Morbo Will Destroy You

I believe the Internet was created solely to bring us this.

Wed, 14 Sep 2011 17:03:51 -0700

I believe the Internet was created solely to bring us this.

Yep, that’s how I want to live. via Boing Boing

Thu, 03 Feb 2011 20:43:30 -0800

Yep, that’s how I want to live.
via Boing Boing

Scott Adams Blog: Confidence 01/04/2011

Tue, 04 Jan 2011 11:51:00 -0800

Scott Adams Blog: Confidence 01/04/2011:

Ok, that’s it—I’ve never been able to register as a commenter to engage in discussion on Scott Adams’ blog (the registration page goes off into never-never land then reloads), so I’ll post it here.

This is bunk. Google “will power marshmallows” for a good example of will power as a real thing.

I think this is the last straw for me in terms of reading his blog—he just seems to decide things without any evidence or research and then post it. The humor vs. annoyance scale has tipped. Bye Scott—I used to love Dilbert…

52 Tiger » iPhone 4 PR

Thu, 08 Jul 2010 10:26:44 -0700

52 Tiger » iPhone 4 PR:

Why is idiots believing nonsense a serious PR problem? These are the same people who don’t think that they can listen to MP3s they rip on an iPod or that they can’t view PDFs on an iPad. My guess is that Apple doesn’t want these bozos as customers. Apple is not about market share, it’s about profit and I’m pretty sure they’re doing fine in that dept. Let these people believe whatever claptrap they want to.

A fine example of remix culture doing something very...

Mon, 05 Apr 2010 15:49:10 -0700

A fine example of remix culture doing something very cool.

Upular (via Fagottron)

Cats and bubblewrap…what’s not to like? via...

Fri, 02 Apr 2010 18:20:37 -0700

Cats and bubblewrap…what’s not to like?

via icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com

Mr. Burns: Ah, my beloved plant. How I miss her…Bah! To Hell with this! Get my razors! Draw a...

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 10:57:00 -0800

Mr. Burns: Ah, my beloved plant. How I miss her…Bah! To Hell with this! Get my razors! Draw a bath! Get these Kleenex boxes off my feet!

Smithers: Certainly, sir. And, uh, the jars of urine?

Mr. Burns: Oh, we’ll hang onto those.

President Obama, It's Time To Fire the TSA - Travel - Gizmodo

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 09:05:31 -0800

President Obama, It's Time To Fire the TSA - Travel - Gizmodo:

Joel hits the nail on the head.

Just beautiful. via boingboing.net

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:29:00 -0700

Just beautiful.

via boingboing.net

via icanhascheezburger

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:36:00 -0700

via icanhascheezburger

Jack of all trades

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:59:37 -0700

Roles assumed today: gas station attendant, stevedore, filing clerk, checkout guy, mail room guy…and my regular job.

Mojitos

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 13:06:30 -0700

1 bottle Havana Club 3 Anejo (Bacardi white rum is a fair substitute for Havana Club if you’re not in Cuba)
1 cup sugar
1 cup fresh lime juice
1.5 cups mint stems with some leaves (just get whatever they have at the grocery store that smells the strongest e.g. spearmint).

Remove the leaves from mint to use as a garnish later.

Mash the cup and a half of mint stems and leaves with the sugar using a mortar and pestle (machines grind it up too much, and turn the mixture a weird green color). The stems are the most important part. The sugar will liquify.

Pour the sugar-mint mash together with the lime juice and rum into a non-metallic container to rest for 2-4 hours.

Strain the mixture into bottles to store in the freezer. The mix is at its best for about a week (I think it’s better after a few days in the freezer), but will be very good for a long time.

To serve, use a tall glass. Add two jiggers of the pre-made mojito mix, crushed ice, and top off with sparkling water and a sprig of mint. You don’t need to put so many mint leaves in that it looks like algae. :-(

Be sure you use plain bubbly water, not the stuff with salt or sugar in it, i.e. seltzer water. The ingredients will say, “carbonated water.” ”Soda” water has stuff in it other than water and bubbles.

Hard Times With Ze Frank: Free iPhone App [VIDEO]

Fri, 08 May 2009 16:36:00 -0700

Hard Times With Ze Frank: Free iPhone App [VIDEO]:

There is something about Ze Frank that can make me laugh at the most moronic things.

