i pray to get the port right on my ssh tunnel...

Posted on February 02, 2009
i saw this video linked off of hack a day today, and it was so WTF that i had to post it here:i went to the website, hoping that it was some kind of elaborate joke. the best part is that it is not: sunset.cc is, in fact, a church website.

News Crack Smokers Can Use: February 2, 2009

Posted on February 02, 2009
every week, as i scour the seedy depths of the intertubes to bring you the week's stupidest crack smokers, i think i've seen it all. every week, i am proven wrong. if you're not a crackhead, take pleasure in the fact that you're not as stupid as these people...

back to the STL...

Posted on February 02, 2009
i am going to st. louis later this month. i haven't been back there since i moved to chicago last may, and it has been way too long since i've seen everyone down there.i'm going to fly down there friday evening, february 20, and leave sunday evening, february 22...

another reason Rob kicks ass

Posted on February 01, 2009
me: i'm printing another proof to see which ones i like better: the black bars, or the grey bars.Rob: [in his best Electric Six voice] i wanna take you to a grey bar!

i'm going to the science store

Posted on January 31, 2009
foofy and i are heading out in about fifteen minutes to go meet up with a bunch of pumping station: one people and raid american science and surplus. i can't wait...i keep hearing how awesome this store is. i've looked at the website, and the store stocks a plethora of weird and wonderful items...

caving to the pressures of teh interwebstubes...

Posted on January 30, 2009
the twenty-five things meme has been going around facebook like wildfire, and i've been tagged several times. here goes nothing--twenty-five facts about me.i won't tag anyone for it. if you want to share twenty-five things about yourself, go ahead. if not, then don't...

what bull.

Posted on January 30, 2009
i love stupid exam essay humour. today, snopes discussed some of it, and posted a few quotes from a stupid exam essay book from 1946. there is a lot of funny stuff in there, but one of them is just above and beyond hilarious. i think i found my new favourite stupid exam essay quote:"Martin Luther died a horrible death...

please don't eat the crack.

Posted on January 30, 2009
my dearly beloved google users,lately, i've been getting more hits than i can count for the terms can you eat crack. i have gotten at least three in the last day alone. the examples in News Crack Smokers Can Use must not be clear enough, so i'll address the issue in a bit more detail...

i won't cry wolf.

Posted on January 30, 2009
i probably listened to this song about ten times at work today:it's "planets" by adema, and it's absolutely gorgeous. it's a lot softer than a lot of their other stuff, but i can't stop listening.

bleeping golden

Posted on January 29, 2009
this is state senator James Meeks. a few moments ago, he just summed up the impeachment proceedings against Rod Blagojevich perfectly:"we have this thing called impeachment, and it's bleeping golden, and we've used it the right way."i could not have said it better myself, Senator Meeks.

blago speech liveblog

Posted on January 29, 2009
this is my liveblog of rod blagojevich's closing argument at his senate trial. it isn't very coherent, but it's the random thoughts and rants that popped into my head in response to things he said.wow...Blagojevich just started his speach by saying that he spent the last couple days trying to "talk to as many as people as possible about my desire to be here and speak in front of you...

time's up...stand up...and face the muzak...

Posted on January 29, 2009
according to the latest Standard and Poor's rating, Muzak Holdings LLC has a credit rating of CCC-, with a negative outlook. in non-finance terms, that basically means that they're vulnerable to start defaulting on paying back their debt, and are unlikely to stay current on their obligations if economic conditions aren't favourable...

yucky.

Posted on January 29, 2009
last night, i dreamt that i was at work. i dreamt that a new lawyer was working in the office next to me as an Of Counsel--specifically, the lead singer of Duran Duran. in the dream he had gotten very old and weathered, but he still thought he was hot stuff and a consummate ladies' man, and was hitting on me to no end...

thanks, masturbation!

Posted on January 28, 2009
i am reading a case about motorboats, and all i can think of are big, motorboatin' tits.and, no, that link does not go to the latest issue of juggs. sorry. it does, however, go to the "boobies" episode of midwest teen sex show. it's a podcast that's half sex-ed, half hilarity--and completely awesome and addictive...

rod for us? DO NOT WANT.

Posted on January 27, 2009
today's chainsawsuit hits the nail on the head.

suckers indeed.

Posted on January 26, 2009
i'm in the chicago bar association choir. last week, we were practicing one of our songs, Abe Lincoln's campaign song from 1860. there's a line that refers to Lincoln as "the pride of the suckers", and the following conversation ensued:director: does anyone know what "suckers" refers to?[random babbling from the choir, but no answers...

europe != near me

Posted on January 26, 2009
dear last.fm,you are playing me a song by The Rasmus, who i love, and then you tell me that there are "events by this artist near you." you then proceed to list three upcoming concerts: in copenhagen, berlin, and hamburg.in other words, stop being such a tease...

News Crack Smokers Can Use: January 26, 2009

Posted on January 26, 2009
i've peeled seven more pages off of my Wicked Sweet Crack Cookie Of The Day calendar, which makes it time again to delve through the depths of the interwebstubes to find the stupidest things people have done in the name of crack. if you're not a crackhead, take pleasure in the fact that you're not as stupid as these people...

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