October 2009
13 posts
McCain Moves to Block FCC Net Neutrality →
tsparks:
From Reuters.com McCain’s bill, the Internet Freedom Act, seeks to do the opposite of what its name implies by ensuring that broadband and wireless providers can discriminate and throttle certain traffic while giving preferential treatment to other traffic. Basically, those in power or those who pay more will have better access. Apparently we have different definitions of ‘freedom’....
“It’s not like, “Get off me, Pa, yer crushin my smokes”...”
– Euphemisms from my coworker, justifying dating his (not biological) daughter’s boyfriend’s mom.
The Postmarks - My Lucky Charm
there’s...
“By thirty-years-old, your adult will probably be able to…
Feed and maintain a...”
– McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: What to Expect: The Third Decade.
(via douglaswolk/robertschofield/noonesboy)
my time is running out. i’m about half-way through this list & i have under 2.5 years to go.
Built to Spill - Things Fall Apart
Stay out of my...
“Anyone that’s getting crashes when trying to save or open files in Snow Leopard...”
– the back-handed fix I’ve been desperate for these last few weeks. via iLounge
Elliott Smith - Wouldn’t Mama be Proud
the...
Characters on Californication who behave like real...
theidiotking:
Not so fast, everyone.
probably my favorite show on television…. that I’ve never actually seen on a television.
misanthropic-byproduct:
“Regulate” by Warren G
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Nice Old Mini-Mart Guy Who Knows Me: Mr. Robinson, did you used to play any sport?
Me: A long time ago I played soccer, and some basketball for fun, but never on a team
NOMMGWKM: Oh, I was just asking because you have good bones (points at his wrists[?]) and shoulders (strikes muscle-man pose)
Me: Ah, no, I'm no athlete, I was scrawny in high school and didn't really sprout-up until it was pretty much over.
NOMMGWKM: Saa...
Me: So, no, no sports, I'm just a mechanic.
NOMMGWKM: (Laughs his ass off, that's apparently the funniest thing he's heard me say, ever, and we're pushing two years in a 5min-almost-daily relationship)
Me: I still need cigarettes.