Entries tagged with "discovered"
Blinded by the toes! Revved up like a deuce, another runner up the nose!
posted by srah on April 3, 2006 1:07 PM
Tags: cartoons, discovered, get fuzzy
Joining the ranks of Yoda and... I don't know, probably a lot of other cartoon characters and puppets, I bring you: Satchel Pooch's Adorable Toes (I don't understand the cartoon, but I was blinded by the toes so it doesn't matter.)...
Your mission (please choose to accept it!)
posted by srah on February 23, 2006 10:22 PM
Tags: discovered
So there's this website, creatively titled DressKevin.com, where you can... dress Kevin. He says that he will dress in whatever pieces get the most votes, whether or not they go together. Yesterday Fark.com got wind of the site and managed to make him wear argyle socks to the gym. BORING. I remember the outfit being much worse, so either Fark was outvoted (unthinkable!) or he didn't really wear everything that got the highest votes. There have been pretty bad outfits in the past, but there's so much potential to be worse. Let's all vote together and try to dress Kevin...
The intense creamery situation of the Middle East
posted by srah on February 22, 2006 9:28 PM
Tags: discovered
I turned on the radio as I left the hospital this morning and the Diane Rehm Show was on. I usually find her spasmodically dysphonic voice too slow and painful to listen to, but I was just using it as background noise and not really paying attention until I heard her say “... given all of this talk above the table of hostility and withholding of monies and, uh, guns and money and butter, are there negotiations going on behind the scenes?" Since I'd just gotten into the car and had missed about half of the discussion, I had no...
I don't want him touching me, whether or not I can hear
posted by srah on February 3, 2006 12:14 PM
Tags: discovered
Barf....
Beavers may or may not be invisible
posted by srah on January 30, 2006 10:52 PM
Tags: discovered
My favorite news story of the day today, as heard on NPR's The World: GIANT FLESH-EATING BEAVERS TERRORIZE SOUTH AMERICA!!!1oneone (Note: This is perhaps not the actual headline, but that's what it should have been.)...
A mental image for the drive home from work
posted by srah on January 27, 2006 5:18 PM
Tags: discovered
Heard on NPR this afternoon¹: "The Senator raised concerns that if Alito were to sit on the Supreme Court, the bench would tilt dangerously to the right." DUDE! There's no reason to bring the judge's weight into this! ––––– ¹ Perhaps not exact phrasing, but pretty close....
I am the monster that breathing men would kill! Lucky me!
posted by srah on December 16, 2005 12:03 PM
Tags: discovered
Everyone on the Internet is discovering this new online face-recognition software, so I thought I would give it a try. Attempt#1: Flattering. She is very pretty and got to make out with Jean-Louis Trintignant when he was young and good-looking. I have had the "tra la la la la la la la la la la la la" theme from Un homme et une femme in my head since I found out that the Intarnets think I look like her. (So far I haven't created any alternate lyrics.) Attempt #2: Not quite so flattering. Vampire? Futuristic space-villain? Escaped prisoner-slash-dogman? Mmmm, there...
Fetishists: get your fix!
posted by srah on November 30, 2005 5:40 PM
Tags: discovered
Guess the bloggers' shoes! By Saturday, send Sarah (not me) photos of two pairs of your shoes (those you wear to work and those you wear at home or when going out). Then get in on the blogger-shoe-guessing! Mine are already in the pot, so even if you don't throw your own shoes in, you can play along and guess which ones are mine. (While you're at it, you can take a picture of your whole shoe collection and get in on the Flickr pool!)...
I concur.
posted by srah on November 11, 2005 12:29 PM
Tags: discovered
What Bob said....
Il y a tout ce que vous voulez aux Champs-Elysées
posted by srah on November 5, 2005 7:12 AM
Tags: discovered
Happy posthumous birthday to the Joe Dassin, U-M graduate and French-singing American musician who died 6 days before I was born. I don't know what the turnaround time is on souls, but I suppose it's possible that I am his reincarnation. I'm not sure if I've moved up or down the karmic ladder, though - I seem to have traded my singing ability in for not being addicted to drugs. Anyway, w00t to Joe for being born today. I shall share his music with you: two that might sound familiar, one that's probably his most famous and another that's just...
Don't mind the advertising, folks
posted by srah on October 19, 2005 8:50 AM
Tags: discovered
One of my favorite teachers from SI is selling children's toys. If you have or know any children, visit Brain Station: An awesome educational toy store! /shameless plug and/or Googlebombing...
'Were you just first-basin' it with that piece of looseleaf?'
posted by srah on October 10, 2005 4:05 PM
Tags: discovered
A lesson to people named srah: "Taking vowels out of words doesn't always make them cool."...
'She was so beautiful that all other persons seemed apes in comparison'
posted by srah on August 9, 2005 5:49 PM
Tags: discovered
Yep, that's about right. Apes, all of you! According to Wikipedia, Sarah is also a street name for cocaine! Excellent....
I shouldn't be this upset about someone I didn't even know...
posted by srah on August 8, 2005 12:07 AM
Tags: discovered
Four months ago, when Peter Jennings was diagnosed with cancer, I had nothing but enthusiasm for what I was sure would be a safe and inspiring recovery. I certainly didn't expect that we would lose him so soon....
