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Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Stephen Hawking

'Guys? The Town is supposed to be good, and I thou--' 'PHYSICIST STEPHEN HAWKING DECLARES NEW FILM BEST IN ALL SPACE AND TIME' 'No, I just heard that--' 'SHOULD SCIENCE PLAY A ROLE IN JUDGING BEN AFFLECK?' 'I don't think--' 'WHAT ABOUT MATT DAMON?'
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Monday, September 27, 2010

Adjectives

'Fucking ineffable' sounds like someone remembering how to do self-censorship halfway through a phrase.
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Friday, September 24, 2010

debian-main

dpkg: error processing package (--purge): subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit 163: OH_GOD_THEYRE_INSIDE_MY_CLOTHES
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Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Bad Ex

Since the goatee, glasses, and Seltzer & Friedberg DVD collection didn't tip you off, there will be a $20 negligence charge for this service.
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Monday, September 20, 2010

Conditional Risk

'Dude, wait -- I'm not American! So my risk is basically zero!'
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Friday, September 17, 2010

Inside Joke

I've looked through a few annotated versions of classic books, and it's shocking how much of what's in there is basically pop-culture references totally lost on us now.
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Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Physicists

If you need some help with the math, let me know, but that should be enough to get you started! Huh? No, I don't need to read your thesis, I can imagine roughly what it says.
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Monday, September 13, 2010

Password Reuse

It'll be hilarious the first few times this happens.
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Friday, September 10, 2010

Leaving

What'll I say -- "I was staring at some cat vomit when I got the news?"
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Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Control

Which, at one point, led to a study showing that LSD produces no more hallucinations than a placebo.
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Monday, September 6, 2010

Showdown

The tumbleweed then tried to roll off into the sunset, but due to the Old West's placement north of the subtropical ridge, the prevailing winds were in the wrong direction.
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Friday, September 3, 2010

The Carriage

I learned from Achewood that since this poem is in ballad meter, it can be sung to the tune of Gilligan's Island. Since then, try as I might, I haven't ONCE been able to read it normally.
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Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Orbiter

Normally, the Shuttle can't quite safely reach the orbital inclination required to pass over both those points from a Canaveral launch, but this is an alternate history in which either it launches from Vandenberg or everyone hates the Outer Banks.
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