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If a tree falls in a forest, then springs back up as a joke, do the squirrels freak out?

Yesterday's nut April 23, 2011

Okay, big update for everyone, so here we go.

First up, this comes from Slog, and is fantastic:

Two weeks ago in his column, Dan Savage eviscerates Maggie Gallagher.  It’s wonderful to read, check it out.

Video Games will now have their own category in the Grammy’s!  Thank goodness.  Baba Yetu won last year for best instrumental (I linked to it before, and it deserves it, it is such a good song, especially the duet version).

Betty Bowers, America’s Best Christian, is back!  And now she’s addressing the masses:

Catholic Vandals in France destroyed “Piss Christ.” I’m not familiar with the work, but apparently it’s quite famous.  They assaulted a guard and attacked the photo with an ice pick, which just sounds viscous.  It always makes me sad to see art destroyed.

A few months ago, Gawker redesigned their family of sites, and they are horrible to try to navigate now.  Here’s a graph of their traffic, can you guess when the redesign went live:

It’s nice to see the Democrats actually go on the offensive for once, and the ad is a lot of fun (if not sad):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5z7FiBsR8OQ

Also in politics, remember the phrase that those who protest the loudest against [insert any cause] are usually actually personally involved in [cause].  See: Larry Craig, et al.  Well, the Tea Party member of the state congress of Montana who tried to removed all equality for LGBT citizens?  Yeah, she’s a lesbian.  When will politicians learn that this pattern is clear?

Want to see something fun and cute?  Check out Cute Roulette.  It’s like Chat Roulette, but with (presumably) no penises, just lots of baby animals!

You’ll have to excuse me while I laugh.  Considering he is the man who after a rant of anti-Semitic slurs called a cop “Sugar Tits,” Mel Gibson has the gall to say he has never treated anyone badly, and certainly not for their religion or gender!

That’s it for now, have a great one!

My yearly tradition

Yesterday's nut April 22, 2011

I’ll be back with more, hopefully later today, but maybe tomorrow.  In the meantime, enjoy my yearly tradition:

Can we just elect Colbert, please?

Yesterday's nut April 13, 2011

He really is amazing:

 

Wherein I mention twitter

The King of Spades April 10, 2011

Written: 04/10/2011

For Stockholm Pride, their organizing committee made this web app that goes through your Twitter feed and shows you where it lies on the sexuality spectrum.  Aside from giggling like I was 12 (yes, I know, sometimes I’m very immature, but it keeps me young and happy, so leave me be), I enjoyed the description, I thought it was fitting.

 

All my best,

The King of Spades

NCAA Bracket Challenge

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I forgot to add earlier, I participated in a NCAA bracket challenge through the Y, and for a while, was in first place!  I was so excited that I took a screenshot:

And as cool as that was, by the end, I dropped down to second (again, screenshot to follow, since I’m so excited).  As shown by the name of my bracket, I still have no idea what’s going on with NCAA basketball, but it was fun while it lasted!

dollhouse Rewatch: Season 1 Episode 2: “The Target”

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The Target shows us how Boyd came to the Dollhouse.  Well, at least how we think he came to the Dollhouse.  It’s interesting, knowing what happens in season 2, how he first interacts with Echo as he is set up as her handler.

The “shoulder to the wheel” is of course corny and over the top, but serves to show that Echo is remembering.  Kind of dumb, yes, but these are the episodes when FOX was in charge, not Joss, so I guess we have to go with it.

And of course, more information comes forward about Alpha and his composite event.  It’s nice to see a story arc being put together at least with Alpha and Echo, even if the rest of these first episodes are just “monster of the week” episodes.

We also are introduced to Mellie for the first time in this episode, again, I was smiling, knowing what I do.  She’s one of my favorite characters, and her showing up with lasagna, waiting for Ballard, was always a highlight for me.

“I presume somebody here can tell me why I have cottage cheese all over me”

Yesterday's nut April 9, 2011

Smaller update today, but here’s what we got, hope you enjoy.

Huge news, URU is finally being released as open source!  I don’t quite understand how it all works, but I’m very excited that the community will finally get to sink it’s teeth into Age Writing (and everything that comes with it).

I”m really afraid of public protests, but I think I could hold this sign up, it’s smart, witty and makes an good argument:

Have you been following all the trouble surrounding Spiderman: Turn off the Dark?  George Takei is going to fix it all:

This is just amazing.  I now kind of want to go bread shopping!

BuzzFeed has the link to a survey of GOP voters from Mississippi.  I don’t think I can sigh enough:

A guy, for Lent, is doing a Monk-diet: only beer and water.  Follow his adventure here.

The new “Kingdom Tower” will be one mile high, twice the height of the Burj Khalifa.  A normal elevator would take 12 minutes to reach the top from the bottom.  And it was just given the go ahead to begin construction.  Crazy!  Take a look:

That’s it for now, catch everyone later!

 

“A friend is just the person who suprises you the most when you learn, they too don’t give a shit about you”

Yesterday's nut April 5, 2011

Sooooooo, I’ve been incredibly sick as of late.  But, always looking for the silver lining, I learned what I’m allergic to by being prescribed a massive dose of it!  Yay!

