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December 25, 2006
HR should be so proud
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if only I had known…
Wow – the 10 most dangerous toys of all time. If only I had known, I would have had Christmas presents for my nieces (just kidding mom).
The scary thing is that I remember most of these. The disappointing thing is that we never owned any of them.
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December 11, 2006
i blame etselec
it’s probably not fair to blame etselec, but i do.
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You scored as Friedrich Nietzsche. Well you’re an egotistical maniac, and you are so very iconoclastic that you probably are currently lost in a post-modern Jupiter, I mean jungle of self-definition. Don’t let it get you down though, someday, through a willful onslaught of reinterpretation of dated forms and ideas, you will strike on something that passes as remotely new, and people WILL be into it on the basis of how hip it is alone. Also, the average espresso drinker looks up to you.
What Pseudo Historical Figure Best Suits You? |
| You Belong in San Francisco |
 You crave an eclectic, urban environment. You’re half California, half NYC.You’re open minded, tolerant, and secretly think you’re the best. People may dismiss you as a hippie, but you’re also progressive, interesting, and rich! |
November 17, 2006
why i love the internet – reason 768
The Disney illustrated Communist Manifesto…
p.s. fwiw, some of this is Warner Bros. and Hannah Barbara (but who’s keeping score)
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October 5, 2006
daily dose of the surreal…
When your day is lacking surrealism, visit the Nietzsche Family Circus
    
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September 28, 2006
September 27, 2006
Piled higher and deeper
Last week a friend pointed me to a comic that accurately described my life for four and a half years. Piled Higher and Deeper is a PhD comic strip. After reading just a few, I couldn’t help but think, “how did I miss this for all these years?†It turns out that the comic started publishing just before I graduated and by the time it became (relatively) popular I was out of grad school. Anyway, a few of my favorite strips from the archives so far:
A spoof on Kurt Vonnegut’s graduation speech
A series on grad students as an anthropology reseach subject
Newton’s Three Laws of Graduation
Young Nicholas as a grad student
I’m only through mid-2002, so another four years to go!
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September 15, 2006
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad – chemistry teacher?
According to Manolo’s critique Ahmadinejad dresses like a high school chemistry teacher:
Briefly and remarkably, the President of the Iran wears the same khaki windbreaker, wrinkled trousers, cheap oxford shirts, scruffy beard and wild eyes favored by the aging high school chemistry teachers everywhere.
Yes, in his youth he was the firebrand who would shake the very foundations of the society, but today he is content to expound upon his paranoid conspiracy theories while exercising his petty autocratic powers over the dull kids who sit in the back of the class.
Silly me – I had been thinking used car salesman. I defer to the Manolo’s superior fashion sense.
p.s. be sure to check out the comparison between Ahmadinejad and Qaddafi
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September 12, 2006
memo to K
Dear K,
In the 13 years that we’ve been married, there has been one constant in our life – plumbing problems. Last night’s 3am catastrophic water heater failure coupled with the emergency reinstallation I had to perform this morning was the final straw. This memo is to inform you that if we ever buy another house, it is my intention to find a structure without indoor plumbing.
I recognize that this may limit our choices and may not be preferable from your perspective, however, after 13 years of water troubles, I see no alternative.
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i may have a new theme song
you just gotta love weird al. not sure who made the video piece, but that’s pretty cute too.
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