Archive for the 'funny' Category

Favrd

Thursday, May 22nd, 2008

Favrd. Trickle-down egonomics for the twitter attention sp… Neat service pulling intriguing Tweets by how many times they’ve been marked as someone’s favorite — something like Flickr’s “interestingness” algorithm. I went to check out the page (at the above link) and noted this little gem, from Twitter user hotdogsladiesкомпютри: Clinton fans tell us they’ll protest [...]

Neatly sums up my feelings about tea, more or less

Saturday, May 10th, 2008

Via the inimitable Warren Ellis, of course.

“Well, the front fell off.”

Tuesday, November 20th, 2007

The semester is winding down; today I’ll be turning in a 1500-2000 word article about Mayor Bloomberg’s calorie labeling initiative and then have a blessedly light load to carry in my head over Thanksgiving. My mom and stepfather are coming to visit for the long weekend, and after that, there’ll just be two more assignments [...]

Tea Drinking continues

Monday, September 24th, 2007

We’ve been settling in more, albeit slowly. The hospital Kate works at has had its name change frequently over the last 10 years as various schools and corporations have merged and sponsored it. The ambulances say “New York / Presbyterian,” people commonly refer to “Columbia / Presbyterian,” signs around 168th St say “Columbia University Medical [...]

Why I love reading Paul Ford’s writing

Friday, August 17th, 2007

I Am Making a Difference (Ftrain.com) Man, I loves me some Paul Ford. Rather than purchasing goods made by overseas laborers—who are often forced to work in unsafe conditions for low wages—I have kidnapped and enslaved a group of neighborhood children and chained them to a bench in my garage, where they make my clothes [...]