I was on Amazon looking for turtlenecks to replace a couple whose seams ripped apart under the armpits. While skimming through the gibberish attempts at English looking for care instructions, I saw the following:


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The, er, rather evocative review for a band called, I kid you not, Pissed Jeans ( Read more... )

I just found the best site ever: the Institute for the Study of the Neurotypical.  Obviously, autistic people have no sense of humor whatsoever.   ::rolls eyes::

It's somewhat a fad among researchers (thank you, Simon Baron-Cohen) to claim that people with ASD lack a "theory of mind."  More or less broadly construed, this means the ability to ( Read more... )

I will not take this ring of power ( Read more... )

It's time for a badfic!  This one is about FFVII characters.  You know it's gonna be good when the title is "Night of terrors even though it's day time."  It just gets better from here.

The very first words of the obligatory author's note at the beginning are "WARNING: BIG OOCNESS."  In caps.  I don't know where to start with this one.  The idea ( Read more... )

I recently had an ironic conversation with a friend from college who I haven't talked to in a while.  He told me I should analyze things less and do what feels right more.  Probably knowing that I would interpret him as telling me never to analyze anything, he told me that's not what he meant.  Instead, I need to balance analysis and doing what ( Read more... )

D.E.A.D.Q.U.E.E.N.: Digital Electronic Android Designed for Questioning, Ultimate Exploration and Efficient Nullification

Just saw an online ad for interracial gay dating.  Keep in mind that gay people are about 1-2% of the population.  And if gays are anything like straight people, only a small minority of them would date interracially.  Talk about niche marketing.

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I just can't believe the nerve of people these days.

Here I am, minding my own business, and these random trolls come through and start arguing on my blog.  "You're stupid."  "No, you're stupid."  "Oh yeah? well, I'm going to call in my friend, who's probably just a sockpuppet, to back me up."  "Fine, I'll call in a sockpuppet too."  I hate when ( Read more... )