These are neither kittens nor puppies, but I still think they're pretty cute.
Not an angry chinchilla: Xombi bunny. She's not horrible or hideous, but she is fluffy.
and
Angry holiday rabbit: Zowie Bowie bunny. Yeah, he wasn't exactly thrilled with the hat. It was on for approximately one millisecond before he did the bunny equilavent of "Screw this!" and hopped off to sulk and pointedly ignore me.
I thank Wendell for so thoughtfully stepping up and being #41, thus allowing me to be #42. I waited and waited and waited, until despair set in and I finally lost all hope. And then, at last, the shining light of Wendell appeared on the horizon and the coveted spot was mine.
So, here's to all the monkeys who have gone before. /Julio Iglesias
I work for a huge corporation and our United Way drive is nearly as bad.
Same here. I hate United Way because both UW and the company cram this shit down our throats at work. Our HR staff even went so far as to put up a list of people who hadn't filled out their donation slips (one of which was me). That really pissed me off, because it was tantamount to public shaming.
I find it insane that a huge corporation won't pay their workforce more than minimum wage, yet tries to guilt their employees into giving away money that they can ill afford to part with. The fact that this ill-gotten money then goes to pay the administration costs and high overhead of a scandal-ridden "charity" makes my blood boil.
The first two rooms load fine, but then the Kitchen won't load. I've tried three different browsers on two computers and made sure I was using the latest version of Flash. I've officially given up, but it was fun while it lasted.
Can someone tell me what happens in the later three rooms?
I second that, since I can't get it to work. :(
I like how they put foie gras and duck confit on there with french/freedom fries. Bless you, Forbes, for you truly know the American public.
Also, in my abode, we only ever eat duck confit and foie gras. In fact, this is a duck-only dwelling. We only eat ducks and parts of ducks. Sure, I know we could probably live somewhere other than a box under the bridge and I could be typing this on something besides an old 386 I found in the dumpster next to our box, but I can't afford both foie gras every single night and a decent place to live. It's about priorties, yo.
Oh, and on the topic of batteries, you'll probably want to look into getting some nice rechargeables in the near future. For now, though, during the testing it out phase, alkalines should be fine.
And if I were you, I wouldn't delete the scary photos. I would upload them, too, so that the whole world can enjoy the scariness. I'm one of those people who love found objects, though.
What a wacky coincidence - my friend just got a display model of the same camera today. Also sans cords, manuals, etc.
I let her borrow my USB 7-in-1 card reader so she could get the pictures directly off of her compact flash card, so I would 3rd that idea.
I'm not sure if it has a standard connector, jccalhoun. My friend and I both came to the conclusion that a card reader would likely be cheaper than a replacement cord, in case it's not standard.
Low batteries may be the cause of it turning itself off. Have you tried fresh ones yet?
Holy shit! There really is Bible fan-fiction?
posted by DrPresAmerica at 08:29PM UTC on April 17, 2005
Oh, yes, there certainly is. I stumbled across the LiveJournal Bible Slash fanfiction community one day. It's rather amazing, people studying the Bible in depth to create accurate portrayals of hot man on man action in Bible stories. Probably insane and possibly pointless, in my opinion, but no worse than people writing Harry Potter fanfiction.
There are currently six LJ communities listing "bible slash" as an interest. From that list of six, I think my favorite is the umm...700 Club one.
I live with two fetishists, who have devoted time, energy and money to acquiring the accoutrements related to their two particular fetishes. When the adult-sized cloth diapers showed up on the front doorstep, I decided that I could no longer wear my "Celebrate Diversity" button because I just can't celebrate that much diversity.
Re-watching the Crowded House farewell concert right now in honor of Paul.
I am so sad that I lived in a place where CH didn't tour when I was old enough to go. I've seen Neil solo twice, and Neil and Tim once, and I can only imagine what I missed out on.
