January 6, 2010

Avatar or Pocahontas?

I blame it on Walt Disney, where animals are given human qualities. People don’t understand that a wild animal is not something that is nice to pat. It can seriously harm you. ~ James Cameron

Avatar vs Pocahontas

I’m sure it’s just a coincidence. It has to be a coincidence. It’s a coincidence, right?

Filed under: Teh Funny,Whiskey Tango Foxtrot by Salome at 9:59 AM

November 9, 2009

Starlings

“Fly little starling. Fly, fly, fly.” ~ Anthony Hopkins as Dr. Hannibal Lecter in Silence of the Lambs (via Ted Tally, via Thomas Harris)

Birds are freaky. Why hasn’t anyone remade Hitch’s flick?

Filed under: Nifty Interwebs Stuff,RL,RL - Nature,Whiskey Tango Foxtrot by Salome at 2:25 PM

November 8, 2009

Five Things I’ve Learned This Week

“In common things that round us lie
Some random truths he can impart, –
The harvest of a quiet eye
That broods and sleeps on his own heart.”
~ William Wordsworth

1. When fillies beat the big boys they do it with style:


(keep your eye on the teal silk atop the *still undefeated* black beauty)

2. XKCD hits below the belt.

3. Zoom Quilt will kill way too much of your day if you let it.

4. Bears with rare conditions have got to be the source of myths about werewolves and El Chupacabras.

5. If you’re going to try and bluff the veteran card in the current health care debate, you probably shouldn’t be playing against a guy actually holding it:

August 31, 2009

Rentals?

“I think it’s wrong that only one company makes the game Monopoly.” ~ Steven Wright

Is it just me, or have all traces of 3rd party land/SIM rentals disappeared off XStreet?

Filed under: Second Life,SL - Business,Whiskey Tango Foxtrot by Salome at 2:28 PM

July 8, 2009

Nobody Expects the Super Adventure Club

“The only way you can control anybody is to lie to them.” ~ Lafayette Ronald Hubbard

While sending off an innocent tweet to a friend, I briefly wanted to make sure I wasn’t misusing the word communicative in place of commutative, so I hopped onto dictionary.com to verify proper word usage (yes, I’m just that prissy).

The sponsored results for communicative were as follows:

Dictionary.com's Sponsored Results For Communicative

Dictionary.com's Sponsored Results For Communicative

After blinking twice, I bwaaahhhaaaa-ed and looked up commutative:

Dictionary.com's Results For Commutative

Dictionary.com's Results For Commutative

And, just for kicks, I tried communicate:

Dictionary.com's Sponsored Results For Communication

Dictionary.com's Sponsored Results For Commutative

I refreshed all the entries several times and came to the same conclusion: if you need clarification about communication, Xenu wants you. However, if you know math, he wants you…not so much.

Filed under: Teh Funny,Whiskey Tango Foxtrot by Salome at 10:54 AM
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