December 2010
36 posts
past few days
christmas presents were awesome. sony e-reader and spirit tracks were my favorites. got a best buy gift card i will probably use towards buying a new monitor. barnes and noble gift card. got to see my father/stepmother/brother saturday and then i went to my boyfriend’s until i had to work, then went to my mother’s yesterday which was awesome as that’s when the blizzard hit.
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Pat Robertson: Snow Is God's Way of Punishing... →
greenstate:
2gayvirgos:
Doesn’t he know the best way to stay warm while snowed-in is GAY BUTT SEX?
good thing i live in super gay seattle, where it doesn’t snow that often. nobody’s gonna punish us. we just get showered with rain and organic produce.
“So, if you want to donate to Wikileaks, you can’t use your Visa or your...”
– Stephen Colbert (via ogodtheaftermath)
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Panic Treatment Targets Breathing Symptoms →
Interesting new treatment for panic attacks/hyperventilation in such, although I wish the article went more in-depth. I’ll have to look up more about this.
“The so-called ‘psychotically depressed’ person who tries to kill herself doesn’t...”
– David Foster Wallace (Infinite Jest)
NY Rep. King: I'll hold hearings on radical Islam →
cognitivedissonance:
The incoming chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security said Sunday that he will hold hearings on the “radicalization of the American Muslim community.”
In an op-ed piece in Newsday, Rep. Peter King said such hearings are critical because al-Qaida “is recruiting Muslims living legally in the United States — homegrown terrorists who have managed to stay under the...
just learned
that it’s supposed to snow on Christmas. which displeases me because I am working a 8am(Fri)-9am(Sat) shift and then a 6pm-9am shift Christmas night and I really don’t want to get stuck at work because they don’t plow the roads. I am going to be doing so much driving it’s ridiculous. hopefully it won’t snow much?
the main textbook for my stats course next semester is “statistics for people who think they hate statistics”. seriously, this is a graduate level math course and this is what i am getting.
and i don’t even hate statistics. i hate when math professors assume that. just because i am in the humanities/social services field doesn’t mean i hate math. i actually like math. the...
Best stress cure: 32-hour work week →
This seems like a really good idea - my only concern would be what would happen with wages if you’re paid hourly. I know I felt a lot less stressed when I cut down to 24 hours a week (working 30-35 hours a week plus being in school full time was not working), and then even less stressed when I got a new job and starting working a 24-hour shift instead of a 6-hour shift for four days a week...
STFU, Tea Baggers!: I bet... →
stfuteabaggers:
chrisjgavin:
…STFUTeabaggers thoroughly enjoys being the teabagee.
you know, i tried it, but i don’t really enjoy balls in my mouth. it’s just not something i wake up in the morning and think about. it doesn’t put a spring in my step. if other people enjoy balls in their mouths, i think…
Fantastic responses. This guy has no idea how to debate.
STFU, Conservatives: House passes repeal of DADT →
stfuconservatives:
Good news, but we still need the Senate.
…Many Republicans, led by Sen. John McCain of Arizona, argue that it would be a mistake for the military to undergo a major cultural change while the nation is fighting two wars.
The issue has also split the military. Defense Secretary Robert Gates and…
If they can be distracted that easily, do we really trust putting them...
“Why are some drugs legal and other drugs illegal today? It’s not based on any...”
– Tony Newman, Nice People Use Drugs Too (via fuckyeahdrugpolicy)
Truth.
(via anotherdeadhead)
just applied for the chrome os notebook pilot...
i highly doubt i’ll be selected but it’s still exciting. on another note, it appears they won’t be releasing it as a standalone OS? the hell? i don’t see why i can’t just use it on the netbook i already happen to own…
“December is the toughest month of the year. Others are July, January, September,...”
– Mark Twain (via hippiecrack)
