February 2010
11 posts
1 tag
My Nerd Credentials
How big a nerd was/am I? I attended both MST3K Conventio-Cons. (‘94 & ‘96)
You see, in my day, we didn’t have fancy tweetups all over the country. We had to go to Minnesota to laugh at Tom Servo and Crow in person. Uphill. Both ways.
Inspired by the TV series Hoarders, I decided to go through some boxes that I’ve been moving around from place to place over the years.
I’ll spare you the pictures, but here are the highlights:
A box containing 27 VHS tapes. Only 3 of them had a label describing the contents.
A pile of motorcycle magazines from the U.K., unopened in their protective envelopes, from 2005.
I hate my...
“People who propose ten word answers to complex, multi-dimentional, multi-agency, multi-textural societal problems ARE LYING TO YOU.
People who blindly accept these ten word propositions either see the lie, and are willing to endorse it or are naive or desperate enough to believe that the complexity of the world can be explained and solved with a platitude.”
- via John Amaechi
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“I know a lot of younger people read this blog and I have constant contact with...”
– Amanda Palmer on bravery. (via poeks)
Via http://izit.org/images/admiral-ackbar
Fourth pic
I was intrigued by the whole “post the fourth pic from the fourth folder in your pictures folder” meme and I thought I’d share.
Obviously, it is the most awesome football playing cat in the world: Haley.
Note my mad photoshop skillz…as if you would ever see that floral pattern in real life.