I'm going to spend the next few hours trying to forget the phrase 'feces stabilization,' thank you very much
posted by srah on August 2, 2005 8:28 PM
Tags: discovered
Would you like to know more than you ever needed to know about waste management in space? Of course you wouldn't. Neither did I. But curiosity got the best of me, and I hope it will get the best of you, too, so that we can suffer together. [via Abroad at home]...
There sits WonderVase, sitting oh so proudly!
posted by srah on August 1, 2005 6:48 PM
Tags: discovered
A malleable plastic vase! It's really cool looking. I don't know if I'd use it, but the idea is great. If you're the kind of person who likes to travel... with flowers... it would appear that this is a product for you!...
If only I had income, I could have a frequent flyer credit card...
posted by srah on July 13, 2005 1:03 PM
Tags: ann arbor, discovered, frequent flyer miles, reviews, rewards network
I haven't given any thought to my frequent flyer miles in over a year, but apete recently mentioned the Rewards Network program, where you can register a credit card with a frequent flyer miles account and earn miles by dining at participating restaurants. I just signed up and decided to favor my Northwest account, because they have such a pretty little terminal in Detroit. Some Ann Arbor participants in the Rewards Network program that I already frequent and might as well earn something back from include Amer's, Arbor Brewing Company and Leopold Brothers'. I recommend it if you are a...
Someone who's actually blogging
posted by srah on June 14, 2005 3:31 PM
Tags: discovered
Alfie's got another musicals quiz... and a movies quiz as well!...
I mock you with my robot pants
posted by srah on April 14, 2005 9:22 AM
Tags: discovered
Dear Michigan Daily, I have not yet read today's front-page article, Computer breeches worry experts, but I would like to let you know that computer breeches worry me too. I am not an expert in the domain of computers or pants, but it seems to me that these are two things that you do not want to combine. Suppose you sit in something wet and short-circuit yourself! Apparently these are computer security breeches, though, so perhaps the world of fashion technology has taken these kinds of things into consideration. I am still worried. And so are the experts. [thanks to...
A bit of bad news for a loved one
posted by srah on April 5, 2005 4:19 PM
Tags: discovered
My poor darling Peter. I'm behind you, dear. You can beat this! I loved you in that green sweater on New Year's Eve 1999, by the way. Um, not that I remember what you were wearing on a specific day five years ago or anything. Ahem....
Johnnie Cochran, we hardly knew thee
posted by srah on March 29, 2005 11:32 PM
Tags: discovered
This is cracking me up. My mother insists that it's tasteless and refused, through her giggling, to laugh....
A way to spend a few hours
posted by srah on March 28, 2005 7:21 AM
Tags: discovered
If, for some reason, you have three hours to fill this afternoon, I suggest: Songs in outline form Things which I will do for love: Anything Things which I will not do for love: That [Via sp3ccylad]...
Klezmer et al...
posted by srah on March 7, 2005 6:10 PM
Tags: discovered
Are you reading Manolo yet? I think it is necessary for all those who want to be the super fantastic, as well as those who like to make fun of the celebrities. I just keep thinking about his latest entry and giggling......
'No, they don't suck your blood...'
posted by srah on February 25, 2005 7:58 PM
Tags: discovered
This Flash animation is making me happy today. [via B3TA newsletter #171]...
Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes are overrated, really
posted by srah on February 25, 2005 5:36 PM
Tags: discovered
Michele has a blog that consists almost entirely of questions, to be answered in her comments box. Around here, I do the talking and you shut up and listen! Well, okay, no. I like it when you participate too. So I am TOTALLY JUST RIPPING OFF one of her comment games. This reminds me of a comment-war (not much of a war, really, which is the best kind of war) between Smuj and myself a few months ago: Tell me something that brings you pleasure. The first person to respond should come up with something that begins with A, then...
I'm terrible at the guessing
posted by srah on February 24, 2005 1:46 AM
Tags: discovered
"Currently, the main attraction is a parlor game in which users try to guess the ages of other users based on a photograph." I'm in there, somewhere, looking all of 16 years old: ageproject [via Glovebox Sandwiches]...
Surprise international gifts!
posted by srah on February 7, 2005 2:04 PM
Tags: discovered
"Are you an ex-pat who's missing goodies from home? Always wanted knick-knacks from another country but haven't managed to get there yet? Want to expand your horizons and meet people from around the world? Here's your chance!" Vivi and Tracy are running The Great International Secret Blog Exchange. Sign-ups are going on until this Thursday, February 10. Send a care package from your part of the world!...
Actual advances in the field of science!
posted by srah on January 24, 2005 11:26 PM
Tags: discovered
According to scientists (who are always doing science, you see), January 24 was supposed to be the most depressing day of the year. Mine was just fine. I wasn't very productive at work, but I applied for a part-time library job, I had some leftover* chicken fried rice for lunch, I saw my friends, I got to talk about alien abduction in my afternoon class and I actually said something in my evening class. I heard about the study on the radio on the way home and thought back on my day. I was a little frustrated about parking earlier,...
