Pope Hilarius was, of course, the funniest of all popes... His humor was a beacon of light in the church during an otherwise dark time, converting many barbarians and heretics with his stand-up comedy.
Not that I'm advocating vandalism on Wikipedia. But this is pretty funny.

Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art, like the universe itself (for God did not need to create). It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival.C. S. Lewis, The Four Loves (1960)

Subject line: Téa, Yu-Gi-Oh Abridged episode 25 "Dirty Dueling"

Okay, so I know I've whined about Skyward Sword a lot, but I just (FINALLY) beat it tonight and I may have teared up a tiny bit at the end. Maybe.By the by, I wasn't kidding when I maintained that I did other things with my life a few weeks ago. They're just not as Internet-shareable as "lolz gaiz check out my opinionz about this vidjagame." (Dibs ( Read more... )

Just a little Leap Day note that these are two films I have enjoyed recently and perhaps you will, too:

1. The Secret World of Arrietty. This was a lovely movie. It was a tad slow-paced, but I had no complaints. Once again Studio Ghibli has succeeded at making a world I just want to crawl into and live for a while. The attention to detail in the ( Read more... )

Okay, Skyward Sword, the recent discovery that Guays legitimately poop on Link slightly mitigates my dissatisfaction.

I swear, I do other things with my life.

Ah, Skyward Sword. I want to like you, I really do. Your level design is, as always, top-notch. Music, amazing. Art style, gorgeous. (I can forgive the ducklips.)

But something, something must be done about your protagonists ( Read more... )

Today at work while typing up an address I realized you can't spell 'Sacramento' without 'ramen.' Man, I was actually at a ramen restaurant in Sacramento like two weeks ago; ARGH, why couldn't I have come up with that then ( Read more... )

As someone with virtually no Internet audience, it's really cool to see all these huge blogs and companies teaming up to raise awareness of (and opposition to) SOPA and PIPA. Not since the TSA-mandated gropings have I cared so much about something political.

Happy New Year! (And to think, I was just getting used to it being 2011.) Lots of hopes and dreams for this year, and lots of things I desire to do differently or leave behind.

In other news, I woke up at 2 this afternoon. I suppose some things never change.

Subject line: wakka wakka

It is the most futile thing in the world to compare yourself to other people. And yet I continue doing it.

Earlier this afternoon I found myself on the St. Olaf Asian Studies website and then on the page of 2011 Fulbright Scholars. Look at those people. I know, or at least have had a class with, every single one of them. They are brilliant, ( Read more... )