Do they not get that the absolute *worst* thing that we could do is put our fingerprints all over the Iranian uprising? Right now it's a totally home-grown operation no matter how much the clerics point fingers at us and the U.K., and everyone knows it. Us jumping up and down about what's going on over there will do nothing to help the protesters ( Read more... )

The subject lines of spam are occasionally more amusing than they really should be. I'm just amused by this lady (it came from a no doubt entirely fictitious female name) pimping out her sheep. WTF? I opted not to examine the contents of the email. They never really follow up on the promise of the subject line anyway ;-)

I just got a porno spam email entitled "difference and functional equations". WTF?

I went to my local taqueria for dinner and observed an impressively stupid exchange. This guy in front of me had ordered a quesadilla, but as he watched them make it he got very concerned. He expected it to be made by folding a tortilla in half over the contents so you have a half-moon shaped thing. This place makes them by folding the tortilla ( Read more... )

No, really. The military wants to induce gay orgies among the ranks of our enemies. Your defense tax dollars at work! The best part is that not only are they looking for an aphrodisiac, but also for a chemical that wil turn you gay! The tests for that must be hysterical. "Hey- is this cock any more appealing to you now that we've gassed you?"

So I've long said that one reason I like comics (and in particular, like looking at comics throughout their publication history) is that they can be a great reflection of the pop culture and moods of the time. World War II's impact on the Golden Age (including the creation of superheroes in the first place) is an obvious example ( Read more... )

No, really ( Read more... )

It's almost impossible to overstate how much this book fails to live up to the event hype Marvel has given it. Quite frankly, it sucks massively.

So I have a new glass windowpane in my door to replace the one broken by the crazy guy this morning. It is not as pretty as the old one (which was probably original 125+ year old glass and had a nice bevel around the edge) but it is modern shatter-proof stuff which will be nice if said crazy guy gets let out while still crazy and tries it again. ( Read more... )

So our always slightly crazy next door neighboor apparently cracked completely around 5AM this morning and decided that his house was haunted / on fire, and he had to get us all to come out of our house since it is built right up against his and therefore we'd all burn up, too (these are typical San Francisco Victorian row houses ( Read more... )