I kept re-watching this and it cracks me up every single time. The earnestness of Matt Damon is just so twee. It's not new but the pure lulz factor is awesome.
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Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Monday, September 27, 2010
Word of the Day
polemomania (n.)
Excessive desire for conflict; militant anger.
After the umpteenth time of having her stapler disappear, Polly was seized by a rush of polemomania.
Excessive desire for conflict; militant anger.
After the umpteenth time of having her stapler disappear, Polly was seized by a rush of polemomania.
Friday, September 17, 2010
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Friday, August 13, 2010
New agrarian economy?
Apparently, the Canadian government reaps roughly C$20 billion a year from weed. That's right, peeps; selling TWENTY BILLION CANADIAN DOLLARS worth of marijuana to their southern neighbour annually, providing employment to near a quarter million citizens.
Who said agriculture is not profitable?
Who said agriculture is not profitable?
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Monday, July 19, 2010
On skiving
Shirk : verb ‘To avoid work, duties or responsibilities, especially if they are difficult or unpleasant.’ [source: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary ]
The Japanese are renowned for their insane work ethics and dedication to duty. Is it any surprise that they would be the ones to publish a paper on professional skiving? Mathematically eludicated, mind you.
The Japanese are renowned for their insane work ethics and dedication to duty. Is it any surprise that they would be the ones to publish a paper on professional skiving? Mathematically eludicated, mind you.
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Monday, June 14, 2010
The universe is out to screw you when ...
Your attempt to save the universe results in the erasure of your existence by a Silurian and everybody (including your fiancee!) forgets you.
Except for The Doctor.
It must be a tragedy but yet I am consumed by the desire to giggle madly.
And I'm not even a fan of the show.
Except for The Doctor.
It must be a tragedy but yet I am consumed by the desire to giggle madly.
And I'm not even a fan of the show.
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Electrons going haywire
Many of us don't realise it but the world runs on electrons. Energy excites the electrons and we see things, hear things, do things. Movement of electrons generate the energy for things to happen.
Electrons power the Internet. Yay!
As a reading addict, the Internet is both a boon and bane. The sheer amount of information anyone with a connection can access is almost unimaginable. Consider that a person of my stature fifty years ago would not even get to read a fraction of the stuff I could get my grubby paws on right now.
With all the gadgets that we have now; 3G cellphones (4G now?), iPads, netbooks, PDAs, we are connected 24/7. Services such as Twitter and Facebook keep us connected with people we wouldn't have thought about in years, much less care that they are alive. It gives us a false sense of popularity. Sometimes I see people with more than a thousand friends and I marvel at how they check their friends' status updates.
Maybe they don't bother.
E-mails used to be an exotic wonder when I was an undergraduate. Not many people have Internet access then (no kids, this was not the prehistoric times. It was a mere dozen years ago) so people keep in touch the old fashioned way.
Semaphores, wireless (no, not WiFi), smoke signals, talking drums, etc.
Just kidding.
The connectivity that we have now can be claustrophobic. Ask anyone whose bosses think nothing off ringing/texting/e-mailing them at all hours just because they can.
Some people think of it as a badge of honour to be hounded so; it makes them feel like a vital cog of the organisation. What it makes you is the go-to patsy. Not to mention that cogs can always be replaced. There are such things called spare parts.
This connectivity is also addictive. Studies have shown that little packets of dopamine rushes are the reason why you keep checking that little LCD screen for the newest status updates/comments/RSS feed/spam in the inbox to be relegated to the trash bin. We are addicted to information and the toys that gave us access to it. Texting messages mean more to us than making we sure we don't wrap our cars around the telephone pole.
Personally, I think that all this information availability at our fingertips is inducing ADHD in us. We learn a lot of things, but not in depth. Tony Schwartz puts it "our attention under siege". This is not good for someone who has the attention span of a gnat (i.e. moi).
Isn't it a good thing my finances don't allow me to get an iPhone?
*scurries off to check for new fanfics*
Electrons power the Internet. Yay!
As a reading addict, the Internet is both a boon and bane. The sheer amount of information anyone with a connection can access is almost unimaginable. Consider that a person of my stature fifty years ago would not even get to read a fraction of the stuff I could get my grubby paws on right now.
With all the gadgets that we have now; 3G cellphones (4G now?), iPads, netbooks, PDAs, we are connected 24/7. Services such as Twitter and Facebook keep us connected with people we wouldn't have thought about in years, much less care that they are alive. It gives us a false sense of popularity. Sometimes I see people with more than a thousand friends and I marvel at how they check their friends' status updates.
Maybe they don't bother.
E-mails used to be an exotic wonder when I was an undergraduate. Not many people have Internet access then (no kids, this was not the prehistoric times. It was a mere dozen years ago) so people keep in touch the old fashioned way.
Semaphores, wireless (no, not WiFi), smoke signals, talking drums, etc.
Just kidding.
The connectivity that we have now can be claustrophobic. Ask anyone whose bosses think nothing off ringing/texting/e-mailing them at all hours just because they can.
Some people think of it as a badge of honour to be hounded so; it makes them feel like a vital cog of the organisation. What it makes you is the go-to patsy. Not to mention that cogs can always be replaced. There are such things called spare parts.