So the CMS I use gave this article the same number as my college mailbox number, so exciting!  So anyway, here’s some fun things for you:

Here’s the “official” 140 character description of LOST:

Check out this cool ad, although I’m honestly more impressed with a cell phone in a wooden shell:

I saw this on my phone, and it’s not circulating around Facebook.  Mad Elf is amazing (and really high ABV), but I don’t know how much of a case Troegs’ has.  Guess we will see.

Zombies are now walking on the Wisconsin State Capital in protest of Scott Walker!  Check it out:

Listen, the first one of my friends who has kid around 6 or so (that’s just a guess), has to buy them this shirt:

No exceptions.

Well, this is infuriating.  Also, alarmingly scary that over 30 states have laws like this.

So up in Maine, the Republican governor was so incensed by a mural depicting the labor in his state, he had it removed (which I guess is now angering the people who put up the money for it, but that’s a legal battle for another day).  I think this is a fantastic way of protesting (it’s not a bad mural, although I’m not a huge fan of the colors used or art style, but hey, that’s not the point):

Infuriated by the police blaming the victim in sexual assault cases, in Toronto, a “Slut Walk” was organized, with over 2,000 people attending.

Copyranter wrote about a previous Hot Wheels installation, putting two giant kids on the side of the highway, watching the road like it was their track.  This one is better though, and it’s been picked up by a lot of sites:

The giant news that has overtaken my twitter and Facebook feeds is that the next Batman will be doing some filming here in Pittsburgh, probably in July.  Nerdist has a great article about the inevitable reboot that is set to happen after this third movie.  Go over and read “Reboot Rage.”

Also, did you know that there is a rise in the need of exorcists?  Who knew?  What can’t the Internet do?

Okay, story time!  First watch this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMpiCtSqrSQ

First, I have to mention that one of the comments on YouTube brings up a good question, what about pajamas?  But anyway, we had a group that was using the conference center that I was helping to get a quote and put together their permit for their stay.  They actually split off from another group that used the same facility because the original group decided that women were in fact allowed to wear pants.  As they were explaining their new name to me (so we could get all the paperwork straightened out), they were trying to pull me into the theological discussion.  I quickly left under the guise of putting their check in the safe and drawing up their permit.  Good gravy.

That’s it for now, hopefully I’ll continue to feel better, catch everybody later!

dollhouse Rewatch: Season 1 Episode 1: “Ghost”

Yesterday's nut March 26, 2011

Compared to “Echo,” I think this was edited in a better manner and made for a better first episode, if a bit generic.  Like the other of the first five aired episodes, this one seems to follow a “monster of the week” type of story, with very little grand arc (aside from possibly Ballard, although I don’t think they quite knew what to do with him in this episode).

Also, who knew that Lady Gaga was playing in this episode?  I don’t think I really knew her music when this first aired, so on the rewatch, I was a bit amazed that she was playing at the party during Echo’s first engagement of the episode.

All in all a pretty good episode.  Much better ones are coming up, but we have to slog some crap to get there first.

Wherein I share a link where a man gets pegged

The King of Spades

Written: 03/26/2011

Note: Caution!  There is mention of the scootilipoopie (my favorite internet-created word for sex).  I don’t talk about it much, but I won’t necessarily be prudish about it either.  And besides, there is some great, and laugh out loud funny writing out there.  And of course, there is plenty of nerdy goodness in this as well, I mention Futurama!

Okay, you’ve been warned!

Pluck magazine has a really good article about a man being pegged.  The couple gets so many points since their evening starts with Futurama.

The article continues:

I never realized the incredible amount of bravery it takes to let someone inside you. It’s asking someone to stab you in the back, but lovingly. Masculine courage is throwing yourself headfirst into danger, like jumping out of a plane, but feminine courage is letting danger throw itself headfirst into YOU. It’s even more badass. I look at women like soldiers now, and older women as grizzled retired Generals that I wholeheartedly salute.

I also never realized how instantly bonding sex can be on the receiving end. I already felt close to her before we began our little experiment, but now I feel like she’s tattooed under my skin. Even though she was staying the night, I almost begged her to call me the next day.

Just something to muse over, it’s a good (and short) read.

If you’re still interested, give these two articles a read as well.  The first one is a little romantic and reminds me of the one above:

For me it wasn’t a sexual orientation thing, or a power thing: It was just a sex thing. And if Mac feels like sliding her long legs into that harness tonight, I’ll be more than happy to get on all fours and take it in the ass like a man.

The second one is funny and dirty, don’t read it at work, or if you think you’ll be offended!

Okay, I’m back for a third edit.  Pegging is being written about all over.  No actual pegging happens with this article, more of an overview about what it is and what it means.  Here’s a fantastic bit:

Another pair of women wondered if a man who wants to be “pegged” is, in fact, a latent homosexual. Which is vaguely offensive to gays, I think. There isn’t a “gay button” buried deep in the colon that, if pushed, unleashes the fabulous. The gay men I have met, the ones who love and dream of marrying their partner or a partner in the future, love with their hearts, not their asses.

All my best,

The King of Spades

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