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Buffy season 7 gets 4.5/5 stars
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I should never have doubted that he would come through.

Potential spoilers lie herein )

In brief, anybody who hasn't watched the whole of Buffy needs to get on it.

Yay! I have DirectTV back, just in time for TBBT.
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Not how I would normally choose to spend 4 hours of my vacation time, but worth it for The Big Bang Theory (the only show I watch that doesn't have episodes available online). Apparently the $200 HD receiver went kablooey after only 18 months. That seems like shoddy craftsmanship. I don't care for the age of disposable electronics, but at least I don't think I have to pay for this one.

Possible Buffy spoilers, I guess )

It'll be nice to take a day off from the intensity of vampire life, though. Go, Team Sheldon!

Officially joining Team Spike (8 years late to the party...)
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Here, have some videos. )

I love "The Big Bang Theory"
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I finished watching seasons 1 and 2 via Netflix, so now I am reduced to biding the time until Mondays at 8:30 PM by looking up quotes on the internet.

"You know, I'm given to understand that there's an entire city in Nevada designed specifically to help people like Howard forget their problems. They can replace them with new problems, like alcoholism, gambling addiction and sexually transmitted diseases."
--Sheldon QOTD

A healthy appreciation for the absurd.
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Thinking about why I love the Mushroom Kingdom so very much, while not having much of an affinity for the less fanciful video games with their fancy graphics and sophisticated controls.  I'm in it for the absurdity.  There's just something absolutely ridiculous about playing a dinosaur sitting in the back of a car driven by an Italian plumber, licking a baby carriage containing a little monkey and a turtle.  It's awesome. 


The final challenge that can be unlocked in Wii Fit is sitting.  The simulation/motion control video game has been taken to the logical extreme, and it is absolutely absurd.  I love it. 



Photo Tampering Throughout History
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Photo Tampering Througout History

So not so much history prior to 2000, but still interesting.

I was most intrigued homicidally agitated by the photos that were modified to make thin women even thinner. I knew that there was a lot of airbrushing going on, but I had no idea that they would actually, for example, chop a third of Kate Winslet's thigh out of a photo.

Normal Katie Couric meets Starved Vampire Katie Couric

Normal Faith Hill meets Pasty Anorexic Faith Hill.

And a little Sarkozy action for the men-folk. Oddly, they claim they were adjusting the color. Apparently the French folks like their leaders to be lobstery?

LOL
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As an argument for why nobody actually gets pregnant after being raped...

"Fact, the female body under extreme duress secretes spermicide in vaginal secretions."

Fascinating, in addition to the misplaced comma. I would like to subscribe to your imaginary newsletter where you make up facts that wrap up everything in a nice little bow to be just like you would like them to be.

/methinks the man who said this isn't familiar with what causes "vaginal secretions" in the first place...
//hint: not duress
///unless you're into that kind of thing.

Photo albums?
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If I want to make an album of photos of different sizes (lets say 5x7" and 4x6") and orientations, is my only option to cross over into the dreaded *twilight zone music* Scrapbook Territory?  I'd just as soon not.

Yes, paper photos, I know... how quaint.  Next I'm going to go churn my own butter.


Note to self...
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Don't put off scheduling an eye exam until you're on your last contact and your prescription has expired.   12 more days of seeing out of one eye...

On the plus side, apparently people with stereo vision get headaches when they have blurry vision in one eye.  I, on the other hand, am used to only using one at a time. 


XKCD: It Might Be Cool...
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"And ovaries.  Man, ovaries, huh? [awkward pause] ...faithfully."


QOTD regarding jackasses who torture animals with snowmobiles.
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So apparently a bunch of worthless pieces of shit in WI chased and tortured deer while riding snowmobiles.  The best idea for punishment came from an article commenter:

"How about sending a herd of Deere after them?"



Roomba...wish I had a picture of that.
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I was in the kitchen while Roomba was slaving away as a robotic broom and dust pan.  Now, of course, human in the kitchen in CatLand means "you will feed me delicious and plentiful foods, or at least give me a treat."  Sydney was being substantially pitiful (plus I feel bad about leaving him alone for two days), so I grabbed the treat container.  He was staring intently at me and voicing his approval of treats when the Roomba ran smack into his back side.  Sydney gave the Roomba an indignant look, moved two feet to the left, and commenced staring at me expectantly again. 


I can't believe people are still pushing this drivel.
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Look, until you have proof that Barack Obama's maternal grandmother was not a U.S. citizen, you're going to have to accept the fact that he is a naturally born U.S. citizen and is thus eligible to be president. You'll have better luck trying to prove that he isn't old enough.

For Ethelred: Har Mar
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Just thought you'd be thrilled to know that the old Har Mar Theater (ye of gilded sparklies) is now a Staples.

Also, you missed your chance to bid on this chandelier from the theater.

 

 


[XKCD, Squirrels] Funnies
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"I understand large sample sizes are key to a low standard error of the mean, but the entire sophomore class?"








 


And the word of the day is...Context.
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Me: I got a good deal on diapers at Target!
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My department at work is sponsoring a family for Christmas and one of the members is a 1-year old boy.  I probably should have opened with that, but the ensuing 5 seconds of paralyzed fear was amusing.  
 


Hard times are here again; is it time to cut back? No, seriously!
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James Lileks Column.

My favorite quote:
When the over-inflated tech stocks blew into a pin factory in 2000, it was the same story: CHRISTMAS DOOM. Retailers were reduced to wrapping diamond necklaces in $100 bills and throwing them at the heads of customers. Even when the economy was running so hot you could fry an egg on the appraisal statement for a one-bedroom shack between a cemetery and a cyanide factory, we were told that consumers were pressing hard for bargains. If the most popular new gift was a top-hat incinerator and the second hottest was the top-hat -- actually, the three-pack; you saved 20 percent -- the stories still predicted a slack season.

Wii Fit- I can't believe it was that easy!
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I've been checking Target 2-3 times per week for the past several months with no sign of Wii Fit.  Apparently some Targets have been having them sporadically, but not in MN.  I also sporadically checked Best Buy and every game store I passed with no luck. 

Game Stop has them on their website for preorder right now (for shipping on November 14th), so I ordered one, hoping that maybe my order would actually be filled.  And it shipped today!!!  I get a Wii Fit in two days!!!

It had better not suck, that's all I have to say.


Awesome Associated Press photo...
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I see the light beyond the shadow!


Norm Coleman is a Turd Sandwich
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So, when 75% of the city that elected you mayor twice thinks that you should not be holding elected office, maybe the rest of the state should get a fucking clue and, oh, I don't know... not vote for you because you're a slimy good-for-nothing sleezebag.

Of course, the glimmer of hope in all of this, is that, as Ethelred points out, Norm Coleman (being douchebaggy weasel) will probably switch parties again to ally with those in power.

Well, we tried.    


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