This connectivity is also addictive. Studies have shown that little packets of dopamine rushes are the reason why you keep checking that little LCD screen for the newest status updates/comments/RSS feed/spam in the inbox to be relegated to the trash bin. We are addicted to information and the toys that gave us access to it. Texting messages mean more to us than making we sure we don't wrap our cars around the telephone pole.
Personally, I think that all this information availability at our fingertips is inducing ADHD in us. We learn a lot of things, but not in depth. Tony Schwartz puts it "our attention under siege". This is not good for someone who has the attention span of a gnat (i.e. moi).
Isn't it a good thing my finances don't allow me to get an iPhone?
*scurries off to check for new fanfics*
Monday, May 31, 2010
Not two-legged sloth
I am sure you encounter two-legged sloths on a daily basis. I should know; I am one.
The four-legged ones are sooooo much cuter!!!
The four-legged ones are sooooo much cuter!!!
Meet the sloths from Amphibian Avenger on Vimeo.
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Existential medicine
Good news, everybody!
Apparently, hallucinogens can be good for you. However, there are caveats.
Whatever. Time to harvest my 'shrooms.
*pops a few acid before heading out*
Apparently, hallucinogens can be good for you. However, there are caveats.
Whatever. Time to harvest my 'shrooms.
*pops a few acid before heading out*
Monday, April 12, 2010
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Pictorial shits and giggles
Not the bedmate of your dreams.
It's not just Tom Hanks in The Green Mile.
Literal, much?
Ole!
My, what a big ... rocket ... you've got. *titter*
There's some really sick shit in comics, no?
Keep it flowing, baby!
Bonding moment: lost.
And we used to fear katak pisang in the bathroom in the olden days *pfft*
Balancing skillz; I has 'em.
Very true!
And the winner of this year's Darwin's award is ...
Because in a war, you never know what the right hand is doing.
Hindsight: always 20/20 (*sigh*)
Monday, March 15, 2010
No escape in dreamscape?
I dreamt that I had dengue haemorrhagic fever (while in some kind of stereotypical mad scientist lair) and was debating with myself whether I should go to the hospital. And who should take me.
All this while I graduated from mild petechiae into downright frightful ecchymoses. Contemplating my platelet level. Have I hit the teens or am I still in the lower twenties?
What the hell is my subconscious trying to tell me????
All I know is that even in my dream, I am still a nerd.
*sigh*
All this while I graduated from mild petechiae into downright frightful ecchymoses. Contemplating my platelet level. Have I hit the teens or am I still in the lower twenties?
What the hell is my subconscious trying to tell me????
All I know is that even in my dream, I am still a nerd.
*sigh*
Thursday, March 11, 2010
One liners
1.My husband and I divorced over religious differences.
He thought he was God and I didn't!
2.I don't suffer from insanity; I enjoy every minute of it.
3. Some people are alive only because it's illegal to kill them.
4. I used to have a handle on life, but it broke.
5. Don't take life too seriously; no one gets out alive.
6. You're just jealous because the voices only talk to me.
7. Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder.
8. Earth is the insane asylum for the universe.
9. I'm not a complete idiot. Some parts are just missing.
10.Out of my mind. Back in five minutes.
11. God must love stupid people; he made so many.
12. The gene pool could use a little chlorine.
13. Consciousness: That annoying time between naps.
14. Ever stop to think, and forget to start again?
15. Being 'over the hill' is much better than being under it!
16. Wrinkled was not one of the things I wanted to be when I grew up.
17. Procrastinate Now!
18. A hangover is the wrath of grapes.
19.A journey of a thousand miles begins with a cash advance.
20. Stupidity is not a handicap. Park elsewhere!
21.He who dies with the most toys is nonetheless DEAD.
22.A picture is worth a thousand words, but it uses up three thousand
times the memory.
23. Ham and eggs ... a day's work for a chicken, a lifetime commitment
for a pig.
24. The original point and click interface was a Smith & Wesson.
25. I smile because I don't know what the heck is going on.
He thought he was God and I didn't!
2.I don't suffer from insanity; I enjoy every minute of it.
3. Some people are alive only because it's illegal to kill them.
4. I used to have a handle on life, but it broke.
5. Don't take life too seriously; no one gets out alive.
6. You're just jealous because the voices only talk to me.
7. Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder.
8. Earth is the insane asylum for the universe.
9. I'm not a complete idiot. Some parts are just missing.
10.Out of my mind. Back in five minutes.
11. God must love stupid people; he made so many.
12. The gene pool could use a little chlorine.
13. Consciousness: That annoying time between naps.
14. Ever stop to think, and forget to start again?
15. Being 'over the hill' is much better than being under it!
16. Wrinkled was not one of the things I wanted to be when I grew up.
17. Procrastinate Now!
18. A hangover is the wrath of grapes.
19.A journey of a thousand miles begins with a cash advance.
20. Stupidity is not a handicap. Park elsewhere!
21.He who dies with the most toys is nonetheless DEAD.
22.A picture is worth a thousand words, but it uses up three thousand
times the memory.
23. Ham and eggs ... a day's work for a chicken, a lifetime commitment
for a pig.
24. The original point and click interface was a Smith & Wesson.
25. I smile because I don't know what the heck is going on.
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