Listen, history is awesome. Watch this video.
Friday, March 27, 2009
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
um
Okay, this is officially the most a-fucking-dorable thing I have ever seen.
Apparently, children + French is like Kryptonite. I would consider childbirth if you could guarantee I'd have a little girl who speaks French. This is how serious I am.
Apparently, children + French is like Kryptonite. I would consider childbirth if you could guarantee I'd have a little girl who speaks French. This is how serious I am.
Monday, March 23, 2009
Ethical question:
Imagine: You are planning to attend a event of some sort, that coincides with three hours of work. You have obtained permission to miss those hours of work to attend this (non-work related) event.
At the last minute (say, 8 hours ahead of time) This event is canceled. You could go to work; it is no longer necessary to miss it.
Question: Are you ethically obligated to go to work for those three hours?
At the last minute (say, 8 hours ahead of time) This event is canceled. You could go to work; it is no longer necessary to miss it.
Question: Are you ethically obligated to go to work for those three hours?
Friday, March 20, 2009
Kate Beaton does Overcompensating
I know some of you like Kate Beaton, so head on over to Overcompensating today to see her guest comic strip.
Friday, March 13, 2009
redecorate
This is really interesting. It's like paint swatches, but with dress codes of social groups.
Thursday, March 12, 2009
my favorite webcomic ever - sorry xkcd
soooo most of you know of my "little "love of history.
it just got a lot more funny
1. go visit http://harkavagrant.com
2.press random
3. look up people on wikipedia
4.enjoy!
it just got a lot more funny
1. go visit http://harkavagrant.com
2.press random
3. look up people on wikipedia
4.enjoy!
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Monday, March 2, 2009
Beware: Rambling
The other day, Ashley and I were talking, and we had a dialogue something like this:
Me: I thought to myself--
Ashley: "Self"?
[we laugh]
Because how many times have you seen, in movies, tv, comics, etc., a character say: "And I thought to myself: 'Self, blah blah blah.'"
Nobody actually speaks to him- or herself as a third-person direct address using the word "self." Nobody. But somewhere along the line, someone made it into a punchline. And it's a funny one because it resonates with everyone. Everyone does "think to themselves." However, now that punchline has become something that I (and apparently Ashley) can't help "thinking to ourselves" sometimes. Ironically, yes, but we think it.
Today, it also occurred to me (via dinosaurcomics, my muse) that we might have lots of cultural things like this. For example, the dream that you're at school or somewhere public without your pants. Or naked. Or whatever. It's probably been done on at least 40% of television shows (statistic completely made up on the spot, right now, by me). It's a cultural meme, right? It came from somewhere and then got imitated and reiterated until it's just a part of us. A stupid, hackneyed part, but it's there. Have any of you ever actually had that dream? I certainly have not.
It's life imitating art, I suppose. "Art" is used loosely, and really might just mean "media." But I'm sure there are more examples of things which are part of the lexicon, or pop culture, or whatever, and which, instead of actually representing what real life is like, have become so popular and widely used that they cause themselves to be lived out in real life, even if only as an ironic reference to a banal cliché. They've etched themselves into us to some extent.
/ramble
Me: I thought to myself--
Ashley: "Self"?
[we laugh]
Because how many times have you seen, in movies, tv, comics, etc., a character say: "And I thought to myself: 'Self, blah blah blah.'"
Nobody actually speaks to him- or herself as a third-person direct address using the word "self." Nobody. But somewhere along the line, someone made it into a punchline. And it's a funny one because it resonates with everyone. Everyone does "think to themselves." However, now that punchline has become something that I (and apparently Ashley) can't help "thinking to ourselves" sometimes. Ironically, yes, but we think it.
Today, it also occurred to me (via dinosaurcomics, my muse) that we might have lots of cultural things like this. For example, the dream that you're at school or somewhere public without your pants. Or naked. Or whatever. It's probably been done on at least 40% of television shows (statistic completely made up on the spot, right now, by me). It's a cultural meme, right? It came from somewhere and then got imitated and reiterated until it's just a part of us. A stupid, hackneyed part, but it's there. Have any of you ever actually had that dream? I certainly have not.
It's life imitating art, I suppose. "Art" is used loosely, and really might just mean "media." But I'm sure there are more examples of things which are part of the lexicon, or pop culture, or whatever, and which, instead of actually representing what real life is like, have become so popular and widely used that they cause themselves to be lived out in real life, even if only as an ironic reference to a banal cliché. They've etched themselves into us to some extent.
/ramble
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