January 2011
“WHEN the worst floods in living memory hit Wes Judd’s Queensland dairy...”
– Flood-hit farmer finds dairy herd - 40km downstream
My passport expires in 7 days. Finally. Because the motherfucker on my passport in 2001 looks older than I do today. He looks angry, and sweaty, and like it’s a 43c day and he’s leaving for abroad in two days and the passport office screwed up his passport and so he has to get a new one TODAY and pay a massive fee TODAY. Which also means that he looks like the kind of guy that since...
“NSW Police said it would support laws banning the use of iPods, mobile phones...”
– ‘La-la land’ law: call to ban iPods and phones while crossing roads
“Retrospective legislation is a big no-no. The choices citizens make are based on...”
– Leslie Cannold, Why trust outweighs knowledge
Unpopular opinion.
When people buy art at charity art auctions/shows, it’s really the artists who are donating all of the money. They get nothing, the charity gets money, and the buyer gets art. Being an artist must suck.
Is there a hashtag to look through the posts of you crazy kids in NYC over the weekend?
I have someone new to make fun of!
1 tag
The Plinkett Review for Revenge of the Sith is... →
“In 1989, just to show off, Qantas demonstrated the phenomenal range of the...”
– Qantas to fly world’s longest 747 route
This is wonderful news. The reason I haven’t been back to the east coast of the USA in years is because of the clusterfuck of making customs and then checking back in to get on the same fucking plane to fly on to New York. On one trip to NYC,...
My Important Thoughts: New internet rules (for... →
dulltrev:
1. Everyone on the internet is a stranger.
You may think you know someone online. You don’t. The internet provides only a glimpse of who that person is, a highly edited view that they make themselves. Some are more open than others. Some hold back from shyness. Some hold back…
If I had followed these rules, I would have barred myself from meeting some of the most...
“Should twenty-somethings who have done everything asked of them their entire...”
– Squashed: On Those “Entitled” Twenty-Somethings
When you still have placenta in your hair it’s unbecoming to whine about doing things right for your ‘entire lives’.
This entire screed is a pathetic abrogation of responsibility. At least if you called for outright...
I really like my GP.
Doctor: Essentially, your bone marrow isn’t making enough platelets. So you’re going to keep bruising easily. It’s not a bad case, we’ll keep an eye on it. Come back for more tests in three months.
Me: So, what do I do? Change my diet?
Doctor: For a start, maybe stop bumping into things.
Flickr: The Help Forum: [redirected]Why doesn't... →
lauraglu:
I want to Favorite this forum thread.
Absolutely. It’s also making me look forward to hanging out with MJMalone at sxsw.
I’m listed on Tumbleweeds under people who are getting too old for this shit, Riggs.
Purity ball →
tj:
bestofwikipedia:
A purity ball (also known as a father-daughter purity ball or purity wedding) is a formal ball dance event attended by fathers and their daughters. Purity balls promote virginity until marriage for teenage girls, and are often closely associated with Evangelical Christian churches in the United States. (via sleevia)
It’s not at all skeevy to have teenage girls dance with...
Tumblr feature suggestions.
Some days, I wish there were a way to filter the dashboard by the number of likes that posts received from people you follow.
I also still want groups on the dashboard. Groups, I say!
Thanks!
Unreliable narration.
Computers are dumb.
If they weren’t, they’d be able to read my tumblr feed and tell me which people are couples, who hates who and who is secretly up whom. I can’t keep up, and I think I’ve propositioned some people who are dudes.
Swatch Internet Time - Wikipedia, the free... →
I still think this was a great idea.
There was a sex meme on Tumblr but me and Erin didn’t see it. Probably because we were busy with that threesome. :(
Flowers.
Freesias are the perfect flower to give to an aged female relative whom you suspect of being a closeted lesbian. She’ll know that you know, and that will make her comfortable or terrified. Either way, you’ve done your good deed.
Sometimes you’d like to give someone a bunch of vaginas, but that’s not practical. Go with orchids.
Nothing says “I am going to let the...
“I have gone through my fair share of being called a Pommy bastard, I can assure...”
– HRH The Prince of Wales. Who talks to plants.
What it is.
Have you ever seen a music box? A wind-up one with a figurine of a ballerina? If you’re anything like me, you probably wound its key and let the music play and watched the ballerina turn and turn. Plink plink plink.
And if you’re anything like me, you probably got bored and forced the key the wrong way, speeding up the ballerina, grinding the clockwork gears inside the box and...