February 2010
22 posts
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Required Courses For Completion of the Masters in...
In 1848, settlers headed out on a harrowing journey to cross the continent and reach Oregon. They achieved their goal, but a century and a half later, we are still asking the same questions about cholera, proper river-crossing technique, and why we can’t bring more than one-hundred pounds of buffalo meat back to the wagon. The Masters in Oregon Trail Studies Program (MOTSP) seeks to...
January 2010
24 posts
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aedison asked: I saw your post as I scrolled by,
And wondered -- when did you last cry?
What moved you to tears,
Was it joy, hope, or fear?
Please tell me. And try not to lie.
And wondered -- when did you last cry?
What moved you to tears,
Was it joy, hope, or fear?
Please tell me. And try not to lie.
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Ask me questions (in limerick form) →
And I will reply in a poetic form of my choosing.
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AVENGE ME
A useful tool for imploring friends/family/co-workers to avenge you.
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The Cage Curve →
Find out how anything stacks up to Nicolas Cage movies.
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Gentrification Ruined SimCity
I moved to SimCity back in 1993. Back then it was a raw place. There were barely any police departments and you never wanted to get home after midnight. But even though the neighborhood was dangerous and the property values were perpetually low due to the proximity to a nuclear power plant, it was bursting with culture. SimCity was for the working people and the artists.
But then the yuppies...
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Hot On The Heels Of Apple iPad Unveiling,...
Just a day after Apple captured the attention of tech world with its groundbreaking new iPad, a high-powered mobile device similar to the iPhone but larger, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announced a new rival product called “Just A Huge Fucking Zune.”
“You know what, fuck you guys,” said Ballmer in the opening moments of his keynote address. “I’ve given you...
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A Response By An Aspiring Screenwriter Whose... →
McSweeney’s was nice enough to publish this thing I wrote. Check it out.
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People Sighing On Twitter →
At last, a tool to help you keep up with the constant malaise being tweeted around the world.
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For Fifty Dollars (Plus Travel), I Will Lay My...
Please play audio for the full stirring effect of this offer.
Are you being excluded from a job, team, club, or other organization? Did you miss the promotion? Get cut from the team? Not get into the college you wanted? Don’t despair: there’s still time for a dramatic gesture. For fifty dollars (plus travel), I will come to the office of whoever turned you down, lay my jersey...
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Which Is It: Jane Austen Title or Still From...
A fun game to test your knowledge of Jane Austen and Demolition Man!
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Hack Of The Day: Mod Your Desktop To Look Like A...
Over on Lifehacker there’s an awesome guide on how to mod your desktop into a semi-customizable house, complete with multiple rooms and a talking dog to guide you through it. You can store your programs anywhere in the room and you can choose from a wealth of cool icons. Just go through the easy steps and you’ll be in GUI heaven. Check it out.
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Things I Listened To In Seventh Grade While Mowing...
They dared to cover Summer of ‘69. I avoided mowing over larger tree roots.
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Things That Have Until Now Not Existed On The...
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ESPN To Broadcast NFL Games in Virtual Boy 3D
In an industry first, ESPN will begin broadcasting select NFL games in full Virtual Boy 3D. This comes hot on the heels of numerous announcements at CES of Virtual Boy-equipped television sets from all major manufacturers. We’ll just have to wait and see if this is ushers in a new era of red-tinted, goggle-based television, or if it is just a passing fad.
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SEO Success
According to Google Analytics, it looks like I’m finally getting the search engine traffic i need:
Sure enough, this blog comes up first with that query. And interestingly, not at all if you spell “fucking” correctly.
Looks like I’ve found my niche. And I hope this guy found his fuk tonic.
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FRIDAY FREEBIES: Book Cover Quotes!
I know a lot of you out there in Tumblrton are aspiring writers, so I figured for this installment of FRIDAY FREEBIES, I’d give away some quotes from unused book reviews of mine to use on the covers of your upcoming novels/short story collections/non-fiction works! (Please cite my name, this blog, and “Writer/Director of TIME RIFT 2: Fangs of the Roundtable” in at least 15pt...
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Medieval Illuminated Manuscript DISASTERS
Face it, illuminated manuscripts are all around us. From monastic recordings of Christ’s life to Byzantine royal codices, just about everything you see has been modified by a monk’s hand and a sheet of gold leaf. Well it’s time to lift the parchment curtain and expose the most shameful attempts to pass off illuminated manuscripts as real representations of prophets, disciples,...
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You Won't Believe That What Just Happened Is...
Oh my God. That is like such an Elaine thing. Do you know what I’m talking about? No? Because oh my God, this is just like Seinfeld. The one where they’re all lost in the parking lot! You haven’t seen it? Oh my God. It’s like the best one. It’s like famous. The best. Listen. Here’s what happens. So they’re all in the parking garage of a mall. And Kramer,...
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YouTube Comment Haikus
Every day, millions of beautiful words are written as YouTube comments, but sadly few are ever saved for posterity. Here is a collection of haikus made from actual YouTube comments. Each line is a single comment.
From “the only real way to get free gold on runescape”:
fat ass g@y 4uck dude fuck you you 7 year old ur so ugly! noob
From “Call of Duty 4 - Host REALLY sucks...