1. From MAKE: Tent camping for the city dweller.
2. If Fox News had existed throughout history-- "King George: 'They hate America'"
3. From Stay Free! Magazine: a crazy news story about Finland's sliding scale for traffic tickets, which resulted in one man getting a fine of $71,000.
At this moment, I am listening to the Timbaland/Justin Timberlake/Nelly Furtado song "Give It To Me," and I ask myself, "Is this song about the musicians' rivalries with anyone in particular?" Of course, Wikipedia knows the answer:
"In an interview with MTV, Timbaland revealed the target of his verse to be producer Scott Storch, with whom he co-wrote Timberlake's 2002 single "Cry Me a River." Though production on the song is credited solely to Timbaland, Storch has claimed that he helped produce it and did not receive due credit.[3]
Additionally, it is rumored Timberlake's verse is aimed at pop artist Prince. Prince reportedly started a feud during an Emmy after-party, claiming that "For whoever is claiming that they are bringing sexy back, sexy never left!" which caused Timberlake's response.[4] When the song was released it was rumored that Justin's verse was aimed at pop sensation Janet Jackson but this rumor has later been put to rest."
In my Etsy travels, I am always coming across things that, while cool/purty/ironic/post-mo, just don't really suit my taste or that I have no use for. However, these items deserve to find homes, because they are cool/purty/ironic/post-mo. Therefore, I present "May I suggest you buy this?" a new, sporadic deletiaTM feature.
Wow, my list of things I am happy about just got longer. Like, only 1 item longer, but still, it's a significant one item. Aside from that overheard in the office site, which I linked to yesterday, there are a bunch of others, including celebrity wit! Now, you may be saying, "Jocelyn, these people are interviewed all the time. They are under constant surveillance. Every time they say one stupid thing, the press has a field day. It's exploitative and immature and unfair." And to that, I reply:
"I make Jessica Simpson look like a rock scientist." -Tara ReidAny questions?
"I would rather die than let my kid eat Cup-a-Soup." -Gwyneth Paltrow
things that make me happy today: burt's bees pomegranate lip balm, friday (and Meghan making out with friday), going out to the bar three weeknights in a row, getting things in the mail from etsy every day, the prospect of the farmer's market tomorrow
things that make my unhappy today: stores that have a pseudo-canadian version of their online store (with a .ca domain name) but when you go to check out, they want to charge you in American dollars and send your order from the United States--via some bizarre non-USPS priority mail that will mean paying a bundle in taxes and fees at the border. DON'T TRY TO TRICK ME! I've been down that road before.
I've started using Google Calendar to keep track of my life as previously noted. This is because basically all my commitments are work-related and I don't like having to carry my giant binder around to remind me of them. I just got back to my desk after a 2:00 meeting and there was a little pop-up window on my desktop telling me I have a 2:00 meeting. Creepy and not that useful! Since if I had waited for the pop-up window, I would have been late for my meeting!
Instead of using google, I should just use my noodle. Heh.
Some of the quotes on this website made me laugh so hard I almost cried: overhead in the office. Note: if you're at work, try to laugh silently. In a way, that just makes it funnier.
Did you know that Veronica Mars rents a car from the same fictional rental company, Lariat, that Mulder and Scully rent cars from? TV is one big in-joke! You heard it here first!
earlier post: did you know...
"If facts were the only thing that counted, the telephone directory would be the book of books." -Werner Herzog in this very short interview with The Onion AV Club
twitterku compiles haiku poems from the twitter public stream. I like: "spining on my chair/MIssing someone. Or am I?/still hating twitter" and also: "Picking up my kids.../drinking an orange fanta/I got my griffin"
I joined twitter but I don't really see the point of it. What do I care what other people are doing? It's all about me, me, me! Plus the last thing I need in my life is one more social networking site to check obsessively.
I seem to be in this fishtank rut I can't get out of, so I'll just roll with it. Via design blogger Josh Spear, the three-room (three-bowl?) fish condo.
Much as its name implies, weird converter.com converts things from a normal unit--say, a centimetre--to a weird unit. Or from a weird unit to a weird unit. Like for example an american cockroach, a Shaquille O'Neill, or a placenta. For example, there is .55 Tom Cruises (in weight) to 1 Jennifer Aniston. The height comparison would be more like 1.1:1, probably. Wait, did I get that backwards? Fractions have never been my strength, or my calling.
Knowledge Navigation: this video explains Apple's vision for the future. Nothing that exciting about that. But it's from the 80s, which makes it funny.
Useful household tips: this video shows how to fold over a chip bag to preserve freshness and avoid chip-spilling embarrassment. Without any kind of external technology! Impress your friends, and strike fear into the hearts of your enemies.
Three sites related to strange geography: strange maps, a blog that collects the titular items; blind atlas, which discusses the geography of invisible places; and VirtualAni, about the deserted Armenian city.
Bonus link: Brazilian artist Icaro Doria uses flags as graphs that show statistics about their countries.
Until further notice, I will be watching movies in my air-conditioned apartment, feeling guilty about running said air conditioning, and freaking out about people I went to junior high with who are on facebook and are (a) cute (b) the same or (c) far more real, and less mythical, than I could have predicted or been comfortable with.
Wacky news: Pole wakes up from 19-year coma [BBC News]. "A Polish man has woken up from a 19-year coma to find the Communist party no longer in power and food no longer rationed, Polish TV reports."
Just like that movie!
Did you know that Spike (from Buffy) and Cancer Man (from X-Files) smoke the same fictional brand of cigarettes? You can buy your own package of them.
From Thinkgeek, creators of the desktop carnivorous terrarium and the mini Stonehenge, comes: the RFID-blocking wallet. Paranoia about RFID is not just for, well, paranoids anymore. I'm pretty sure this product will live up to its slogan: "More comfortable than aluminum foil in your pants."
It's not a secret holiday, is it? There is NO ONE ELSE in the office. It's suspicious. I'm pretty sure the world hasn't ended though (which is always my first assumption) because a workman just walked by my desk. So there must be something else going on... some kind of cool library breakfast I wasn't invited to? With pancakes and orange mocca frappucinos and collocation? Well, if no one else gets here by lunchtime I'm going home. Or I'll just spend the whole afternoon watching the otter cam.
List of secret holidays: Don't Tell Anyone Day (usually celebrated on the first Saturday after Christmas), Keep It Secret Week (Mar 1-7), 4/20 (April 20, obviously), Jocelyn Still Has To Go To Work Day (June 1st), Skull & Bones Day (which usually commemorates the day George Bush Sr. entered office), Shavuot (late May/early June), Taciturn Eve (it's not actually a secret, but it might as well be), Ssssssssh (Sometime in late August; no one knows for sure because it's not talked about).
Heh. It could actually be Shavuot. Insert tasteless joke about a Jewish library conspiracy here.
