To the people who were sitting behind me while I was watching Return of the King:
When I want to watch the movie with commentary, I’ll buy the fucking DVD!
This is great: What A Crappy Present
President Reagan used to tell this joke:
A Soviet citizen stands in line for three days to requisition a car. On the fourth day he reaches the counter. At last he concludes his transaction.
“Congratulations, comrade!” says the Soviet official. “Your automobile will be delivered to you on the fifth of March in the year 2005.”
“Morning or [...]
Dating Design Patterns. The ultimate reusable set of solutions for a complex system. The Gang of Four’s original and most ingenious work. With assistance from Christopher Alexander, whose personal dating diaries were recently discovered in a garage sale inPoughkeepsie.
“This dating design pattern thing is total bullshit. And Oracle can do it better and faster.”
~ Larry [...]
The New York Times Magazine is running an interesting article about the Dean Campaign and it’s attraction, not just to young people, but people from every walk of life.
Long before Howard Dean was considered a plausible candidate for president, he seemed to emit some sort of secret call that made people, many of them previously [...]
Patricia VanLester had her eye on a $29 DVD player, but when the siren blared at 6 a.m. Friday announcing the start to the post-Thanksgiving sale, the 41-year-old was knocked to the ground by the frenzy of shoppers behind her.
“She got pushed down, and they walked over her like a herd of elephants,” said VanLester’s [...]