"When I do not want to say things in real life I often say them here." — Mimi Smartypants
On the internet, nobody knows you’re a dog
My, what won’t they think of next? Your past life diagnosis: I don’t know how you feel about it, but you were female in your last earthly incarnation. You were born somewhere in the territory of modern Oceania around the year 1750. Your profession was that of a sailor or shoemaker. Your brief psychological profile […]
Wow, the left side of the blogosphere is up in arms over this story, about the woman who demanded to be let off a departing flight after becoming frightened by Arab passengers she thought were acting suspiciously. Witness this blog entry, titled “racist hysteric apologizes for targeting DOD-approved swarthy people,” and particularly the reader comments below […]
Some time ago, on my other blog, I expounded on “internet” versus “Internet.” This is what I said: Yeah, I know we’re supposed to capitalize “internet.” Some people even capitalize “web.” I won’t do it. Is internet capitalized because it’s relatively new? What about telegraph, telephone, and television? Did they capitalize those words when they were […]
Enough with cat & dog blogging. Let’s talk about me! I found a new way to enjoy hours and hours of self-referential absorbtion . . . and you can do it too, at the Face Transformer. Here’s the photo I started with, my unaltered visage: My favorite is El Greco’s Bearded Man in Kitchen: The Botticelli […]
Oh. My. God. If this music video doesn’t make you squirm, you are not of this Earth. As Teresa at Making Light describes it, “. . . from the very start it’s terrible beyond human reckoning. After that, it steadily gets worse.” This sentence alone should draw you in: “Behold the mustache on the keyboard […]
I love the internets: There’s more, here. Go enjoy the goodness.
What, another meme? 1. Someone, somewhere, wants to have sex with me. 2. Old age won’t be so bad. 3. People are basically okay and will do the right thing if given the choice. 4. Animals have souls. 5. A well-reasoned argument can change peoples’ minds. 6. I can keep drinking beer and still lose […]
This one is called the Meme of Four. Who says you have to be serious all the time? Four jobs you’ve had in your life: truck driver, teacher, pilot, instructional designer. Four movies you could watch over and over: Dr. Strangelove, Klute, The French Connection, The Godfather. Four places you’ve lived: Wiesbaden, Germany; Hoevelaken, The […]