Please watch the following and think about it. Very clever as andrewducker said. I took it from his entry.

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I've never embedded a video before, so if I've screwed it up, here the link: Lost Generation.

synecdochic has a really, really good post on how to separate skeevy from okay. It's titled Don't Be That Guy. It comes from a heteronormative place but it can really be read as how not to accidentally take advantage of privilege. If you're going to take advantage, do it on purpose. :)

In brief news, I received Civ IV: Beyond the Sword on the 27th of January. But due to a series of fortunate events, I didn't get to play it until Saturday night the 4th. People are still more important than games ( Read more... )

A number of people have asked me what I think about Robert Anton Wilson's death. I don't really have that much to say about it. "Thanks for all the apples." ?? It's been coming for a while. I'm delighted that we have so much of what he wanted to say in his books ( Read more... )

Thinking about the admonition "Be safe. Be happy ( Read more... )

On not having a breast pocket
I like wearing silk dress shirts. But when my day is stressful already, not having a breast pocket to put my pen away can be unduly stressful.
I am amusing myself by posting this via LJ Talk; LJ's Jabber service.(Added the following as well as added tags, a location, and mood ( Read more... )

In reference to this entry about not calling 911 for someone if they say not to, I am very amused at the number of people that disagreed with me. I will have to yield that I've never been in a situation where someone was having a heart attack and so I have no experience of what it would be like or what their mental state would be. It's possible ( Read more... )

Being that I work in the Healthcare industry, it's unsurprising that we regularly have various "healthy tips" posted in a variety of places. Usually these are at least somewhat interesting. This latest one though is rather disturbing at the end. It talks about the four warning signs of a heart attack. ( cut these because you likely don't care )

When I talked about "maintaining face" last Friday, I meant it in a social/linguistics sense rather than anything having to do with "honor" or other such nebulous concepts ( Read more... )