September 2009
Swedish parents emerge victorious in bid to name... →
cleversimon:
The sibling rivalry with his little brother Jean-Luc is going to be rough.
I don’t believe I didn’t spot the Star Trek aspect of this. I’ll have to watch a couple of seasons of The Next Generation as a penance, I guess.
“Q’s father, Rickard Rehnberg, expressed his relief at the Supreme...”
– Swedish parents emerge victorious in bid to name son ‘Q’ - The Local
Q’s mother’s maiden name, on the other hand, is Moneypenny.
“if you think i’m going to pass up a chance to put my hat back down in front of...”
– amanda fucking palmer » blog
Amanda may not be sure about the how but she’s certainly hip to the why. And not afraid of admitting the first and shouting out the latter.
© and CC
For some time now I have been publishing most of my photos under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative license. Partly I do so because I think a change is needed with regards to copyright regulations and partly because that license fits my needs very well.
The problem is that for many people even the attribution bit seems to be too much. I’m giving a lot of people...
“Shit…my museum studies friends don’t get trashed at night—we put period dramas...”
– b to the sheep.
It’s a great waste if you don’t do any roleplaying. Damn, how I studied medieval clothing and armour the last time I was involved in a fantasy campaign.
Okay, I did a lot more studying of armour and weapons than clothing but still, I did research clothing. Honest.
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Craft brewers rethink rice in beer -- latimes.com →
(Via Craft Beer News)
I’m not that sceptical of rice in beer and if it works, it works. Maize on the other hand is usually a killer to me in the mainstream lagers that are often made with it. I’d be curious to see if the same might happen with maize as may be happening with rice but I’m very sceptical of it.
“The length and girth of my boner for Apple is a matter of public record.”
– Microsoft’s grinning robots or the Brotherhood of the Mac. Which is worse? · cleversimon.com (Via Daring Fireball)
Ah, but is your boner lustrous?
“All in all, the creative act is not performed by the artist alone; the spectator...”
– -Marcel Duchamp (via texburgher)
Automatic Duchamp retblog!
I wish I knew why I (apparently) make people...
nicky36:
zolora:
I’m pretty nice, I think. I mean, you know, to people’s faces.
I can’t help you because you made me the opposite of nervous.
This would apparently make Zolora the only person in the world that I could pee in front of.
Aren’t we all a lot happier now that I’ve shared this with you?
International Blasphemy Day is 30 September 2009 →
“In a defiant and provocative statement, issued following a meeting of the UN...”
– Sex abuse rife in other religions, says Vatican | World news | The Guardian
Oh, yes, adult men having sex with 11 year old boys isn’t really child abuse. You guys keep “cleaning up” your own house.
I am now going to start punching family members. If the authorities start...
“La Maupin, 17th century French swordswoman, adventuress and opera star, was like...”
– La Maupin
A perfect female character for historical renaissance roleplaying, amirite?
“OK, can you do some more probing? New York will want to know”
– Swiss arrest Polanski on US request in sex case - Forbes.com
I don’t know whether it’s Forbes or AP that screwed this one up but in any case it’s epic. (Via Tom Hartshorn)
“It is a natural part of life, becoming a teenaged goth.”
– Spain’s Goth First Daughters Embarrass, Embarrassed By Dad - Barack Obama - Gawker
Erm… okay?
“The founder of the Star Wars-inspired Jedi faith has accused Tesco of religious...”
– Jedi ejected from Tesco for wearing hood - Telegraph
Oh, where to start? Well, click through and you’ll see a fair argument for him getting to wear his hooded cloak as Muslim women can apparently shop at Tesco while wearing the requisite veil. Also, as ridiculous as the Jedi faith may be,...
“Needless to say, when you’re looking at prints that large, especially...”
– Shutterfinger: A Reminder to Pay Attention to What Matters Most
“Naturally, the common people don’t want war; neither in Russia nor in...”
– Hermann Göring - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
“The trucker, apparently unable to reach a satisfactory climax, then proceeded to...”
– Trucker flips his rig after masturbating while driving - The Local
Those long hauls from Germany must get lonely.
“My dad’s making me watch UFC with him. He keeps yelling, “These are...”
– Twitter / Ainsley Drew
Associating UFC with “real” masculinity is deeply troubling to me.
Homer: Got any of that beer that has candy floating in it? You know, Skittlebrau?
Apu: Such a beer does not exist, sir. I think you must have dreamed it.
Homer: Oh. Well, then just give me a six-pack and a couple of bags of Skittles.
“Probably the greatest impact digital has had on photography is the most illusory...”
– Twitter / Nick
