Got stung by a rogue mosquito in the back of the head last night and now my neck is all sore from its virulent nerve toxin-saliva or whatever. Told my fellow office drone about it and he said, “don’t worry it’s probably just encephalitis – haha!”
Haha! Very funny, motherfucker.
When you were away from your desk and your client called, I told him you got fired for being a crack whore.
Author: Justin
AOL – Brilliant Strategists
Anybody want a shit sandwich? Are you sure? After all, it’s free!
It’s hard convincing those living in the shit-matrix that there is a better world outside. Believe me, I still have friends & relatives trapped in there.
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UPDATE: Due to popular demand, a unique version of the “free shit sandwich” is now being provided to employees as well! FREE OF CHARGE!
Two months left
– A MESSAGE TO KIM JONG IL –
Bitch, you only have a couple months left to target my island, then I’m the fuck out.
So come on, gimme your best ‘Dong!
Whitman
“We’re all capable of terrible acts, and we’re all capable of greatness. It’s a question of which angels we’re listening to, I suppose.”
On August 1, 1966, CHARLES WHITMAN climbed to the top of the University of Texas Tower and started firing—and the rest, literally, is history. Here’s what happened on that fateful day, in the words of more than three dozen people who got shot, fired back, lost loved ones, saved lives by risking their own, and otherwise witnessed the nation’s first mass murder in a public place.
Go read the whole article: 96 minutes
(via mefi)
On Jellies and Fireweed
This is depressing as all hell, but is also a must-read: A Primeval Tide of Toxins
We are human; of course we all know how this is going to turn out, and yet, we continue in our set ways because there is no miracle cure.
Boots on the Ground
This account of the Battle of Panjawai written in an e-mail by a Canadian Light Armored Vehicle commander is a must-read: LINK
It’s hard to remember all the wars going on right now. Afghanistan is one most of us agreed on before going in.
(via mofi)
Mad Cow Pool
Rebuilding beef trade with Japan could take years
Anybody want to bet how long it is before they find more infected beef and halt importation from the US again?
My money’s on three months or less, and this is due one simple factor: Quality control on the US side simply isn’t up to the task of screening every piece of meat – this is an economical impossibility – but the Japanese side will be testing with a vengeance. If meat from an infected cow slips through the US side, it most probably will be found on the Japan side.
Green Benefits
One of the benefits of working next to an R&D laboratory at an electronics manufacturer is that the guys are always playing around with cold lasers and soldering irons and other manly tools of self-destruction. The lab is also the coolest place in the building as the stupid Cool Biz rules don’t apply in there – the huge industrial coolers keep it nice and icy. We all make it a point to walk through there several times a day.
The mad scientists next door are currently developing next-gen hydroponics systems for some project or another. They are testing these systems next to our office windows and on the roof with tomato, eggplant, and cucumber plants, and they obviously are onto something because the yield of these plants is unbelievable. I’ve been supplementing my grocery store and produce stand purchases with what I score at work for the past month or so, and I’m very grateful what with large tomatoes going for a dollar at most Japanese supermarkets.
In work terms, I’m afraid this translates to me commenting that the hydro systems seem to need a bit more tweaking – maybe for, say, energy efficiency! – and that more “testing” is needed. I think I’m going to have to suggest new plants as well, because I’m all cucumbered out.
Crystal Cove
Just some quick news from back home: Crystal Cove State Park has reopened!
Crystal Cove is one of my favorite places back home. It’s been a long decade plus away, and one of the things I miss most about OC is the endless coastline (Curiously, in that decade, our area became quite famous because of a stupid TV program. People never used to know where Orange County was and now they’re all like, “oh you’re from the OC? I watch that all the time!” I. Cannot. Relate.)
Here’s a recent LA Times writeup: LINK
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