wooooohhhhhhhhhooooooooooooooo
(We're still waiting for MP's info)
We both passed.
How Mat Honan feels about The Da Vinci Code
I was going to read it, but Mat's scathing review of the book
kind of convinced me I shouldn't bother:
"I'm not even going to link to this piece of shit.
I hated this book. It left me with a deep sense of resentment and a feeling of overwhelming derision for those who put this turd-paper on the best-seller list..."
good lord
Although I can testify that the roads in Costa Rica are pretty bad (bone-jarring, in fact) they don't even hold a candle to this
federal highway outside Moscow.
the world's stupidest knife.
What were they thinking?
hahaha
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Gerrymandered To Serve King Friday's Make-Believe Agenda
MISTER ROGERS' NEIGHBORHOOD, PA—A plan to radically redistrict Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood to further cement the control of the powerful King Friday XIII political machine is expected to pass this week and deeply affect current taxation structure, voting patterns, and services. 'Meow-me-meow can't afford meow property tax as it stands now meow, and meow don't want everything I've worked for to be destroyed meow,' said one resident, who asked to remain anonymous. Among the anticipated changes are sharp cutbacks in speedy deliveries, the elimination of trolley routes to such low-income districts as Someplace Else and the platypus mound, as well as the destruction of the Museum-Go-Round to make room for a massive new headquarters for The Electric Company.
haha
Great collection of old and new
Office Slang here.
Ohnosecond - That minuscule fraction of time during which you realize you’ve just made a terrible error.
Open-Collar Workers - People who work at home or telecommute.
Percussive Maintenance - The fine art of whacking the crap out of an electronic device to get it to work again.
Perot - To quit unexpectedly. “My cellular phone just perot’ed.”
Plug-and-Play - A new hire who doesn’t require training. “That new guy is totally plug-and-play.”
do not surf here
Interesting photos of a cold beach in Russia where the waves are freezing as they hit the shore.
how true
"Here are the NASCAR-style uniforms Senators Hillary Clinton and Rick Santorum would wear if companies were proud of their political donations."
poem of the day
Another Reason Why I Don't Keep A Gun In The House
The neighbors' dog will not stop barking.
He is barking the same high, rhythmic bark
that he barks every time they leave the house.
They must switch him on on their way out.
The neighbors' dog will not stop barking.
I close all the windows in the house
and put on a Beethoven symphony full blast
but I can still hear him muffled under the music,
barking, barking, barking,
and now I can see him sitting in the orchestra,
his head raised confidently as if Beethoven
had included a part for barking dog.
When the record finally ends he is still barking,
sitting there in the oboe section barking,
his eyes fixed on the conductor who is
entreating him with his baton
while the other musicians listen in respectful
silence to the famous barking dog solo,
that endless coda that first established
Beethoven as an innovative genius.
Billy Collins
hear ye, hear ye
Folks, my new cell phone number is (334) 322-0275.
sacred visions
The New York Metropolitan Museum of Art is currently hosting an exhibit of
early paintings from Central Tibet, all of which are stunning.
my new favorite reading material
the best of craigslist.
we did it
Ladies and Gentlemen, we now introduce to you... Mr. and Mrs. Charles McDowell Crook, Jr. Otherwise known as McD and MP. We love all of you, and hope you enjoyed our wedding weekend as much as we did. If you couldn't make it up to South Bend, we missed you and look forward to seeing you soon in your hometown.
By the way, for those of you who were there, I deny everything that was said about me at the rehearsal dinner.
Meanwhile, we are in Costa Rica having an absolute BLAST. Pura Vida!
cool--Erin has pictures here!
And Katy has more pictures here!
And Richard has posted his bachelor party video here.
You can also watch Jim's toast here.
