Archive for December, 2003
Her Tiger
Little girl on the B30 bus and her plushy feline friend. Photo taken with a Palm Zire 71.
In Stitches
The autumn leaves were getting out of date, so I changed the header graphic for my general inside pages. That should be good for the rest of the season, while I make exciting new changes in the background. The photo, previously seen here, is a panorama stitched together from five different photos. If you lack [...]
Milkshake?
I like “What A Crappy Present” not so much for its witty exposition of record industry abuse as for the absolutely precious expression on the little girl’s face. Aaww!! (I forgot to point out that there is a spot of profanity on the site, so you may not want your little ones to see it [...]
“THIS is Ceti Alpha 5!”
Update: Please see Ceti Alpha V for the title reference. (Geez, you PVP readers, I thought you knew your sci-fi pop culture references. It’s not even that obscure.) Update, 2007: Sadly, the joke alert is no longer there. It was great. NOAA posted a test alert saying that the Earth was careening out of its [...]
SPac Invaders
Note to Slate: When your subhead mentions “Space Invaders,” it would be nice to make your graphic a Space Invaders screenshot, wouldn’t it?
Cooking ng Ina Mo
About to try cooking Myra’s Chicken Adobo. Wish me luck. Update: Except for the fact that I had no potatoes or boiled eggs, had to use garlic powder instead of real garlic, and onion powder instead of onions, the adobo cooked surprisingly well. I did not follow the above recipe exactly, since I was going [...]
Coveting Couches
Valerie wants to marry a clothes dryer, and other thoughts on covetousness and marriage. Go read. It’s her kind of thinking (the clothes-dryer thinking, not the couch thinking) that saves a man from ogling other women after he’s gotten married.
Planet WooWoo
Six months ago, Planet X did not come to wreak havoc on the world. Now, a new threat has come to imperil the Solar System. Get your tinfoil hats on as we await the arrival of Planet Z!
Stand Clear of the Buskers
From a MeFi thread on subway musicians, I have learned a ton of new things: I had never heard the word busker till today. New York subway doors are lethal. Singing Asian Jesus Man. “The New York Transit Authority: You’ll laugh. You’ll cry. You’ll stand clear of the closing doors, please…” (jonmc)
Stand Clear of the Deer
Deer invades Blue Line subway station. Perhaps he was just looking for a ride to McDonald’s. Update: Metro has named it “Rudolph the Blue Line Reindeer,” and has an put up an animated GIF of clips from the video. (500KB)