January 2010
108 posts
Tumblr Names
mikescollins:
Is there a way that you can see folks’ real names on Tumblr in addition to their chosen username? Often when I get new followers I never know if I should follow them back cause they don’t have a photo or a name I recognize. Is there a way you can see who they are?
Martin Luther King, Jr.:
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will...
Plan for the day: file and pay my 2009 state and federal income tax and then go to the gym before dinner at 7 o’clock.
Actual day: filed and paid my 2009 state and federal income tax by 6:49. Skipping gym, will be late for dinner.
I’d write something here about how unrealistic expectations can make even big accomplishments seem like disappointments, but I’m running late!
nicolemarietherese:
“I just want you guys to know that I think each of you is really very special. And someday someone else very special is going to see that and you’ll ditch the shitty relationships you’re in now and fall in love. I believe that. Valentines Day is going to mean something to you too someday. Don’t give up.”
— Terry, campaigning against a Valentine’s Day practice for Robber...
sat-analogies:
Thadiun Okona : Star Trek :: Han Solo : Star Wars
The SAT analogies tumblr is supposed to post a new analogy every day, but in spite of being “good at computers” I can’t make it work quite right. Besides that, the project is going well.
I wrote this one for Brett to complain about.
“Those of us who patiently, day after day, explain to a child or colleague that...”
– Fraser Speirs - Blog - Future Shock
Thoughts
halphillips:
Pick your favorites and respond!
I’m pretty sure I should not be doing this.
It sucks that problems like depression and anxiety are still stigmatized to a point where you can’t talk about them without sounding insane. I admired Michael Ian Black for blogging about his depression here and here, but when I talk about stuff like that, the reactions aren’t “you’re so brave...
Apparently I Have Access to a Blender
heyjb:
This will make protein shakes much, much better.
That’s right nerds, I’m drinking protein shakes now.
I got tired of cleaning the blender all the time, so I bought a handheld mixer. With one of those you can blend it in the drinking glass.
That’s right, nerds drink protein shakes too.
Obama to announce $8 billion high-speed rail... →
ohhleary:
Meh. This is not impressive, and the funds were already there.
$8 billion is a drop in the bucket compared to what we need to build out a truly effective, efficient, and useful national high-speed rail system.
At least the bucket isn’t being spitefully pissed into any more.
“could you design it to put a stupid quote depending on the loss?”
– Corey Brown, who thinks it appropriate to ask a question in an answer box.
In theory I could, but I don’t want to do anything super complicated because I’m trying to get this version finished so I can submit it to iTunes and make $$$.
Charles Babbage (via nihilnoetia):
“On two occasions I have been asked, ‘Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?’ I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.”
For Nicole. This will make sense in a few minutes.
Ruminations
healywu:
Walking home (to the train) buzzed is so much nicer than doing so sober. More singing, less feet hurting.
I once made the trip home to Manhattan from some remote part of Queens or Brooklyn, and I was just the right amount of drunk that (1) waiting on the platform in the cold was painless, (2) I dozed off on the train, (3) but woke up just in time for a transfer and my final stop. It...
halphillips:
When you’re in a frenzied, anxiety-ridden state of mind, what calms you down? Bonus points if it helps you focus when your mind was previously all over the place.
Rephrased: what is like weed, but doesn’t make you stupid?
Kolinahr.
Follow my SAT analogies tumblelog
sat-analogies:
analogies : SAT :: Conan O’Brien : NBC
As you can see, I decided to kick off the project with pandering.
The aim is to post a fresh one each day. I already have a week’s worth in the queue.
Will minimalism make a writing project easier to sustain? Probably not.
“I’ll smack a rock star!”
– MC Lars, True Player For Real
Reblog with what people have said you look like...
healywu:
yonilotan:
mehalicka:
clamcandy:
yurveryownwes:
methane:
blakeharnage-:
i once got sierra kusterbeck. :l
emily browning, too. D:
I DONT SEE HOW
blake lively.
ALL THE TIME.
Ryan Seacrest.. -____-
Natalie Portman ._.
cameron from ferris bueller’s day off
Jon Stamos
Hermione Granger / Jodie Foster / Amy Poehler.
Jon Lovitz / Mr. Bean (Rowan Atkinson) / Mr. Big...
“Hey do you think there’s such thing as long lasting happiness? And if...”
– A friend from high school, in an email to me, dated January 25, 2000 (exactly ten years ago today)
Friday, March 26
I’ve just been informed that my possible appearance on What Not To Wear will be airing on Friday, March 26. That is, unless TLC makes a change, which is not at all unlikely. Here’s the schedule.
If you’re only watching to see me, don’t bother unless you have a DVR with freeze-frame and a high definition TV.
WatchDiora Baird was supposed to play an Orion girl in Star Trek. Her only scene was deleted. This is it. Watching it generates more questions than it answers.
“Most of the time I do not have an Internet connection. Once or twice or maybe...”