Prostitution Style

Tue, 17 Feb 2009 17:43:00 -0800

Prostitution Style:

BlazingShark: “why is she dressed prostitution style today - where was she this AM?” 2:06 PM Jan 13th from web

boxspring: @BlazingShark Does In’N’Out have “prostitution style” as one of their “secret” menu items? They should. 2:28 PM Jan 13th from TwitterFon in reply to BlazingShark

docstrange: @boxspring Ok, I’ll bite: what would it be? 2:31 PM Jan 13th from web in reply to boxspring

bentoboxx: @boxspring Yeah, Its a way overpriced meat patty that just sits there 2:29 PM Jan 13th from web in reply to boxspring

boxspring: @docstrange @bentoboxx I’d go with “looks good, but completely fucking random meat: could be filet mignon, could have broken glass in it.” 2:40 PM Jan 13th from TwitterFon in reply to docstrange

boxspring: @docstrange OR: the burger is delivered-before you can get it out of the wrapper delivery guy beats you up, takes all your $ & the burger. 3:26 PM Jan 13th from TwitterFon in reply to docstrange

docstrange: @boxspring I like the second option, it’s low fat and makes a good anecdote. 3:30 PM Jan 13th from web in reply to boxspring

boxspring: @docstrange Albeit an anecdote that “happened to someone I know.” :-) 4:41 PM Jan 13th from TwitterFon in reply to docstrange

Come on Lisa, monkeys!

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:38:42 -0800

So I mentioned this really interesting article about sex research to my ex and this inspired her to Google a lot of “animals mating” videos. As usual, I phrased my response in the form of a Simpsons’ quote:

Lisa Simpson: Hey look. There’s a cyber cafe opening right here in Springfield. Will you take me dad? Please! I’ll show you how to order pizza over the internet.

Homer Simpson: The internet? Is that thing still around?

Bart Simpson: I know a website that shows monkeys doing it.

Lisa Simpson: Bart, the internet is more than a global pornography network, it’s a…

[Homer honks his car horn]

Homer Simpson: Come on Lisa, monkeys!

[Lisa groans]

Outsource What You Suck At

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 11:17:25 -0800

When I first moved to LA, it was the first time I’d lived anywhere without a clothes washer/dryer on site. I’d lived in houses on the East Coast which by definition have laundry rooms. Other than a brief (a few weeks?) period when the band house I lived in didn’t have a working washing machine (due first to a negligent landlord and then compounded by our own attempts at repair—I’d still love to see the look on his face after we moved out and he opened the washing machine to find it filled with it’s own guts), I’d never even used a laundromat.

When I arrived in LA, the friend who’d found me my apt. showed me the (very close by) local laundromat and enthused about “Fluff’n’Fold” wherein you simply drop off your laundry and return to pick it up all done. I wasn’t buying into it, because I didn’t yet have a job, so money was tight and time was abundant. And I didn’t like the idea of someone messing with my laundry. So I’d get my LA Weekly and a shitload of quarters and go to the laundromat. It was pretty efficient, since I could go at off times and use as many machines in parallel as I wanted to and I’d stay focused on the task until it was done. No more returning to the washing machine to find a load you’d put in a few days ago now mildewing…

This worked so well that I kept doing it even after I got a job. I’d just budget a couple of hours every weekend and get it done.

Then one week I ran out of hours and clothes at the same time and was forced to use Fluff’n’Fold. Guess what? I’ve never done my own laundry again. For something like a 60% more than what I’d have spent to do it myself, it gets done by laundry ninjas who remove every fucking cat hair from every black t-shirt, wash, fold and bag it all ready to drop in a drawer when I get home. If I took a million years to do a load of laundry I couldn’t do as good a job.

This occurs to me because I’ve hit another of these points: it’s time to get housecleaning help. I’m just not very good at basic maintenance and I need to outsource that shit. Anybody want recommend a cleaning service in Hollywood?

The hands go back on the north facing clock on the LA Times...

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:22:57 -0800

The hands go back on the north facing clock on the LA Times bldg.

Dropsonic “God Lies” Live Atlanta (via...

Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:06:00 -0700

Dropsonic “God Lies” Live Atlanta (via videorahim)

These guys have to be one of the best live bands on the planet right now.

Spam

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 23:49:34 -0700

Hadn’t cleaned out the spam traps in a while…10,000 messages in there! That’s an hour of my life I’d like back.

MilkandCookies - Futurama: Morbo the News Monster

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:51:00 -0700

MilkandCookies - Futurama: Morbo the News Monster:

In case you didn’t know what the URL of this blog refers to…