11:22 <@toast> Results for Tuesday's special election posted on the California's secretary of state's website showed more than 60 percent of voters rejected
the five fiscal measures on the ballot.
11:22 <@toast> A sixth measure barring pay increases for state officials amid deficits was approved by about 74 percent of the voters ( Read more... )

From Kung Fu Monkey by way of jason0x21:

"There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old's life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The ( Read more... )

Thanks to tree_ish, I'm finally getting around to reading all of Mark Twain's Life on the Mississippi. I think I just read what might very well be the punch line of the entire first half of the book, and it's got me so damn tickled I'm gonna share the whole quote, from Chapter 17 ( Read more... )

This t-shirt made me both giggle and titter.