– Richard Stallman on The Setup (Explicitly connecting to the Internet, rather than simply having it on all the time, is something worth considering.)
“Always give your best, never get discouraged, never be petty; always remember,...”
– Richard M. Nixon, Final Remarks to the White House Staff, 9 August 1974 (Conan’s closing remarks reminded me of this.)
Whopper Bar, BK w/ Beer, to open in States →
chrisreblogs:
Is this great or horrible? I can’t decide.
Horrible, because we have to go all the way to Miami to eat/drink there.
Nicole: oh man. I do use punctuation when I'm mad. short sentences.
Katey: yes. and you get very specific
Nicole: oh?
Katey: like your syntax can imprison your emotions
Nicole: wow.
Katey: like a vulcan
Nicole: I don't know what that is
Katey: vulcans as a species. they have very deep and strong emotions. especially anger. they train themselves not to experience them. so there are times that their mental tricks and training fail and they freak out and throw people around
Nicole: oh my god. am I a vulcan?
Katey: well i would posit that you employ certain techniques very like vulcan emotion control to try to prevent your feelings from running rampant.
Nicole: wow.
Nicole: And then I throw people!
...
Me: Automatic Vulcan reblog
The 4 Big Myths of Profile Pictures « OkTrends... →
An excerpt:
The male “Ab Shot” has the same reputation as the MySpace Shot—it’s an Internet cliché that supposedly everyone thinks is only for bozos. To wit: a journalist was visiting our office recently, and when we told her we were researching user photos, the first thing she said was “please tell me people hate it when guys show off their abs.” We hadn’t finished running the numbers yet, so we...
Hey, Law & Order:SVU, trains to Florida do not...
ohhleary:
Accuracy FAIL. YOUR SHOW IS FILMED IN NEW YORK CITY! How do you get this shit so wrong?
Did it occur to you that they might be doing the city a favor by intentionally hiding Penn Station from the rest of America?
Conan chants
benzado:
Don’t undermine your position by apologizing when you know you’re absolutely right.
healywu:
I wasn’t apologizing for my position, I was apologizing for speaking for my friends. I don’t know that we all agree, but I suspect we do.
The first ‘sorry’ wasn’t a real sorry.
I completely understood your intention. I was trying to convey “you nailed it” but using my...
“I listened to the rest of Ke$ha’s album. The other songs are also about...”
– Brett White
Conan chants
frakintosh:
See! This is what I’m talking about. Getting riled up about real issues that matter - facing this generation’s struggles with a full head of steam.
healywu:
Sorry Jay, but if you are going to follow me or my comedy friends, you are going to see a lot more of this type of thing than from ‘regular’ people. Most of us are frustrated and appalled with a lot of ‘real world’ shit, but...
“The answer is as easy as it is counter-intuitive: Tumblr is a New York company...”
– Why Tumblr is kicking Posterous’s ass « PEG on Tech (Further evidence that New York is where I belong.)
nerves
chrysilla:
Its weird being nervous about an improv show, compared to other shows I’ve done. There are no lines or music or fight choreography memorized for me to repeat in my head over and over again. So far I like this better.
Hopefully I am nervous enough to put on a good show, without actually exploding. Because I’d feel bad about some Magnet intern having to clean bits of me up off the...
“All I know is, when it’s daylight again and all I have is a phone number,...”
– Me, in a conversation with a friend about The Rules.
“It’s tempting to imagine that women could be forceful and self-confident without...”
– A Rant About Women « Clay Shirky
Brian Eno on the naming of things →
via austinkleon, Brian Eno:
“A way to make new music is to imagine looking back at the past from a future and imagine music that could have existed but didn’t….My interest in making music has been to create something that does not exist that I would like to listen to, not because I wanted a job as a musician. I wanted to hear music that had not yet happened, by putting together things that...
Oh let us turn our thoughts today, to Martin...
I Have Logged Into Tumblr For the First Time in... →
annarubanova:
Shake Weight. Am I too late on this?
LOL YouTube Comment: “im surprised the weight didnt cum on her”
What is '$$' in the bash shell? →
For Brett.
lp0 on fire (aka Printer on Fire) →
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Don't struggle to climb aboard a sinking ship
This is long, but bear with me, please. I think this is really important, especially for my friends, many of whom are fantastically talented but currently unemployed or underemployed.
The Tonight Show fiasco was clearly a dick move on the part of NBC executives, but I think most people were concerned because it is part of a larger problem. Chez Pazienza at Huffington Post:
The chilling effect...
1 Kings 3:23-28
23 The king said, “This one says, ‘My son is alive and your son is dead,’ while that one says, ‘No! Your son is dead and mine is alive.’ “
24 Then the king said, “Bring me a sword.” So they brought a sword for the king. 25 He then gave an order: “Cut the living child in two and give half to one and half to the other.”
26 The woman whose...