I'm so sorry. I had the choice between Lou Reed and Lil' Markie. I had to pick the Lil' Markie record, hands down. I just love "Diary of an Unborn Child", and I know it's wrong, but I do.
For those of you unfamiliar with this song, you can listen to it here.
There are a lot of reasons that I will never donate to Salvation Army. And yes, I'm pretty sure that voting with my money counts as a "valid" form of protest.
It's not like it's that hard to find a local charity that doesn't have the taint of discrimination that Salvation Army carries. I've given my time and money to many local groups that don't feel the need to discriminate against anyone for any reason.
As far as "Take your money and your crying somewhere else." How about this? No. The Salvation Army receives hundreds of millions of dollars in government funding every year. You are aware of that, right? It doesn't operate solely through donations, and since I'm apparently supporting them whether I want to or not, I believe I'm entitled to a say in the matter.
I promptly went out and bought one of the toys on last year's list as a gift for a friend. I'm sorry to report that she's still alive (curses, foiled again!).
immlass: Your offense at childless reveals only a miunderstanding of the English language.
So are you saying immlass, or society , is guilty of imbuing the word "childless" with a negative connotation? Because I've definitely noticed that when people say "childless" they usually mean it negatively.
These are neither kittens nor puppies, but I still think they're pretty cute.
Not an angry chinchilla: Xombi bunny. She's not horrible or hideous, but she is fluffy.
and
Angry holiday rabbit: Zowie Bowie bunny. Yeah, he wasn't exactly thrilled with the hat. It was on for approximately one millisecond before he did the bunny equilavent of "Screw this!" and hopped off to sulk and pointedly ignore me.
posted by peoplefilter 18 years ago
In "2006 Roll Call:"
I thank Wendell for so thoughtfully stepping up and being #41, thus allowing me to be #42. I waited and waited and waited, until despair set in and I finally lost all hope. And then, at last, the shining light of Wendell appeared on the horizon and the coveted spot was mine. So, here's to all the monkeys who have gone before. /Julio Iglesias
posted by peoplefilter 18 years ago
The answer to life, the universe, and everything.
posted by peoplefilter 18 years ago
In ""Banana Note" worth big bucks."
banana bill photo
posted by peoplefilter 18 years ago
In "Curious George: Am I Being Coerced?"
I work for a huge corporation and our United Way drive is nearly as bad. Same here. I hate United Way because both UW and the company cram this shit down our throats at work. Our HR staff even went so far as to put up a list of people who hadn't filled out their donation slips (one of which was me). That really pissed me off, because it was tantamount to public shaming. I find it insane that a huge corporation won't pay their workforce more than minimum wage, yet tries to guilt their employees into giving away money that they can ill afford to part with. The fact that this ill-gotten money then goes to pay the administration costs and high overhead of a scandal-ridden "charity" makes my blood boil.
posted by peoplefilter 18 years ago
In "The Dining Room"
The first two rooms load fine, but then the Kitchen won't load. I've tried three different browsers on two computers and made sure I was using the latest version of Flash. I've officially given up, but it was fun while it lasted. Can someone tell me what happens in the later three rooms? I second that, since I can't get it to work. :(
posted by peoplefilter 18 years ago
In "The worst foods for your health"
I like how they put foie gras and duck confit on there with french/freedom fries. Bless you, Forbes, for you truly know the American public. Also, in my abode, we only ever eat duck confit and foie gras. In fact, this is a duck-only dwelling. We only eat ducks and parts of ducks. Sure, I know we could probably live somewhere other than a box under the bridge and I could be typing this on something besides an old 386 I found in the dumpster next to our box, but I can't afford both foie gras every single night and a decent place to live. It's about priorties, yo.
posted by peoplefilter 18 years ago
In "Digital Camera Woes"
Oh, and on the topic of batteries, you'll probably want to look into getting some nice rechargeables in the near future. For now, though, during the testing it out phase, alkalines should be fine. And if I were you, I wouldn't delete the scary photos. I would upload them, too, so that the whole world can enjoy the scariness. I'm one of those people who love found objects, though.
