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George Carlin’s Greatest Moment

Definitely one of them…

Posted 10 May 2012 § Humour § Politics § PopCulture § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , ,

Obama Comes Out

Barack Obama made history today as the first US President to officially come out in support of gay marriage (not “civil unions” aka the semantic wankery that gets used so often in the US to denote “different but equal“) The timing is good coming in the wake of a North Carolina vote that saw the state’s […]

Posted 09 May 2012 § Family § Politics § Sad § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

A Great Way To Fire Someone

I was talking with a colleague today about the process of having to fire people.  I said I’d had this experience twice – once when I had to fire someone, once when I begged for clemency for an employee whose job was on the line.  (I thought this employee was being targeted for the wrong […]

Posted 08 May 2012 § Library § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Music Monday – “Your mom busted in and said, “What’s that noise?”/Aw, mom you’re just jealous it’s the Beastie Boys!”

It’s a pretty well-known trick for making a successful cover version – take an up-tempo song and slow it down. Still, Coldplay makes the old trick work by taking the Beastie Boys’ first and arguably best-known hit, the party anthem “Fight For Your Right (To Party)” and slowing it down to a near funeral dirge […]

Posted 07 May 2012 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § Sad § Video ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: ,

“There’s a bear…strung up. I assume murdered. Maybe a suicide. I dunno.”

Christopher Walken read’s “Where The Wild Things Are“. Probably a fake but either way, wow, just wow.

Posted 02 May 2012 § Humour § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Happy May Day!

You’ll see this graphic a lot more in a couple days as “May the Fourth Be With You”. But I think this variation is quite appropriate for May Day:

Posted 01 May 2012 § Humour § Politics § PopCulture § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Birth to 12 Years in Three Minutes

These are two pretty amazing videos – a father takes a brief video of his daughter every week for twelve years (and separately, his son for nine years) then splices them together into a short time lapse video. I wish I had the dedication to do something like this with Pace – but once every […]

Posted 22 April 2012 § Family § MemoryLane § Sad § Technology § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

What Is The Most Epic Photo of All-Time?

A great Quora thread that will make you laugh and cry, take your breath away and make you puke and make you realise how big and small we truly are.  (The one from Titan is possibly my favourite on the page.  So boring yet so amazingly unbelievable.)

Posted 18 April 2012 § Politics § PopCulture § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,

“I am very real” – Kurt Vonnegut Addresses The Teacher and School Board That Burned His Book

A great defence of the freedom to read by my favourite author when a North Dakota community burns his book.  More at MetaFilter. In completely unrelated news, we’re off to Minot, ND for a weekend of water slides, shopping and America-only treats like Pandora and Cherry Coke.  😉

Posted 05 April 2012 § Family § Library § PopCulture § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Friday Fun Link – Celebrities Read Tweets About Themselves

(via MetaFilter)

Posted 23 March 2012 § Humour § PopCulture § Technology § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,