What we endure…

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Read Joshua Tyree’s take on the implausibility of the Death Star’s trash compactor and waste management system. Then come back here for some of my reactions to his insanity!
Personally, I believe that the particular trash compacting system that we see in the film was put in place precisely because of its inefficient and inherently [...]

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Crouching Tiger, Bitten Drag Queen

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Dear Readers:
I have a technical question. Is it bad that my cat threw up in my monitor? I don’t mean on my monitor. Literally, she threw up in my monitor. Everything is running fine, and the cat did not die from electric shock. Can I assume that everything remains okay?
Thank you,
Scotty Halfass
UPDATE:
Nate [...]

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Via Jish’s website, I’ve been turned onto the Stealth Disco phenomenon. Rock!

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I think it’s time to study Apicius.

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Rushing to defend Rush and beating the table to hammer home his logic, Neal Boortz sticks his fist in his own mouth.

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Normally I automatically delete most “broadcast” e-mails at work—especially since most of the time the subject line will be something like:
ATTN: BIRMINGHAM EMPLOYEES
or
TOWN HALL MEETING
or the more subtle
IMPORTANT REQUIRED TRAINING
DELETE
But today, I actually received something good. A link to a cool site which serves as a handy reference to the subtle differences between commands [...]

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My Braves are perennial post-season chumps. They’re always in it, and almost always choke. But you have to love a team who has most consecutive Divisional Titles of any team in baseball history.
But are you FUCKING KIDDING ME with this Kerry Wood two-run double?

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