Three things you should never buy the cheap brand of: 1. Peanut Butter – Store brand is just a greasy, tasteless, slimey, grainy mess. Sure, there’s no peanuts in the name brand stuff. But who fucking cares? You’re not buying peanut butter for it’s natural wholesomeness. 2. Shoes – Sketchers Continue Reading
I don’t have a blogroll on this journal, and can’t foresee ever adding one. The concept does go back to “friends” pages on the earliest personal websites. But I can’t remember the last time I ever went looking for random people to go visit. I get more than enough referrals Continue Reading
Because even if someone manages to get one or two of them right, they seldom get them all: Hacker – n. 1. Originally used in the 1970’s to refer to someone who was such a good programmer they could write code without referring to reference materials. This was a much Continue Reading
Boondocks – n. Slang term to define a rural area. Derived from the Tagalog word bundok, meaning mountain. Became part of American vocabulary during the Philippine-American War. Mountainous terrain offered refuge and strategic advantages to Filipinos fighting for their country’s independence, and patrolling the boondocks became a common task for Continue Reading
Brought to you by the need to understand what Warren Ellis is talking about. You know when your parents told you about “baaaaaaad men”? That’s Warren Ellis. bint — n. British slang for a woman or girl, but it is always disparaging and offensive and signals the user as lower Continue Reading
In what may become a ongoing thing, here are a few definitions that most people don’t know, and I’ve been unable to find online: White Hots: Apparently a Central New York phenomenon. A type of hot dog, originally produced by Zweigles, in Rochester, NY. When uncooked, they are all white, Continue Reading
“With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation’s wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for Continue Reading
I’ve got recommended reading for all of you. I was thinking of the Christensen’s in particular, since I’ve had relevant conversations with many of you. But I suppose it is pretty universally applicable: Small Pieces Loosely Joined: A Unified Theory of the Web by David Weinberger There is no computer Continue Reading
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The Radioactive Boy Scout
The last of the Magic Fingers men
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I refuse to be so trendy as to have a list of blogs I like running down the side of this page. It’s none of you’re damn business what I read. Unless I feel the need to subject you to it of course. However, as I’ve shown before, I am Continue Reading
The very first woman to run for the presidency of the United States was Victoria Claflin Woodhull in 1872. She ran on a platform of free love, women’s suffrage, short skirts, legalized prostitution and the right of women to orgasm. She was arrested and jailed on obscenity charges the day Continue Reading
“The Touch of the Master’s Hand” by Myra Brooks Welch T’was battered and scarred and the auctioneer, Thought it scarcely worth his while. To waste much time on the old violin, but held it up with a smile. “What am I bid, good folks ” he cried, “Who’ll start the Continue Reading