Tina! Come get some ham!
posted by srah on January 22, 2005 9:51 AM
Tags: discovered
What are you going to do today, srah?, you may ask. To which I respond, Whatever I feel like I wanna do, GOSSSSSHHHHH. In other words, I'll be playing with this. [via Mental Floss] Update: After listening to these sound clips, srahfamily are now all craving tots....
ph34r the mighty titan that is srah!
posted by srah on January 21, 2005 7:51 PM
Tags: discovered
Danny Devito, the Reincarnated Corpses of Edith Piaf and Judy Garland, Pat Benatar and I are totally going to form a SuperHeroTeam and whale on Gary Coleman until he cries. SHRIMP! And I will be like a god(dess) unto them, raised high above by the power of my awesome genetics. [via sp3ccylad]...
I freaking HATE Mike Celestino
posted by srah on January 9, 2005 4:41 PM
Tags: discovered
Songs To Wear Pants To is a website where the musician will write a song based on any input you give him. They're actually surprisingly good and fun... I'm finding song #0126 addictingly catchy. I've put in a request for a song about archivists, since we already have plenty about librarians and HCI. [via infinitely tortuous]...
I command a ninja army... of one! (and you can too)
posted by srah on January 2, 2005 10:45 AM
Tags: discovered
I TOLD you I knew the illegal ninja moves from the government. They just happen to use, um, flags. Goshhhhhhhhhhhhh. [via sp3ccylad]...
Tsunami tragedy
posted by srah on December 31, 2004 11:17 AM
Tags: discovered
I felt like I was obliged to say something about the tsunami disaster, but I couldn't think of anything original to say. It's terrible and catastrophic and disgusting. I didn't really have anything to add to what all of the bloggers around me have said and I felt bad about that. Yesterday on the news they were having a story about the Americans that were killed/missing (because American news loves Americans) and I suddenly had the feeling that someone had recently told me they were going to Thailand for Christmas Break. I can't remember who. So now I'm scared for...
The booty ye deserve!
posted by srah on December 23, 2004 11:25 PM
Tags: discovered
I think it's been months since I mentioned either pirates or ninjas. I'm sorry. I've been so caught up in other things that pirates and ninjas just haven't been at the top of my mind. Can you ever forgive me? Well how about if I link to this? Does that help? How about if I tell you that MaTT got me pirate band-aids for Christmas and there was a RUBBER MONKEY in the tin? How about that? Please? [via Kyle Flood Dot Net]...
*hugs mommy*
posted by srah on November 28, 2004 11:12 AM
Tags: discovered
Give your mom a hug. Through BlogExplosion I came across the story of an Alaska girl who had her mother murdered and then seemed to think it was quite an inconvenience to her own life. From her livejournal: "Just to let everyone know, my mother was murdered I won't have computer acess until the weekend or so because the police took my computer to go through the hard drive. I thank everyone for their thoughts and e-mails, I hope to talk to you when I get my computer back." This is despicable. Mums are precious commodities, folks. [via someone whose...
'If you're on fire, show me!'
posted by srah on November 9, 2004 6:12 PM
Tags: discovered
Apparently I can't answer Alfie's musicals quiz all by myself. Apparently....
What is DEET, exactly?
posted by srah on September 17, 2004 1:42 PM
Tags: discovered
My favorite part of yesterday's Michigan Daily: "... recommended precautions include wearing long-sleeved pants and shirts, and to use insect repellent containing DEET, an insect repellent." - West Nile virus found on campus (Interestingly enough, this article from 2001 has similar recommendations as regards the length of your pants sleeves.)...
'I wish you were a friggin tea pot!'
posted by srah on September 3, 2004 2:31 PM
Tags: discovered
Received in an email today: I like White Ninja because he reminds me so much of you Hmmm. I don't see it. *wraps white t-shirt around head*...
'Hot teens in your neighborhood now!'
posted by srah on August 23, 2004 12:32 PM
Tags: discovered
This has been making me giggle when I should be working and packing. For shame! For shame!...
My life, in cartoon form
posted by srah on August 3, 2004 4:42 PM
Tags: discovered
Suspiciously enough, the gang at the Mallville Public Library had Internet problems at the same time we did. I suspect the cartoonist has been lurking around and picking up actual quotes from our computer lab. - Unshelved - 29 July, 2004...
Righty-o.
posted by srah on July 22, 2004 5:37 PM
Tags: discovered
"srah, from this day forward you will also be known as: Colonel Drunkenpaws" [via A Cheeky Squirrel]...
Rule #7: No dry humping!
posted by srah on July 22, 2004 5:18 PM
Tags: discovered
Right. I know I said something about cuddling in the last post, but NO. No no no. [via greenfairy]...
'It's all about the berries with you...'
posted by srah on July 13, 2004 3:53 AM
Tags: discovered
New Weebls cartoon! With world-famous celebrities! [via Somewhat, Muchly]...
'Hitler laughs when you waste bulbs'
posted by srah on June 28, 2004 11:09 AM
Tags: discovered
I love Lileks. I am cracking up, but trying to hold it in because I'm at work and I should be working instead of reading this. So if you're at work, maybe it would be a good idea not to click on this until you get home....
Nice sturdy log cabins for everyone!
posted by srah on May 25, 2004 8:43 AM
Tags: discovered
On NPR on my drive home last night, they were theorizing that the "bold" new cylindrical design of Charles de Gaulle airport's 2E terminal was architecturally sound as long as all of the parts held the right pressure against each other, but that a pylon moving or the deterioration of some building materials may have changed the pressure enough to have caused the collapse. Uh... what the hell? Who is designing buildings these days? People freak out enough about terrorism at the airport - I don't want to be in a building that's going to fall apart all by itself....