posted by peoplefilter 19 years ago
What a wacky coincidence - my friend just got a display model of the same camera today. Also sans cords, manuals, etc. I let her borrow my USB 7-in-1 card reader so she could get the pictures directly off of her compact flash card, so I would 3rd that idea. I'm not sure if it has a standard connector, jccalhoun. My friend and I both came to the conclusion that a card reader would likely be cheaper than a replacement cord, in case it's not standard. Low batteries may be the cause of it turning itself off. Have you tried fresh ones yet?
posted by peoplefilter 19 years ago
In ""Take me, Judas""
Holy shit! There really is Bible fan-fiction? posted by DrPresAmerica at 08:29PM UTC on April 17, 2005 Oh, yes, there certainly is. I stumbled across the LiveJournal Bible Slash fanfiction community one day. It's rather amazing, people studying the Bible in depth to create accurate portrayals of hot man on man action in Bible stories. Probably insane and possibly pointless, in my opinion, but no worse than people writing Harry Potter fanfiction. There are currently six LJ communities listing "bible slash" as an interest. From that list of six, I think my favorite is the umm...700 Club one.
posted by peoplefilter 19 years ago
In "This"
I live with two fetishists, who have devoted time, energy and money to acquiring the accoutrements related to their two particular fetishes. When the adult-sized cloth diapers showed up on the front doorstep, I decided that I could no longer wear my "Celebrate Diversity" button because I just can't celebrate that much diversity.
posted by peoplefilter 19 years ago
In "Don't dream it's over."
Re-watching the Crowded House farewell concert right now in honor of Paul. I am so sad that I lived in a place where CH didn't tour when I was old enough to go. I've seen Neil solo twice, and Neil and Tim once, and I can only imagine what I missed out on.
posted by peoplefilter 19 years ago
ActuallySettle, see also this link.
posted by peoplefilter 19 years ago
In "Guess the Movie"
12. is Gremlins. I almost thought it was An American Werewolf in London, but then I noticed the Christmas decorations.
posted by peoplefilter 19 years ago
In ""
I'm so sorry. I had the choice between Lou Reed and Lil' Markie. I had to pick the Lil' Markie record, hands down. I just love "Diary of an Unborn Child", and I know it's wrong, but I do. For those of you unfamiliar with this song, you can listen to it here.
posted by peoplefilter 19 years ago
In "Curious George: The Kettle."
There are a lot of reasons that I will never donate to Salvation Army. And yes, I'm pretty sure that voting with my money counts as a "valid" form of protest. It's not like it's that hard to find a local charity that doesn't have the taint of discrimination that Salvation Army carries. I've given my time and money to many local groups that don't feel the need to discriminate against anyone for any reason. As far as "Take your money and your crying somewhere else." How about this? No. The Salvation Army receives hundreds of millions of dollars in government funding every year. You are aware of that, right? It doesn't operate solely through donations, and since I'm apparently supporting them whether I want to or not, I believe I'm entitled to a say in the matter.
posted by peoplefilter 19 years ago
In "2004 "10 Worst Toys" List"
I promptly went out and bought one of the toys on last year's list as a gift for a friend. I'm sorry to report that she's still alive (curses, foiled again!).
posted by peoplefilter 19 years ago
In "Construct your face from scratch"
I could only make the younger, angrier, better looking version of me. All right!
posted by peoplefilter 19 years ago
In ""What? A blog about a guy who got bit by a werewolf? That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard." "
How about "Dragevanger" for short?
posted by peoplefilter 19 years ago
In "Ooops I Forgot to Have a Baby!"
immlass: Your offense at childless reveals only a miunderstanding of the English language. So are you saying immlass, or society , is guilty of imbuing the word "childless" with a negative connotation? Because I've definitely noticed that when people say "childless" they usually mean it negatively.
posted by peoplefilter 19 years ago
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