Archive for August, 2006
Thursday, August 31st, 2006
Body Factory
And now, a year after George’s death, here he was learning all the way in which he had accommodated George and was still doing so, even though George had broken camp. Ray saw how in their tiny group he’d been billed as the looker with the brain, exactly like the starlet whom the studio hypes [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Dioramas by nerdmeyr
Thursday, August 24th, 2006
This would only be high-larious if you’re a ’sconnie
As the Urban Dictionary notes,
Sconnie Anything of or relating to Wisconsin. Sconnie is an identity. It can be used as a noun or an adjective. You don’t have to be from Wisconsin to appreciate the Sconnie movement…Tailgating is very Sconnie. Look at that Sconnie drinking a PBR on his Sconnie John Deere lawnmower.
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1 Comment » - Posted in Autobiographical, Cabinet of curios by nerdmeyr
Tuesday, August 22nd, 2006
The Linguistic Possibilities of Snakes on a Plane
I hate to go on and on about a movie the moviegoers seem to be rating as “Decidedly Average” (and also contribute to the mounds of muckety already written about the MemeMovie of the Year), but I was thoroughly amused by this, as seen on BoingBoing and contributed by Dan Kaminski:
Perhaps one of the most [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Beobachtungen by nerdmeyr
Sunday, August 20th, 2006
A Fabulous Ice-Breaking Idea to Try at Your Next Gathering
The subtitle of this post being, “When you Realize That You’ve Invited A Roomful of Socially Awkward People Apparantly Raised by Ectomorphic Racoons”
(I cannot take credit – K told me this):
So, with the runaway success of “Snakes on a Plane”, they’ve already started work on the sequels, figuring they have a pretty good formula for [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Beobachtungen by nerdmeyr
Thursday, August 10th, 2006
“PLANE TERROR PLOT DISRUPTED”
My first thought:
thank GOD we aren’t at heathrow this week instead of last week … 33 hours coming home could’ve turned into 56!
My second thought:
i bet this is all made up by the government for political expedience and to distract and feed the fear
My third thought:
whatever it is that the government will claim that the [...]
5 Comments » - Posted in Beobachtungen by nerdmeyr
Tuesday, August 8th, 2006
The Travel Takeaway
…travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living.
– Miriam Beard
With this quote in mind, I write The Takeaway. (”The Takeaway” is that mythological byte of useful knowledge conference-attendees patiently wait for, through endless powerPoint demonstrations and long summations of facts. [...]