'You've been crying for 60 miles!'
posted by srah on May 19, 2004 8:55 AM
Tags: discovered
The greatest comic genius of our time has passed away, leaving behind his wife and two children under ten. WHY? Why do the good have to die so young? I only wish that I had blogged more about him when he was alive, so that he might Google himself and know that he was loved......
Interactive-odular!
posted by srah on May 15, 2004 9:25 PM
Tags: discovered
I held out as long as I could, but it's in my head now and you all must enjoy it as much as I do: Banana Phone! [via swirlspice]...
I mostly look like hippies, tramps and sleaze
posted by srah on April 15, 2004 11:33 PM
Tags: discovered
According to this, the stars I most resemble are Sherilyn Fenn and Alyssa Milano. Another picture returned Cher (!!!) and Isabelle Adjani. I tried again and got Maria Callas, Patricia Arquette and Jenny McCarthy. Who do you look like? [via little.yellow.different]...
'Oh no, Ohio!/ I can hardly wait to say goodbye-oh!'
posted by srah on April 15, 2004 11:18 PM
Tags: discovered
If tbone isn't going to blog about this herself... It is highly recommended that you go here, watch "Uniform" and then click on the Playbill. Unless you are one of those mad hippies who doesn't like songs that get into your head and drive you insane. But we don't have any of those around here, do we?...
'The world is full of a number of things I know we should be as happy as'*
posted by srah on April 13, 2004 11:35 AM
Tags: discovered
The Internet is full of a number of things... one of which is Subservient Chicken. I suggest "sleep," "lay an egg," and "fly." [via Bobby] ––––– * Identify the quote?...
чорнобиль
posted by srah on April 10, 2004 2:15 PM
Tags: discovered
"My dad used to say that people are afraid of a deadly thing which they can not see, can not feel and can not smell. Maybe that is because those words are a good description of death itself." Most interesting thing I've read today: Ghost Town, the photo journal of a Ukrainian motorcyclist driving through the abandoned town of Chernobyl. "Perhaps future archeologists will compare this Ghost Town to Pompeii. The Soviet era is forever preserved here - in the deadly radiation that will last for many centuries." [via Seat of the Revolution; English-Ukrainian translation found here]...
To whom it may concern:
posted by srah on March 14, 2004 6:18 PM
Tags: discovered
Dear FutureMe, I hope you do not wear sweat suits like your mom and let your hair look all shitty. Dear FutureMe, WHAT'S UP! Dear FutureMe, How is the future? Good I hope. Do I have a girlfriend? Do I have a wife? Write back soon. FutureMe.org lets you send yourself (or other people) emails to the future. You could send an e-mail today and it would be delivered to you in 2010, sort of like a time capsule. You can also read those emails which people have chosen to make public. My favorites are the ones who ask questions...
Apparently srahs don't make passes at men who wear glasses
posted by srah on March 14, 2004 2:09 PM
Tags: discovered
I saw Green Fairy's results from the Match.com Physical Attraction Test and decided I had to take it myself. I've never been able to put my finger on what I find physically attractive and what I don't. Here's some of what it told me: Favorite Qualities Your photo choices suggest a man over 35 is probably getting a little old for your tastes You seemed interested in dating a man at least 25 or older Very handsome men Sharp, narrow chins Narrow and pointed "triangular" faces So-called "Ectomorphs," or thin angular faces Favorite Looks We call one type of guy...
CNN has gone insane
posted by srah on February 17, 2004 12:08 PM
Tags: discovered
I always thought that CNN was a source for serious news coverage and things like that. Here are the two CNN links I've come across most often lately: It's splitsville for Barbie and Ken - Why is this written completely straight, as though they were real people? "[The vice president of marketing at Mattel] hinted Wednesday that the separation may be partially due to Ken's reluctance to getting married. All those bridal Barbie dolls in toy chests around the globe are really just examples of Barbie's wishful thinking, she explained." What planet is Mattel living on? My Barbies and Kens...
We really like cheese we like zeppelins
posted by srah on February 7, 2004 3:30 PM
Tags: discovered
In case you're wondering where the idea for those freaky singing monkey-things in the Quizno's ads come from, it's from We Like The Moon. I'm surprised how many people haven't seen this!...
Kenya? Where the giraffes are. Norway? Population: Crab.
posted by srah on January 28, 2004 7:07 PM
Tags: discovered
Yet another Flash cartoon from our weebly friends.... Lions and tigers gnawing on giraffes are soooooo cute. And the freaking song is sooooooo addictive. [via Jezblog]...
Thank you, mysterious benefactor!
posted by srah on January 26, 2004 6:40 PM
Tags: discovered
Blorgy.com is a website where you can nominate and vote for your favorite posts on other people's blogs. I discovered it yesterday because someone had nominated this post as a favorite post of theirs. Great. The one time I get nominated for something, it's for a post that the dog wrote....
Quick! Lose all respect for me by reading on!
posted by srah on January 19, 2004 12:26 PM
Tags: discovered
I totally just joined Friendster. Shut up. I am always up on the latest trends like that. I like to think of myself as jumping on the bandwagon just as it's about to hurtle off the cliff and burst into flames....
