January 2010
77 posts
IPad continued
I was slow on the ball on this one, so those other jerks who work here beat me in the whole “Holy Crow! New Apple products!” race.
The IPad is kinda like Viagra to me. I don’t need it. And I’m not going to go try to get some. BUT, if I was in someone’s house and they had some, I’d totally spend the evening using it/watch the owner use it. I think that’d...
The Dutch Presents: Oh no, where's my bag
Last place I saw it was Zaphods; this means one of two things:
It’s still at Zaphods; or
Somebody left Zaphods with it.
If it’s still at Zaphods, this means one of two things:
It’s where I left it; or
It’s in a lost and found of some kind.
Either of those options are good.
If somebody left Zaphods with it, this means one of three things:
I left with it, and lost it...
Response to Canadian Musings as to What the Rest...
The thing is, no one does bogged-down democracy like the EU. The Check republic’s lone opposition prevented the Lisbon treaty from going through, as in the EU only unanimous decisions are passed. The Czech republic, for god’s sake. Belgium went without a government for 196 days after a Prime Minister left and they could not agree on another one. They finally agreed on a new Prime...
Slow News Day Presents: Julia’s Top 5 Bard Society...
Obviously, having your own blog, collective or otherwise, denotes certain levels of ego-centrism, if not outright megalomania.
In keeping with this, I hereby present my favourite, original content posts of the past year:
Top 5 Post of 2009: Number 1: The Bryan System -...
Hands down, my favourite. This is easily the most controversial piece we posted, and the backlash against Bryan was intense. It was epic showcase of how most people just “skim” articles, and don’t read them the whole way through. It was like the “The Virgin Mary” with elephant feces (1996) of blog posts. Most complaints centered on how it was demeaning to woman....
Top 5 Post of 2009: Number 2: Julia's...
This isn’t really all that old, but it’s one of the best things I did this year. Suck it, haters.
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Highlighters are about wasting time on decoration, rather than actually working. They are like foreplay. Forever.
Foreplay is about starting the engines of you and your collaborator, if you were both old cars. You must have foreplay, as the engine cannot do it all on...
Top 5 Post of 2009: Number 3: The Dutch presents...
So, this is the one where Dutch talks about using taxation to control consumption patterns. I love the idea that the masses are a pile of slavering fecal waste, and I think it’s important to remember that the Dutch while often a hot, drunk mess, can be quite abstruse during daylight hours.
I, for one, feel that making people do what you want (albeit in aggregate) is awesome. And while...
Top 5 Post of 2009: Number 4: Patterson's Plague...
So, what you have to realize about Patterson is that we all revere his mind for the gem that it is. This means, unfortunately, that he is constantly inundated with random questions concerning academic minutiae:
While my own experience in Black Death studies is cursory and more cultural and economic than medical in nature, it just so happens that York University is a bit of a hub for...
Top 5 Post of 2009: Number 5: Carty's Housewarming...
So, this is an example of the recurring “dramatic dialogue” post that I tend to favour.
The following transcription contains a few liberties, as I couldn’t exactly remember who said what, but it gives a good overall gist of what went down. I apologize to Rob, who I know was integral, but his dialogue has completely escaped me. Josie: “Wow. This basement is really…rapey.” Julia:...
