Archive for the 'asides' Category

What Do You Mean “Flash Gordon Approaching”?

Friday, July 27th, 2007

Not sure how this one got past me, other than I haven’t watched much SciFi Channel since Galactica’s been on hiatus. But I guess Flash Gordon is going to be a television series in August. The big question: will SciFi get it right, or very very very wrong?
The trailer implies they’ll be using the [...]

The Latest From Bizarro World

Tuesday, July 24th, 2007

The TSA is lifting the ban on cigarette lighters for airline travelers.
Water, shampoo, and breast milk still strictly controlled.
No punchline. Just thought you should know.

Auto Assault Crashes, Burns

Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007

From the Auto Assault website:
Today NCsoft is announcing that it will be closing down service for Auto Assault at the end of the summer. The service will close at midnight on August 31, 2007. As of today, any player currently in the service with an active billed account will not be billed again. If [...]

Avert Your Eyes If You’re Under 17

Thursday, June 28th, 2007

Wait until you see the unrated cut.

(found via Cuppy)
Oh, and apparently I have a 30% chance of survival in the event of a zombie attack. That’s kinda discouraging.
30%

In Soviet Indonesia The Curry Smokes You

Thursday, June 28th, 2007

From Yahoo! News:
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Marijuana possession should remain a crime in Indonesia, but chefs who use the herb as a traditional way to season curries should not be arrested, the country’s vice president told local reporters.
Cooks in parts of Indonesia — a nation that executes drug traffickers — say they use tiny amounts of [...]

Overheard At Borders

Monday, June 25th, 2007

Dude 1: <Unintelligible> killed Ant Man.
Dude 2: Like that would be hard. It’d be like you’re just walking along and all of a sudden you’re like “oh shit, dude, I just stepped on Ant Man. He’s fucking dead man. I just killed Ant Man by stepping on him because his super [...]

This Is Cool

Tuesday, June 19th, 2007

A cow-orker just showed me this trick. When giving out your email address to a website, you might want to know how they’re using it. If you have a GMail account, let’s say suziesmith@gmail.com, you can tack on a little tag, like this: suziesmith+amazon@gmail.com. It doesn’t matter what string you put after the [...]

Overheard at Starbucks

Tuesday, June 19th, 2007

Teen 1: I think Canada should take over the world.
Teen 2: Then we’d all have to play ‘ockey, eh?
Teen 1: True. Maybe the Australians should take over then.
Teen 2: Then we’d all have to go around saying “bonzer,” eh?
Teen 1: *lols* Australians say “eh”?
Teen 2: I just figured the Canadians would come in second [...]

OMG! Double-yew Tee Eff

Friday, June 15th, 2007

I may never forgive Doc Barnett for linking this without also posting a warning that it reduces WIS by 2d10, no saving throw. You, dear reader, have been warned.

More Judges Gone Wild: Spring Break!

Wednesday, June 13th, 2007

From The Washington Post:
“‘These are not my pants,’ Pearson recalled telling Chung when she handed him a pair of gray pants with cuffs. ‘I have in my adult life, with one exception, never worn pants with cuffs.’
‘And she said, ‘These are your pants.”
Pearson paused. He struggled to breathe deeply. He could not continue. Pearson blurted [...]


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