If you wondered what the rightful king of England was up to...
posted by srah on January 10, 2004 9:53 AM
Tags: discovered
He's doing research on rice in Australia. In this alternate reality, Henry VIII was locked up in the Tower for siding with Lady Jane Grey and the reputation of the sister of George III was spoilt through the machinations of the usurper Victoria Hanover. [via fujikosmurf]...
srah, 'content' does not consist of nicking other people's words
posted by srah on December 19, 2003 10:57 AM
Tags: discovered
... but I already had the graphic saved to my server, so I might as well advertise. Meg and Anna are at it again, this time pointing out that it's the thought that counts: Token is a magnolia bath gift set in a presentation straw basket from the Body Shop (Cost=£11.50). Cheap is a DIY perfect bathtime kit in a shoebox, containing six nightlights (65p), a pack of sandalwood incense (95p), a bath bomb containing rose petals (£2), an indulgent face pack (80p), her favourite glossy magazine (£1.80), a cucumber eyemask (95p), bottle of semi-decent plonk (£4.35) and a home-made...
srah catches up on current events
posted by srah on December 15, 2003 8:25 AM
Tags: discovered
So, I hear they captured Saddam Hussein this weekend. Whoopedy doo....
'Und for your present, I haf imported a dead tree!'
posted by srah on December 6, 2003 9:20 AM
Tags: discovered
The Pickard sisters are blogging answers to all of your burning holiday questions in a one-a-day, advent calendar style at 'Tis the Season. I highly recommend the December 5 entry: Scene 4, int. hovel, mid winter morning. Man: Come, wyf, our crops lafted us through the shortest day of wynter have! Let us celebrate with mead and dead pygs! Soon the days, extend thay wyll, and we shall have zummer once mair. I have brought young John a present fair the occasion. A box it is. Woman: Oh husband, John died this morning of a runny nose. Yet, comforted shall...
All badger scenes fully restored
posted by srah on December 6, 2003 8:55 AM
Tags: discovered
For everyone who's got a 501 presentation to prepare or a 682 project to finish, I bring you this excellent distraction: more badgers, mushrooms and snakes. [link stolen from Jez]...
Amazon farts in usability's general direction
posted by srah on December 1, 2003 11:42 AM
Tags: amazon.com, discovered
If you aren't aware, Amazon.com has a new(ish) feature where it searches the text of books in its collection as well as searching authors' names and titles. It seems like this should be a big advantage, but it ends up driving me crazy. How often does one actually want to search on the text in a book? Couldn't they make that part of an advanced search? When I am looking to see if any new Christopher Brookmyre books have been published, I don't want to be bogged down in books in which he has been mentioned....
Nothing to see here... move along...
posted by srah on November 27, 2003 11:23 AM
Tags: discovered
I would like to take this holiday moment to refute any rumours that I may have spent the past two days making Orlando Bloom and Legolas Greenleaf paper dolls online. Just in case those rumours were, you know, already out there. Ahem. Not true. [thanks to David]...
And I say to myself, 'It's wonderful, wonderful'
posted by srah on November 25, 2003 11:35 AM
Tags: discovered
This is what we got Danny* for her birthday. Perhaps if she's very nice, she'll get the upgrade for Christmas... * not her real name, nor do I remember why I'm calling her this - but I bet Cheryl does!...
Nor to beg
posted by srah on November 20, 2003 6:23 PM
Tags: discovered
For absolutely no reason, I would like to remind you that Pearls Before Swine merchandise can be purchased at Cafepress. And that I wear a size Small....
Middle school mentality
posted by srah on November 19, 2003 11:33 AM
Tags: discovered
The latest trend: Silent Dating. Anything that involves passing notes instead of talking is fine by me!...
Why Tom Hanks? Why, god, why?
posted by srah on November 13, 2003 2:06 PM
Tags: discovered
INT. TOM HANKS AND JULIA ROBERTS'S WEDDING SRAH.NET (SRAH BLAH BLAH) is making a wedding toast. SRAH.NET (SRAH BLAH BLAH) It's also quite expensive, for a program that might not be exactly what I'm looking for. WEDDING GUESTS Hear, hear. SRAH.NET (SRAH BLAH BLAH) I'm only studying Information Science - how can I be expected to care about things like archives? Everybody laughs TOM HANKS and JULIA ROBERTS Hahahahahaha!!!! Oh SRAH.NET (SRAH BLAH BLAH). You are one of a kind. I certainly am. And you can be, too. [via aSquared Airbeagle]...
'Come to think of it, why do I sometimes write about what I ate for dinner?'
posted by srah on November 11, 2003 9:09 PM
Tags: discovered
This week brings us the second greatest Onion article ever: Mom Finds Out About Blog (The first, of course, is I Bet I Can Speak Spanish. Allabunto allaquento!) [thanks to Mr B------]...
WTF, mate?
posted by srah on November 11, 2003 7:31 PM
Tags: discovered
Sometimes you don't give enough thought to all of the nuclear weapons in the world and how one little thing could bring our world to an end. I would think about it myself, but I am le tired... [thanks to Roro]...
Librarians do it quietly
posted by srah on October 30, 2003 11:34 AM
Tags: discovered
Erica says I'm an Info*Bitch. I concur. I smell an Antiguan Independence Day present... Update: On a related note, Astronomy J* informs me that it is also the Year of the Samurai Librarian. ––––– * It is hard to come up with obligatory blog-nicknames for people you have only spoken to once or twice. This kind of makes him sound like a rapper on PBS....
