Category: Current Affairs

  • iChat Zen: Of Presidents and Hackers.

    This IM chat just happened.

    friend: woo hoo only 4 more days
    me: YES
    friend: do you have plans?
    me: actually, now that i know what you’re talking about, replace that YES with a meh [definition]
    friend: you do not know what i’m talking about
    friend: whatever you think i’m talking about, this is more important
    me: presidents day
    friend: oh wow, i didn’t even realize they coincided
    me: yes all the presidents coincide on that one special day
    me: it makes the tides extra high
    friend: even president neap?
    me: is that real?
    friend: since you asked…
    friend: only four days
    friend: until
    friend: the dvd
    friend: release of
    friend: RENT
    friend: we can watch it whenever!
    me: replace my meh with a feh [definition]
    friend: how do you spell that?
    friend: with an "eh"?
    me: yes
    me: both etymologically distinct from teh [definition]
    friend: indo european roots
    friend: ?
    me: teh has haxor rOOts
    friend: you do
    me: nah

  • Double Trouble

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    BREAKING: Los del Río, the Spanish music duo responsible for the tragic Macarena outbreak of 1995, is revealed to be German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier and British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw.

    Link: Reuters Photo

  • Don’t Bite My Style

    JawsThis month, the NYT Mag highlighted "Celebrity Teeth" in its "The Year in Ideas" issue. The gist: If you want your teeth to look like those of Cameron Diaz, Halle Berry, or Jessica Simpson, go see the inventor of the Snap-On Smile, Marc Liechtung.

    Ok,that’s great. But the article missed a huge part of the trend. What if you want your grill to look like Flava Flav, Mike Jones, or Nelly? Ah yes, go see Paul Wall.

    And what’s gonna be poppin for 06? How about a reality series based in a gold teeth shop? No joke.

    P.S. Nobody better be bitin my style when I come through flossin diamond-studded spinners on my teeth. That shit’s mine, ya heard?