October 31, 2008
Either a great idea, or a collosal FAIL with AIDS
During one of Caroline and my usual IM conversations, the thought occurred to set our unique silliness to cartoon format. Here's what emerged. Will it become the next big Web-based comic to sweep the InterWebs? Probably not, but it still struck me as funny.
UPDATE: Oh, why not. Here's a second comic:\
CAROLINE UPDATE: Caroline submitted a non-stick figure cartoon. We'll let you judge which approach is better. Caroline's the far better artist; but my abstract stick figures can't be dismissed off-hand. Click on the thumbnail below for the full-sized image.
First!
I just received my first-ever cell phone text message spam. I feel so special, in that "oh, great, is this the next bullshit thing I have to look forward to?" sort of way.
October 30, 2008
Remembrance
Remember back before the 2004 election, and all those people who were convinced of an October surprise, and others claiming BushCo would cancel the election and impose martial law?
I wish we had that kind of measured sanity this time around.
*sigh*
Hole in the Wall
A work day is made that much more anxious when you know, in the back of your mind, that a carpenter is working in your house, making a large hole in one of your walls, when temperatures can get pretty cold at night.
I Weep For the Future
When MSNBC.com runs a Newsweek headline "What Ashley Judd Learned in Africa," you just kind of have to give up on the world, because man, it's gone.
October 29, 2008
Getting the hang of this new job thingee
Although I've been basically inundated with with a dizzying barrage of medical terms, conditions, treatments and overall jargon, I think I can confidently state I'm starting to absorb at least some of it now after five months on the job.
I base this on the fact I watching and episode of "House," earlier this week, during which the patient was diagnosed with "pheochromocytoma," and I was all like "Hey, I know what that is; I updated some content about that!"
So, yeah. Pheochromocytoma. Who knew?
Geode Twins Media Analysis
Ryan says: Love this headline: "As economy burns, does media fan the flames?"
Caroline says: It's hot!
Ryan says: Right along headlines like: "New president's economic clout not assured."
Ryan says: "Analysis: Likely rate cut may have little impact."
Caroline says: blah-di-e-blah-blah
Ryan says: Ironical.
October 28, 2008
P-B Anti-Matter
Caroline says: Top story on PB? "It's not too late to get a pumpkin"
Caroline says: PHEW!
Ryan says: I saw that earlier.
Ryan says: I realize they're trying to uber-focus on local stories, but sometimes they try so hard they FAIL spectacularly.
Caroline says: The top story should be "We kind of suck ... hard"
Ryan says: We should start a newspaper that specifically refutes everything the P-B runs with.
Caroline says: "It's too late! Pumpkins are GONE! All GONE!"
Ryan says: "The Great Pumpkin Famine of 2008!"
Caroline says: That's not a Charlie Brown special, is it?
Ryan says: Somebody, please feed the Great Pumpkin!
Caroline says: Nom nom nom
Ryan says: Other headlines for our Anti-PB newspaper: "Could cold-case answers be in the cards?"
Ryan says: "Cold case answers absolutely not in the cards!"
Ryan says: "Deck full of jokers, study shows."
Caroline says: If you thought cold-case answers were in the cards, you were WRONG!
Caroline says: I think we'd keep "Diary of a wolf nanny" though
Caroline says: 'Cause that's too awesome to change.
Ryan says: Did you check out their online poll?
Ryan says:
"Haven you ever been bitten or threatened by an animal?"
Caroline says: LOLO!
Caroline says: Animal threats=awesome
Caroline says: "Give me all your money or you die," said the kitten.
Ryan says: "That wolf threatened to both huff AND puff!"
Dino Droppings
Caroline says: Headlines like this crack me up: Jonas Brothers to Star in Farting Dog Movie
Ryan says: I'd go see that.
Ryan says: It should be a farting dinosaur though.
Ryan says: Flatusaurus Rex.
Ryan says: Welcome, to Gastric Park.
Caroline says: Farting dinosaurs have low blood pressure.
Caroline says: Population: toot
Ryan says: Velocicraptor.
Ryan says: You can always smell them coming.
Ryan says: Stagnantsaurus.
Caroline says: Skidmarkasaurus
Ryan says: No fair using pet names for your husband!
If all goes to plan
The wife and I will be carving pumpkins tonight; I found some stencils online, so we'll be carvinating McCain and Obama pumpkins. I'll try to post pictures when they're all carved up.
October 27, 2008
Not a moment too Zune
I had almost given up all hope of winning anything from Pepsi during their current sweepstakes promotion; the odds were pretty well stacked against me. Well, today the wife checked the mail, and lo and behold I'd won an 8 GB Microsoft Zune.
Mind you, I have no idea what a Zune is, but it retails for about $250, so there's that.
Enough already
Somebody, somewhere, simply has to tell me how in the name of Jesus' penis comment spammers benefit from their comment spam. I've been deleting the crap for years, and I still can't quite wrap my mind around the business angle of comment spam.
E-mail spam I can kinda, sorta see, because there are enough idiots to fall for the lure of Nigerian royalty, and the siren call of millions of dollars. But comment spam? I just don't get it.