Taedet me in diurnis legendi/ planas clunes gratiores iudicari
posted by srah on October 13, 2003 7:47 PM
Tags: discovered, music
I would like to dedicate this one to my sister. [via little.yellow.different]...
Irrational much?
posted by srah on October 6, 2003 8:45 PM
Tags: discovered
It has come to the attention of the management that we may, in fact, be Peppermint Patty. [thanks to Katie]...
Boohbahboohbahboohbah
posted by srah on October 3, 2003 7:10 AM
Tags: discovered
Don't click here. Seriously. I don't want to do anything for the rest of the day. [via Matt @ SI]...
Librarians are fast, smooth, cool, strong, powerful, and sweet
posted by srah on September 30, 2003 5:58 PM
Tags: discovered, librarydom
I know that I am pathetic beyond belief to admit this to you, but I've been alive 23 years, 1 month and 4 days and only today have I discovered The Official Ninja Webpage: REAL Ultimate Power!!!!, which unlocks all the secrets of ninjadom, like: Ninjas are mammals. Ninjas fight ALL the time. The purpose of the ninja is to flip out and kill people. One of the best things about this is that, miraculously, some other webpages have appeared with the same design. It's like a natural phenomenon. Who would have thought that they'd all come up with the...
So sexy it hurts
posted by srah on September 26, 2003 3:55 PM
Tags: discovered
Green Fairy linked to a text-to-speech program she found and gave some recommended sample sentences from sophisticated, cultured things like poetry and Monty Python. I, of course, went to the site and immediately started making it say rude things. A few favorites: Charles (UK male): You're seducing me with soft cheeses! (and he sounds like he's going to throw up about it) Mike (US male): Nice man, I would like you to spank me. (it comes out as a question posed to a superhero) You can even give English phrases to the French guy and make him reasonably understandable, but...
Avast, sensei!
posted by srah on September 23, 2003 11:29 AM
Tags: discovered
You not seen... him... stack... books... Pirates, ninjas, librarians, mushrooms, pies, Dance Dance Revolution, negotiating jam... this is the best cartoon EVER. [Thank you, Jez. You have made my life complete.]...
Or did you think I'd be too stupid to know what a eugooglism was?
posted by srah on September 22, 2003 11:12 PM
Tags: discovered
I did this a few months ago with "srah", but here's some more information that Googlism has dug up about me: sarah is cooler than you fool's ujournal sarah is good for soup sarah is a godess sarah is very charming and sarah is a cute blond prostitute and she likes to be wet with hot [thank you for stopping there] sarahs working her way [so we hear] sarah is slated to host saturday night live for the third time on october 12 [I'd better start rehearsing] sarah is fiercely independent and adamant about staying that way sarah is anywhere...
Kuala Lumpur!
posted by srah on September 21, 2003 11:47 AM
Tags: discovered
I've seen things. I've seen them with my eyes. I've seen things. They're often in disguise. Thank you, Jez. I'm losing my mind. I can't even temper it with a little hi-ho because that site seems to be unavailable or gone altogether. Anyone else got another nice dose of insanity for me? Update: It's really bothering me that the wedding isn't a wedding in disguise. It's a funeral disguised as a wedding. One of these things is not like the others....
Not to mention finger-lickin' good
posted by srah on September 16, 2003 1:03 AM
Tags: discovered
Juan Moreno has kindly asked me to link to Justin's Quotes Quiz(zes). Since Juan is so generous and loving and emotionally open, I am only too glad to acquiesce. Go guess....
Something appealing, something appalling
posted by srah on August 25, 2003 1:27 AM
Tags: discovered
I will be moving to Belgium in the morning, because their jokes are better than ours. [via Belgium Doesn't Exist! which was via My Boyfriend is a Twat]...
Order now!
posted by srah on August 23, 2003 2:23 PM
Tags: discovered
If this had existed while I was growing up, I can assure you that I would have had one. Unfortunately, they won't be out until fall 2003. In the meantime, you'll just have to have Sigmund Freud analyse Rosie the Riveter. [via Dave Barry's Blog]...
There was no question about places where waitresses call you 'hon'
posted by srah on August 17, 2003 12:47 PM
Tags: cities, discovered, quizzes
According to findyourspot.com, my top ten ideal hometowns are: Charleston, WV Frederick, MD Annapolis, MD St George, UT Hickory, NC Champaign-Urbana, IL Gaithersburg, MD Baltimore, MD Hampton, VA Raleigh, NC I don't know how I feel about these results. It's hard to find somewhere in the Midwest that doesn't get snow dumped on it every November or so. [via coleman.francis.land]...
Losing control
posted by srah on August 16, 2003 11:09 AM
Tags: discovered
Freaky!...
It was a dark and stormy night
posted by srah on July 28, 2003 9:02 AM
Tags: discovered
This year's Bulwer-Lytton Contest (for the opening sentence to the worst of all possible novels) results are online, including: "When the time came for Timothy to fly the nest, he felt the best years of his life were ahead of him, if only because he had spent the childhood ones living in a nest." - Sian Arthur - London, England...
