Sometimes fortune is quite astute as to my moods. For example, just now:
A girl and a boy bump into each other -- surely a coincidence. A girl and a boy bump and her handkerchief drops -- surely another coincidence. But when a girl gives a boy a dead squid, *that had to mean SOMETHING!*

(No, it probably won't make any more sense the longer you ( Read more... )

This morning, I woke to find that my aloe plant had tried to commit suicide druing the night. I keep it on the windowsill in my kitchen, and some time between my going to bed and waking up, it had launched itself off the sill and into the sink, losing a bunch of the dirt form the pot, breaking off one leaf, and bending two others.

I had been ( Read more... )

Tonight I gave a homeless man an empty Mountain Dew can. In return, he gave me two Power Bars.

( A warning... )

I just got a spam email with the subject line “subconsciously metaphysics.”

This is the most surreal guide to a programming language that I've ever seen: Why's (Poignant) Guide to Ruby. No, scratch that; the word ‘surreal’ doesn't even do it justice. It's like learning how to program in the world of The Beatles' Yellow Submarine. Accompanied by comic strips, some of which resemble things Edward Gorey might have drawn. If ( Read more... )

I was listening to White Zombie's "Electric Head Pt. 2 (The Ecstacy)" when I noticed that the large, long-legged insect that had flown into my apartment earlier this evening had alighted in the corner by my computer. And was moving two of its legs. Rhythmically. In time to the beat of the song.

Spotted at IKEA today: a pillow going by the product name "Gosa Gott."*

(The special hell...)

* I know the spelling of the first one probably isn't the same (according to Finding Serenity, it is transliterated "gosse"), but I hear it in my head the same, and it still makes me laugh.

It's the original Buddy Christ!

(I'm going to the special hell...)

Especially for disc_sophist...

So a cheeky monkey and a cunning duck walk into a bar. The cheeky monkey goes up to the bartender and asks for a beer. The bartender takes one look at the simian before him and replies, "We don't serve monkeys in 'ere." To which the cheeky monkey replies, "Then 'ow come I saw your mum in 'ere last night 'aving a pint?" The ( Read more... )