Robb Allen weighs in on the election debacle.
See also this.
The Smallest Minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities. – Ayn Rand
In comments to Weer’d Beard’s post Mitt Romney Wins the GOP Nomination:
Given how the GOP field has been winnowed, this has really just been a race to determine the form Gozer the Traveler takes.
So this just means the giant Sloar is off the table and means is we’re looking between the moving Torb and the Staypuff Marshmellow man.
— Jack
Edited to add this link to a T-shirt I must have courtesy of WFGodbold.
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Johnny Depp as Barnabas Collins in Tim Burton’s Dark Shadows.
Oh. My. God. This should be fun.
I’m an old fart. (via Vanderleun)
When engineers find something interesting, it usually involves catastrophic failure….
Carl, Vexxarr’s ship AI, Vexxarr comic, 2/6/12
“Dick”
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Scott Kurtz, the creator of the web cartoon Player vs. Player (one of my daily reads) relates this story:
In case anyone was worried Dad’s stroke had affected his sense of humor…
We’re sitting in his den, and I’m showing him how Siri works on my iPhone. To demonstrate I composed a text to my wife, pronouncing the punctuation.
Me: Send Angela a text.
Siri: Okay, what would you like to say to Angela Kurtz?
Me: Love you. Period. Miss you a lot. Period. Can’t wait to see you tonight. Period.
Dad: I hope your not on your period. Period.
My family is Appalachian Scots-Irish from way back – redneck runs deep in our veins. So when I ran across these redneck wine glasses, I was transported with joy:
But then I found some that are even better:
Yup, gotta get me sum a these!