Thursday, October 15, 2015

Recent news round-up, Part 3

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Recent news round-up, Part 2

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Animal headline of the day

Pesky owl at Maryland park doesn't give a hoot about runners

Sunday, October 11, 2015

Tuesday, October 06, 2015

Today's news round-up, Part 2

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Colbert is making late night television classy

Semi-random thoughts

  • Putting my name in the title of your email does not make it any more likely I'll read it. In fact, it might make it less likely.
  • I am amazed at how many brick and mortar stores don't put their address on the home page of their websites.
  • I had forgotten how much I like Häagen Dazs Belgian chocolate ice cream. Which is probably a good thing.

Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Recent news round-up

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Micro movie review

Pawn Sacrifice: The story of  Bobby Fischer from his rise as a chess prodigy in Brooklyn to his Cold War era challenge of the Soviet champion, to his descent to mental illness. It's a gripping story, very well-acted.

Friday, September 25, 2015

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Monday, September 21, 2015

I've never even heard of boomwhackers


I think Bach is smiling in his grave.

Sunday, September 20, 2015

Recent news round-up, Part 2

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Monday, September 07, 2015

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Perfect analogy



H/T to Helen Kramer

Sunday, September 06, 2015

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Not-quite-micro movie review

Phoenix: After surviving a concentration camp, a German-Jewish nightclub singer returns to Berlin, with a severely wounded face. She has plastic surgery, but it only gives her a semblance of her former appearance.  She is told her non-Jewish husband had been the one who betrayed her to the Nazis. She doesn't want to believe it, but needs to know for sure. She finds him, but doesn't reveal herself. He notices the resemblance, and concocts a plan for her to impersonate herself, so she can claim her money, which they would split. She agrees, in order to find out if he had informed on her.

Weird, huh?

The film starts out slow, with a lot of things irrelevant to the main plot. But once she finds him, it becomes a gripping tale of danger and deceit on two parallel levels. The acting is excellent, but there are some holes in the plot.

Friday, September 04, 2015

Recent news round-up, Part 4

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Animal headline of the day--double play

China enlists monkeys to keep birds from spoiling big parade

Wednesday, September 02, 2015

Recent news round-up, Part 2

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Sunday, August 30, 2015

From Texts From Last Night

(419): Went to the lab to print and realized the guy next to me was the one we stole all the beer from last night..... Oops http://tfl.nu/gosu

(801): Worse. He's Mormon. At least a gay guy will go get drinks with me. http://tfl.nu/uglm

(832): Just remember: We don't tell our English professor about our fetishes unless she specifically asks about them. http://tfl.nu/x6j3

(512): He's going to wonder why I have burn marks on my asshole http://tfl.nu/x7h1

(608): Did you put Adderal in the fishtank in the lobby? The fish are acting like Olympic sprinters. Asshole. http://tfl.nu/qrfy

(703): I was so drunk last night dude. I woke up this morning to my oven being wide open and my pants on the kitchen floor. http://tfl.nu/hrkf

(919): I came home braless and wearing a tail.... http://tfl.nu/c52h

(417): Also my bed has glitter in it for reasons I do not recall http://tfl.nu/s2qy

(206): Not sure what happened last night, but I woke up without a shirt on and cereal glued to my boobs... http://tfl.nu/99gc

(703): I'm just wondering how Jon managed to get vomit ON THE CEILING? http://tfl.nu/cxjr

(610): I wonder what dick looks like without astigmatism? http://tfl.nu/qax9

(303): how did you set a fucking salad on fire???????? http://tfl.nu/te2j

Recent news round-up

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Thursday, August 27, 2015

Recent news round-up, Part 2

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Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Cartoon of the day



H/T to Lynette Nusbacher

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Texts from last night

Ashley Madison

(812): See, remember when you wanted to get an Ashley Madison account and I told you not to and you hated me? You. Are. Welcome. http://tfl.nu/sl3a

(202): Looks like I'm not in the Ashly Madison files. But my wife is. http://tfl.nu/6az8

(432): Hooray!  My email address wasn't leaked by Ashley Madison!
(334): I will chop off your penis http://tfl.nu/8rdx

Miscellaneous

(516): The notary thing was a good idea. I can charge $2 per signature. I'm currently being paid in beer. http://tfl.nu/4nep

(540): pizza hut and my weed lady just showed up at the same time. I feel 22 again. http://tfl.nu/tbp9

(651): He was playing minecraft so I took a shower with my vibrator  http://tfl.nu/6o1b

(+61): For both our sake, we've decided to ban watching combat sports before sex http://tfl.nu/5e78

What you did last night

(519): you made out with another girl for some wings http://tfl.nu/lvcd

(847): Yeah you were fine except for when you peed under the bar http://tfl.nu/mfiq

(506): you asked the cab driver if he wanted to meet your parents, last night. http://tfl.nu/xzfp

What I did last night

(603): Well I didn't know she was a dominatrix...so I kind of just went with it http://tfl.nu/evih

(210): My blue shorts are now brown from all the stripper fake tan http://tfl.nu/p1s5

(732): We went camping and met these lesbians and now I have S'mores where there shouldn't be S'mores. http://tfl.nu/umaz

(563): I woke up in the basement of a pizza restaurant... I would say the tequila hit me pretty hard. http://tfl.nu/kgi1

What happened last night?

(218): Why was I lying under a truck last night? http://tfl.nu/sv51

(910): Was i rolling around in a parking lot last night http://tfl.nu/j6oh

(919): So why are your hands bright blue and have you seen my roommate.
(919): Both questions will answer each other. http://tfl.nu/9fys

And last, but not least

(406): Because you touch yourself at night.
(701): ...What time of day am I supposed to do it? http://tfl.nu/h0zu

Friday, August 21, 2015

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Micro movie reviews

I have been forgetting to post these.

Mr. Holmes: Sherlock Holmes, in his 90s and long retired to bee-keeping in the country, tries to remember his last case (told in flashbacks), which he hadn't solved. Ian McKellen does a masterful job as the title character. A fine film.

Irrational Man: Woody Allen's latest. A burnt out philosophy professor, involved with one of his colleagues, as well as one of his students, finds a reason to live. There are a few holes in the plot, which is set in a small college town, where all the students have perfect complexions. The film is fair, far from Allen's best.

Tuesday, August 18, 2015

Recent news round-up, Part 2

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Sunday, August 16, 2015

10 years! 10 whole years?

Other than posting links to stuff I find interesting or amusing, I seldom really blog any more. I guess that's why I failed to notice that my glob was 10 years old on Thursday.

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Saturday, August 15, 2015

Friday, August 14, 2015

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Animal headline of the day

Man in bear costume harasses mother bear, 2 cubs in Alaska

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Friday, August 07, 2015

Recent news round-up, Part 2

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Living with mountain lions XVI

Another lion-like animal spotted in Milwaukee metro area

Wednesday, August 05, 2015