A while ago I was dropping captainparanoid off at his place on the way back from Reno. It was around dinner time so we stopped in at Safeway to grab something quick for dinner before I headed home. I thought our shopping basket looked kinda pathetic life-wise, although the two parties in front of us were sort of intriguing in that way too.

Poll (For those not ( Read more... )

Heh, for my vegetarian friends, response #2.

via boingboing, Out of Context Science -- sentences taken from scientific papers that are funny out of context. LJ syndication: outofcontextsci

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Dear massive chain retail corporations:

Having your cashiers thank me by name does not impart a personal touch when they are reading my name off the cash register receipt.

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