Midweek sh*ts and giggles

Words to live by.

I wish. Because it would spare me from some really disappointing authors.

Tea time at Hammer's House of Horror.

Poor Ultraman.

Libertarians R us?

I want one of these.

Compression complete.

It's positively Darwinian.

Your dreams. They have been dashed.

Next on the franchise, yo. It's gonna be a blockbuster.

Any and every excuse to jack off.

If it's friggin' urgent, then invest a dime and call.

You are doing it WRONG.

Theory of relativity proven.

Spoil me and I will END you. Never mess with a biblioholic.

I'm one of the horn-y ones. You?

Good thing I don't people watch.

'Nuff said.

Empathise emphasise

Looking outside of yourself to discover who you really are.

It can change your life.

We must keep vigilant for empathy ...

I got that fabulous quote from this video:



which I stole from here.

This just underscores my immense love for the brothers Green.

And it's not just because of this picture.

Current love doom, La Cumberbatch giving not the Vulcan sign "Live Long and Prosper," but rather the NERDFIGHTER sign, OMGWTFBBQ!!!

I think y'all got a pretty big clue of the kind of nerd I am, yeah?

Have a good weekend!

You just can't please everyone

Yeah. That's hot. Right.

Breaking up is hard to do.

How's the scenery viewed from your padded cell?

Forever alone.

I like that word. I used it to hang my friend in Hangman.

Jurassic love.

You are ...mythical.

You are adored, Mr Cumberbatch.

You don't mess with Mr Walken.

I'm a Cumberbitch Peggster Urbabe.

Not unless I'm being chased. And maybe not even then.

No surprise but they are no longer together.

You've Got a Tweet

Goodnight Tweetheart by Teresa Medeiros
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Teresa Medeiros is a great source if you enjoy comedy romances. She writes mostly in the historical genre, but her forays into contemporary writing is also quite fun.

I gulped this book in about two days (if I read it straight, would probably take me 2-3 hours). I love the font; nicely spaced and easy-to-read serif (I can't identify what kind).

Ms. Medeiros explored the life of a one-hit-wonder author facing a massive writer's block and an uncertain future who discovered microblogging. In the light of many people who found their partners online, her examination of this reads to me like watching an Ephron sisters' movie. Fast paced and peppered with witty repartee, this book shows how our online persona becomes markedly different, thanks to digital anonymity.

Unlike her usual trademark of strong swashbuckling heroes, Ms. Medeiros' Mark Baynard is very much an ordinary fellow with a secret. Abby and Mark navigated their online courtship to lead to a satisfyingly happy ending with the usual pitfalls, angst and tearful reconciliation.

You may think that this has been done to death before, but nonetheless, Goodnight Tweetheart has a sweetness and realism to it that smacks of real life poignancy that is charming and wistful.

Male protagonist: 4/5 stars
Female protagonist: 4/5 stars
Storyline: 4/5 stars
Pacing: 4/5 stars
Fun Factor: 4/5 stars
Repeat Reading Factor: 4/5 stars

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A picture ...

... says a thousand words.

Good job as usual, Datuk Lat!

My Mama says ...

... say something nice or say nothing at all.

This morning at close to 1 am, the last of the 13th General Election (thank God it's over) result has been announced. I was asleep when it happened; I prize sleep higher than any kind of aggravation that I suspect the announcement will give me. I think it's better to just get it over with at one go (kinda like ripping off a Band Aid) rather than the waiting with bated breath for each announcement in between political pundits droning on and on. 

I think most Malaysians greeted this day with this face:

And not just because today is Monday.

Doesn't matter if you're rooting for the ruling coalition or the Opposition. I doubt anyone is perfectly happy with the outcome: the Oppo supporters were hoping for total house revolution, the government supporters want to seize back Penang and Selangor (fat chance; not to mention Kelantan is a law of its own). 

At the end of the day, life must go on. Put aside your personal disappointment and collective outrage and just keep living life as you always have. We have to accept that life is not a meritocracy. The best doesn't always win. The righteous doesn't always prevail. And many times, the evil dude wins the day.

As much as we wish the coalition that we back had done this:

It didn't happen.

I also suspect that evolution is not just about survival of the fittest, but it includes the positioning of the fortuitious. Otherwise, how do you explain lampreys? 

*shudder*

I wrote on Saturday about Anas Zubedy's campaign Time for Healing. I think this is a very important campaign in the light of the  when you see a lot of people (and friends!) become polarised, thanks to politics.

Politicians are terrible creatures, so we must not let them keep us from enjoying our friends and families, from having good and kind thoughts and deeds to each other, and we mustn't let them encourage us to look at each other with seething anger and suspicion.

And no, politicians are not cute like this guy:

I think we could all do a little bit for the "Say Something Nice" campaign (no need to do it formally). Let's start with a smile for someone we don't know and work from there.

Smile. It makes them wonder what you're up to.

From non-verbal communication, we should graduate to something like ...

"Malaysia have LOADS of GREAT FOOD."

What? You think I am full of ideas? Let me work on it, okay?