April 2008
434 posts
“First stop was Albertsons, for Lay’s potato chips at 99 cents a bag with...”
– a frightening day in the life of the most frugal woman alive. ever.
muxtapes now offer favorites, and become... →
“Last month, while in the throes of cramping so painful I wanted to reach inside...”
– a letter to the always company from a disgruntled customer
March 2008
228 posts
im's from mom
MOM: HELLO CAN YOU HEAR ME?!? MOM: The internet is weird. via postcards from yo momma
pizza two point oh.
sean: where did you order from?
aja: dominos. :P my favorite cheap pizza.
aja: plus they have a new online delivery tracker system now
aja: it's fucking nuts
sean: no way!
aja: i can see the exact moment my pizza goes into the oven
sean: that's fucking sweet
aja: and when it gets boxed, and when it goes out for delivery.
sean: thweet
aja: and i know the name of the delivery guy, and the guy who made the pizza
sean: now I'm hella hungry
aja: lewis and matthew. they're my homeboys.
sean: hahahahahaha
“All power corrupts, but we need electricity.”
– Haythum R. Khalid
“chuck norris doesn’t shower, he only takes blood baths.”
– Additional Chuck Norris Facts
“The sex lives of women with red hair were clearly more active than those with...”
– Redheads ‘have more sex than blondes or brunettes’ | the Daily Mail
Smoking tortoise addicted to nicotine |... →
“One day, Mr Yun teased the tortoise by putting a cigarette butt into its mouth, and to his surprise it started to smoke it, according to the news agency. From then on, he shared his cigarettes with his pet, Xinhua said. ‘It seems to have become addicted.’”
Thingology (LibraryThing's ideas blog): Getting... →
“Getting Real is an important book. It came along at exactly the right time, said something important. To the extent the greap web-app “explosion” of 2004-2007 had a book, this was it. And it was successful. According to 37Signals the (paid) version has sold has 30,000 copies. It’s the number six seller on Lulu.com. Passionate, unpaid fans have produced translations into...
Wired 14.11: Very Short Stories →
The baby’s blood type? Human, mostly. - Orson Scott Card Gown removed carelessly. Head, less so. - Joss Whedon Automobile warranty expires. So does engine. - Stan Lee Longed for him. Got him. Shit. - Margaret Atwood I’m your future, child. Don’t cry. - Stephen Baxter Kirby had never eaten toes before. - Kevin Smith TIME MACHINE REACHES FUTURE!!! … nobody there … - Harry Harrison Tick tock tick...
pantone flash drives →
me and my pantone color book are going to grow old and die together. someday i’ll make clever jokes about the good old days that only my color book will understand, and the book will take up permanent residence in a rocking chair and develop a charming habit of not hearing anything i say. but for now, the fiery love affair.
postcards from yo momma →
“Nice pictures of the poopie puppies!!!! They all look vicious!!!! How do I google former classmates?” if these snippets were from my mother, they’d be much more guilt ridden, and filled with niggling reminders of how i’m just so “different” from my much elder siblings. i AM after ALL the OLD MAID. at the wrinkled, wisened age of 26.
top 5 reasons why “the customer is always right”... →
“One woman who frequently flew on Southwest, was constantly disappointed with every aspect of the company’s operation. In fact, she became known as the “Pen Pal” because after every flight she wrote in with a complaint. She didn’t like the fact that the company didn’t assign seats; she didn’t like the absence of a first-class section; she didn’t like not having a meal in flight; she didn’t...
“Who says spouses have to live together? Who says she should cook and he should...”
– the author of offbeat bride ariel meadows, on how she makes her relationship work
It's been awhile since the last conversation about... →
“It’s been awhile since the last conversation about gender diversity at web conferences. Here’s a particularly high profile example of more of the same: Google’s just-announced Web Forward conference appears to have a single woman speaker out of 38 total speakers.”
“Make no little plans. They have no magic to stir men’s blood and probably...”
– daniel burnham, quoted on 37signals
