Archive for November, 2006

Hey, since when did they do a documentary about my career?

Thursday, November 30th, 2006

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Happy Holidays, Go Fuck Yourself.

Monday, November 27th, 2006

Is it just me, or does no one watch any movies anymore?

The vanishing holiday bonus (Yahoo! News)
That’s pretty low, mister. If I had a rubber hose, I would beat you…
I really have no problem with this if the case is something along the lines like this: the company is in tough times, the management […]

Clearly For The Same Reason Guys Learn How To Play Guitar (ummm, what?)

Monday, November 20th, 2006

Why do people live in cities?
Apparently, to do the same thing that happens in the suburbs just as often. A half-baked socio-economic theory if I’ve ever heard one. Expect a full chapter on it in Gladwell’s next book, and for me to be making fun of it next Halloween.
Disclosure: I moved to New York […]

Excellent Corporate Strategies, Context Nonwithstanding: The Guy With The Most Sales Gets A Blow Job

Monday, November 20th, 2006

Funny Business Joke 1 courtesy of wallstreetfighter.com.

I thought “Lance Armstrong” at first…

Tuesday, November 7th, 2006

Lanced! So now the backlash finally comes out of the closet: celebrities are not happy when the media comes after them with a full blitz just so that they’ll reveal that they’re gay. I was just thinking this last night - this seems to be the season where everyone’s coming out, isn’t it? Why the […]

“That’s How I Got Started Out”

Monday, November 6th, 2006

This video is golden for so many reasons. Banned from TV!

From the Entirely Unexpected Punchline Dept.

Monday, November 6th, 2006

Friendly reminder: save your keyboard and monitor from death, stop drinking whatever it is you’re drinking.
Folklore.org: Macintosh Stories: An Early ‘Switch’ Campaign
In which the dashing and valorious Steve Jobs presents an offer to Bo Derek that she certainly can (and did) refuse. And also, this took place in 1985, which makes the ongoing story […]

Spittoon: Good food, bad costumes, and terrible music festivals

Saturday, November 4th, 2006

CMJ - Aside from the irritation of something that sounds like the call letters to a country radio station, I’ve just about had it with the CMJ infestation. Or, more appropriately, I like the idea of CMJ but I’ve just about had it with the self-importance of the indie music scene. ESPECIALLY the bloggers - […]

Benjamin Franklin, Advice to a Young Man on the Choice of a Mistress (abridged)

Friday, November 3rd, 2006

http://www.swarthmore.edu/SocSci/bdorsey1/41docs/51-fra.html
Reasons:
1. Old women are smarter.
2. Old women aspire to be better at things in general. And are therefore more useful than young brats.
3. Old women are barren. (Hey, no condoms!)
4. Old women are more discreet. (One of my friends just had a problem with a girl who is surely NOT discreet on her LiveJournal. Not […]