'It's a pretty long article about why her hair is brown'
posted by srah on July 21, 2003 1:44 PM
Tags: discovered, movies
Cheryl, adding the description above, sent me a Mandy Moore interview that, among other things, talks about her next movie (Mandy's, not Cheryl's): In "Saved," due out this fall, she seems to mock her own righteous image in a story about a teenager attending a Christian school who tries to "save" her gay friend by having sex with him -- and winds up pregnant. "It could be quite controversial," Moore says slyly of the film in which she co-stars with Macaulay Culkin. Moore plays the friend of the pregnant girl (played by Jena Malone). I wouldn't dream of making a...
'West Bloomfield and Troy: Where it's not happening'
posted by srah on July 21, 2003 1:43 PM
Tags: discovered
'West Bloomfield and Troy: Where it's not happening' The Detroit Free Press is running a series of articles "exploring Gov. Jennifer Granholm's idea that Michigan needs to create 'cool cities' to keep young people from moving away." This series has been running for a few weeks or so, and they are up to Troy and West Bloomfield, of which they say: It would be something of a stretch to call Troy and West Bloomfield "cool." OK, some would consider it an outright lie. I don't even live there and it makes me want to move away. Have they run out...
A casbah ant-girl? I'm it!
posted by srah on July 6, 2003 2:09 AM
Tags: discovered
Anagrams of my name (first and last... with the middle name in there, it was even longer): A MARCH STINT A SCANT MIRTH (very scant) TRANSACT HIM TRASHMAN TIC MANTRAS ITCH CHARM AN TITS (certainly not!) RANCH MA TITS (please, ranch ya own) TANTRIC HAMS INTACT MARSH MARC HASNT IT CRAMS THAT IN CAN HARM TITS (but only if I have to) CAN TRASH TIM CANT MATH SIR CANT ARM THIS (a famous song by M.C. Hammer) CANT HIT MARS CATS HARM TIN THIN CAT ARMS MATH RATS INC HASNT ARM TIC AM TARTS CHIN AM ANT CHRIST (note: my...
I was not aware that E.L. Fudge was a holy city
posted by srah on June 6, 2003 11:54 AM
Tags: discovered, poetry
I thought this wasn't working, but no such luck. You will be attacked, once again, with the beauty of random poetry. srah blah blahs: Search this Japanese cat of weather makes you find ourselves doing pilgrimages from many movies about how good Sure that which were wondering, as the dickens, but I am blah blahs: 8 ] [months of opticians, so that I suck at CSS. While at it, will never had any expensive repair, he was great, interest, young Frenchman who would pull out the other senses, I want them out I speak Spanish as a Suspicious Outsider, I...
They are chicken transformation goods!
posted by srah on June 2, 2003 2:36 PM
Tags: discovered
Renata's brother finds the greatest crap online and sends it to her and the dear is nice enough to forward it on to me so that I can bring it to you. And you will certainly want to thank him when you, too, visit this badly-translated Japanese cat clothing site....
"Because white people love their children"
posted by srah on June 2, 2003 8:57 AM
Tags: discovered
Ernie has this idea that it's only Asians who tell their children that they were found in a garbage can. Ha! I have been told that I was bought at the stupidmarket, that I was a blue-light special, that I was on sale because I was defective merchandise, and that I was bought from the gypsies for a chicken. Where did you come from?...
Radio waves
posted by srah on May 11, 2003 10:17 AM
Tags: discovered
NPR just reported that six monkeys given access to a computer for one month did not produce the works of Shakespeare. What did they expect? It is supposed to be infinite monkeys, infinite computers, and an infinite period of time. You're not going to get anything out of six monkeys in a month, and there aren't even enough computers to go around. This was a stupid, pointless experiment and more importantly, a huge waste of monkeys' valuable time. I also heard a radio ad earlier in the week for an anti-depressive drug with anorexia as a possible side effect. Do...
The Empire of Srahnce
posted by srah on April 17, 2003 7:44 AM
Tags: discovered
The Empire of Srahnce is a tiny, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its burgeoning llama population. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 5 million have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often. The large government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Social Welfare, and Education. The average income tax rate is 24%, but much higher for the wealthy. A small private sector is dominated by the Basket Weaving industry. Crime is moderate, and the police force...
The dullest blog in the world
posted by srah on April 15, 2003 8:28 AM
Tags: discovered
Damn, I have competition. [via Katie]...
AAAAAAAAAAAH!
posted by srah on March 27, 2003 5:57 AM
Tags: discovered
Pregnant man pregnant man pregnant man! [via Stitching for Sanity]...
I am a loser and a half
posted by srah on March 26, 2003 9:17 AM
Tags: discovered
I'm sure everyone on earth either already knew how to do this or knew that it was a dumb thing to learn how to do, but I don't care. I've just stolen it and I'm everso proud. Learning is good. [via chez la k-tron]...
Make me happy for only $17.95
posted by srah on March 11, 2003 4:25 PM
Tags: assistantship, discovered
Slap me with brie, if you please....
Various links discovered
posted by srah on February 7, 2003 8:15 AM
Tags: discovered
If you have nothing better to do than be amused today, why not drag Dubya's head around or check out Engrish subtitles for The Two Towers? [via Renata the Mighty English Assistant and Suckful, respectively]...
