October 2009
darran:
topherchris: nostrich:
Run DMC -...
gospelofmoll:
Animaniacs - The Ballad of...
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Five Days Later
(A customer in their 50s walks into my pawn shop, which sells weapons.)
Customer: “Yeah, can you get me that shotgun behind the table?”
Me: “Sure, do you have your license and registration?”
Customer: “Yeah, right here.”
Me: “Thank you sir. There’s a 5 day waiting period for firearms. Come back soon.”
(He looks disappointed, but forks over the cash and walks out. Five days later…)
Customer: “Okay, dude, I’m back. Where’s the gun?”
Me: “Right here, sir…
(I make the transaction and hand him his shotgun.)
Me: “Have a nice day and come back soon!”
(About one minute after the customer leaves the store, I hear several loud shotgun blasts. I look through the window and the man is firing rounds into the air! He then runs into the store.)
Customer: “The zombie invasion has begun! It’s every man for himself!”
(I hide under the desk and press the silent alarm. Five minutes later, the police arrive, taser the guy, and bring him out of our back room in cuffs. I work at an ice cream store now.)
From "Not Always Right"
“A certain man came out of a brothel while Cato [the Censor] was going by. When...”
– Pseudo-Acron on Horace Sat. 1.2.31-32 (via eush)
“‘Punning’ is, it is true, an unfortunate description, because it connotes for us...”
– Excerpts from JD Denniston’s Greek Prose Style, from Laudator Temporis Acti.
Just another reason why reading Greek needs a completely different mindset sometimes. (via eush)
Qualified Yays: Planescape Re-Release? →
brilliantology:
kbkarma:
via Rock Paper Shotgun.
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OMG OMG OMG *fanboyish squealing*
Holy shit. Preordering this!
Knew you’d be the first person to reblog. :D
Qualified Yays: Planescape Re-Release? →
via Rock Paper Shotgun.
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OMG OMG OMG *fanboyish squealing*
WatchVia Japanator.com, another film that I’m really looking forward to: “Oblivion Island: Haruka and the Magic Mirror”, by Production I.G. It looks absolutely beautiful.
Why Is Marketing To Female Gamers Considered... →
I’ve often wondered this as well. Why do games for girls, hell, for any female, always obsessed with a predilection for pink? This article outlines a few ways to market games better (via GamePolitics).
I Kept Playing — The Costs Of My Gaming Addiction... →
A wonderful article by editor Mike Fahey about his Everquest addiction (via GamePolitics).
“Me: “Okay sir, can you hear me?”
Pilot: “Loud and clear. Okay, I have a problem...”
– Not Always Right » Military Intelligence
WatchA video promotion for Brütal Legend done by Double Fine.
BrainHex
Your BrainHex Class is Seeker.
Your BrainHex Sub-Class is Seeker-Daredevil.
You like finding strange and wonderful things or finding familiar things as well as rushing around at heights or high speed while you are still in control.
Your scores for each of the classes in this test were as follows:
Seeker: 20
Daredevil: 17
Mastermind: 13
Conqueror: 11
Survivor: 9
Socialiser: 7
...
“First, it seems that reading might not be your strongest suit given your initial...”
– Lenski dialog (WikiSource) (via The Daily Telegraph, via in turn thedailywhat), considered, according to Tom Chivers, to be “one of the greatest and most comprehensive put-downs in scientific argument”. This segment is but a small small part.
dailymeh:
There’s a mouse between me and the floor above. I can hear it running around in the ceiling, occasionally squeaking. The sinister plan to attract the mouse with a bit of cheese and decapitate it doesn’t appear to be working. Maybe it has performance anxiety, knowing that I’ll be describing its every movement and broadcasting them on the internet, because it went quiet almost the second...