I'm number five!
posted by srah on November 4, 2002 4:45 AM
Tags: discovered
Perhaps if I write it again, I will go higher up on the results for the most addictive website. Thank ye....
srah is just stupid
posted by srah on November 4, 2002 4:41 AM
Tags: discovered
Just in case you wondered who I am, Googlism can tell you: srah is my older sister srah is just stupid srah is an hourly worker srah is nice and buteeful srah is really cleva so we call ger a geek to srah is going on another depressing job search at yahoo srah is 6 years older srah is withheld under the official secrets act srah is to present those factors in a straightforward manner srah is the same sarah barrington listed as a child of marion madison srah is buried at east point srah is unpacking srah is laughable...
Dave Barry à la française
posted by srah on October 29, 2002 11:00 AM
Tags: discovered
Hee hee... an internet Dave Barry Column creator. Recently in Vichy (motto: "Casse-toi!"), residents reported an outbreak of video game nerds. Perhaps you think there are no video game nerds in Vichy. Perhaps you are an idiot. As the French say, au contraire (literally: "I can smell you from France.!"). I have here in my hands a copy of an Associated Press article sent in by alert reader Cheryl, whose name can be rearranged to spell "CLHYER", although that is not my main point. "Cheryl", by the way, only has the letters "Ceyl" in in common with "Monica Lewinsky", so...
Nothing to say
posted by srah on October 22, 2002 3:12 AM
Tags: discovered
While I would normally never read Doonesbury, my dad sent me this cartoon about blogging......
Who'da thunk it, part deux
posted by srah on October 21, 2002 11:33 AM
Tags: discovered
Hey! My blog is intelligent!...
Hic! (13.10.02)
posted by srah on October 14, 2002 10:47 AM
Tags: alcohol, discovered, france
"Although alcohol consumption has dropped by 20% since the war, the French drink more than any national group in the world, except the people of Luxembourg." So says my guidebook. For the sake of the 441,300 people of Luxembourg, I hope that means per capita......
Hey you!
posted by srah on September 21, 2002 10:39 AM
Tags: books, discovered
It's Banned Books Week. Or maybe it was last week. Or maybe it's next week. Anyway, go find something scandalous to read....
Weird...
posted by srah on September 20, 2002 10:00 AM
Tags: discovered
I've found another Srah! And she lives in my house! This is an entirely bizarre situation. We are going to the movies tonight. Two of my fellow assistants have also been added to my list of blogs: Hello! and Chez Kamblue....
Worse host
posted by srah on September 16, 2002 7:25 PM
Tags: discovered
Read the very polite email Adam got from his (former) webhosting company: Tales from customer service....
Too politically correct?
posted by srah on September 10, 2002 1:26 PM
Tags: discovered
Here is an interesting blog-post about the word niggardly. One teacher was even fired for using the word in class. The word always makes me a bit uncomfortable, but I realize that my discomfort is ridiculous....
Bad kitty!
posted by srah on September 10, 2002 10:54 AM
Tags: discovered
Cats are evil because... 1) you might accidentally worship one 2) there may or may not have been some there when John the Baptist was beheaded 3) the Bible didn't say anyone important had a cat, so that means they didn't 4) science says it's bad too 5) it's just so tough emptying the litter box all the time So, in conclusion, cats are evil and should be stoned to death, but don't come crying to me when the police arrest you for stoning a cat. And while you're at it, don't eat lecithin. It reminds me of the father...
'Gimli and Legolas were suggesting a massive orgy'
posted by srah on September 8, 2002 2:00 PM
Tags: discovered
Would you like to see The Fellowship of the Ring in a strangely abridged hand-puppet-form? Of course you would. [via reenhead]...
Naughty
posted by srah on September 8, 2002 11:58 AM
Tags: discovered, star wars
Apparently Albion's theatre nerds have been swapping sexually suggestive Star Wars lines recently. I didn't realize there was a master list on the Internet... [via Blogatelle]...
I don't live in undergraduate housing, but I am part of the problem
posted by srah on September 5, 2002 4:15 PM
Tags: discovered, university of michigan
"At any given moment in Ann Arbor, it's impossible to walk down any street where there is undergraduate housing without hearing 'Get Up Stand Up' coming from five different porches." - "Bob Marley's 'Legend' outlawed on college campuses" The Onion is always good for a giggle....
Fun with gadgets
posted by srah on August 28, 2002 2:42 PM
Tags: discovered
I have a Weather Pixie now. Did you see her? She shows the temperature and weather conditions and changes her clothes depending on the weather. Sometimes a little dog or cat appears in the window with her. It's a fun little gadget... and when I'm teaching in Cusset, I'll set it to show the Vichy weather so you know what I'm up against....
I catch on quickly
posted by srah on August 22, 2002 1:16 PM
Tags: discovered
Have you noticed that sometimes when you mouse-over my links (IE only), there's a caption that pops out? Well, there is. I learned how to do that from Meg's site....
Great headline
posted by srah on August 22, 2002 7:46 AM
Tags: discovered
Study explains why your family stinks...
It only took two years...
posted by srah on August 19, 2002 2:43 PM
Tags: discovered
One of my Where's George bills has turned up in Maine!...
Not that I'm obsessed with frequent flyer miles or anything...
posted by srah on August 14, 2002 8:58 AM
Tags: discovered
Did you know that you can get 10,000 United Mileage Plus mile