| Dave Eggers, I love you. |
[10 Dec 2009|07:30pm] |
In response to the question:
"are you concerned that you're not publishing as many unknowns as you had been? And killed pieces? Are you taking any steps-are there any steps to be taken-to keep shit real?"
Dave Eggers responded with the most wonderful, amazing, gorgeous answer that speaks directly to my fucking SOUL.
You will love this.
http://students.ou.edu/M/Eric.C.Mai-1/DE.htm
Everyone, be the best you can be and always say YES instead of NO!
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| This is how I roll |
[10 Dec 2009|04:26pm] |
Biking to class today.
14 degF outside. Check
Insulated ski helmet. Check.
Goggles. Check.
Awesome. Check.
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[10 Dec 2009|08:24am] |
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| provender |
[10 Dec 2009|01:15am] |
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http://www.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/mwwodarch.pl?Dec.10.2009
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for December 10, 2009 is:
provender • \PRAH-vun-der\ • noun
1 : dry food for domestic animals : feed *2 : food, victuals
Example sentence:
"The ambrosial and essential part of the [huckleberry] fruit is lost with the bloom which is rubbed off in the market cart, and they become mere provender." (Henry David Thoreau, Walden)
Did you know?
When English speakers first chewed on the word "provender" around 1300, it referred to a stipend that a clergyman received from his cathedral or collegiate church, something also known as a "prebend." A mere 25 years later, though, the word’s current meanings had developed. These days you’re most likely to encounter "provender" in articles written by food and travel writers. A few such writers confuse "provender" with "purveyor," meaning "a person or business that sells or provides something," but most of them keep the words straight, as Deidre Schipani does in this quote: "The kitchen remains true to its local roots. Buying from island farmers, fisherman, shrimpers, butchers and small local artisans keeps the provender and purveyors in alignment." (The Post and Courier, September 3, 2009)
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| ukase |
[09 Dec 2009|01:15am] |
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http://www.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/mwwodarch.pl?Dec.09.2009
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for December 09, 2009 is:
ukase • \yoo-KAYSS\ • noun
1 : a proclamation by a Russian emperor or government having the force of law 2 a : a proclamation having the force of law* b : order, command
Example sentence:
"The professor's first instruction to the [playwriting] class was a ukase: Never begin a play with a telephone ringing." (Bruce McCabe, The Boston Globe, June 23, 2000)
Did you know?
English speakers adopted "ukase" more or less simultaneously from French ("ukase") and Russian ("ukaz") in the early 18th century. The word can be traced further back to the Russian verb "ukazat'," meaning "to show" or "to order," and its ultimate source is an ancient root that led to similar words in Latin, Sanskrit, and Old Church Slavic. A Russian ukase was a command from the highest levels of government that could not be disobeyed. But by the early 19th century, English speakers were also using "ukase" generally for any command that seemed to come from a higher authority, particularly one that was final or arbitrary.
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| hello again |
[09 Dec 2009|02:12am] |
You remember my younger self, right? It's been a while. The younger self comics aren't around much because they're so uh, different. They're odd, I write them as I go.
I spent two days working on a comic that I ended up not liking. Maybe I will fix it later and post it sometime, it happens! Expect another update soon. But for now, not wanting to wait any more days to update, I just made a comic about frustration. Poor little self, I don't always treat her well! And I felt so bad about the broken telescope, I kept it until I was in university.
I still like advent calendars, though.
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| DAR! Queer Marriage |
[08 Dec 2009|06:28pm] |
( permalink )
This is a comic that's been burning in my brain for about a year now.
I'm glad to get it out of my system.
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| adorable |
[08 Dec 2009|07:30pm] |
( large photo of gay PDA! Consider yourself WARNED! )
This is adorable & makes me happy.
Things that are not adorable/do not make me happy:
1. I feel very... puffy. What?? I need to drink more water, I guess.
2. BUYING A CAR IS A PAIN. I just want someone to trade me $5k for a Honda, is that so much to ask?!?
3. Sooooo behind in grading... as usual.
Other things that ARE adorable/happymaking:
1. Jorr just bought the new Harry Potter movie, which we are now watching.
2. Pizza for dinner!!! Take THAT, personal training!
3. I joined a cool teacher collaborative that works to shape education policy in Indiana! This might sound boringly wonky to the rest of you, but I am SUPER STOKED. I plan to refer to it here as "the Teacher Illuminati," FYI. (It's extra exciting b/c a)it was invitational, b)someone I really respect nominated me for it, and c)I was one of three chosen from fifteen to join the group in progress. HURRAH GO ME!) Their fourth meeting (my first) was last night, and it was GREAT! I didn't talk at aaaaall. But that's for next month.
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| The Botany of Desire |
[08 Dec 2009|01:59pm] |
Totally awesome documentary I watched the other day called the Botany of Desire. It's about the amazing ways we have forced plants to evolve into the varied and vastly different things they are today compared to 500 years ago.
It's also about the amazing control plants have over us. One thing I was specifically amazed by was TULIP MANIA a period in dutch history when people went completely insane for tulips so much so as to pay "...10 times the annual income of a skilled craftsman..." for one fucking tulip bulb. A flower! A thing that does not feed you or clothe you, just sits there and looks pretty.
Kate Beaton I am thinking this might interest you:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulip_mania
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| Weird Methods |
[08 Dec 2009|12:28pm] |
This song started out as a potential Deathmøle riff and quickly morphed into...something else. Sort of Fuck Buttons meets Dan Deacon meets dub techno I guess? I don't think I've ever had this many MIDI tracks running at one time before. Your average Deathmøle song has three, maybe four tops.
Anyway here's the song, hopefully you will like it: Weird Methods (tumescent elephant mix)
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| fiery |
[08 Dec 2009|01:15am] |
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http://www.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/mwwodarch.pl?Dec.08.2009
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for December 08, 2009 is:
fiery • \FYE-uh-ree\ • adjective
1 a : consisting of or marked by fire b : using or carried out with fire c: flammable 2 : hot or glowing like a fire 3 : red 4 *a : full of emotion or spirit b : easily provoked : irritable
Example sentence:
"As the game ended, he gave a fiery pep talk to his linemen, and on a brutally tough day, they appreciated it." (Bob Wojnowski, The Detroit News, November 16, 2009)
Did you know?
If you find yourself tempted to spell today's word "firey," you're relying on sound logic. "Fiery" was formed by combining the word "fire" and the "-y" suffix, so it is reasonable to expect that the result would be spelled "firey." At the time that the adjective was coined in the 13th century, however, the spelling of the noun had not yet become standardized. One alternate spelling was "fier." Presumably, it was this spelling that eventually led to English speakers settling on "fiery," even as the lone surviving spelling of the noun turned out to be "fire."
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[07 Dec 2009|10:40pm] |
setsunatt : :D we went to BJ's Brewery. I dont know if you have that there. I just had app, drinks and a dessert X3 zam : we do :3 Ive never been tho zam : we always walk by it at the mall zam : and now I'Il never try it because they moved in a chipotle xD zam : I HAVE 2 CHIPOTLES NAO setsunatt : but they had this southwest egg roll which was fantastic. It was like black beans, monterey jack cheese, corn, sun dried tomatoes and come other things and then came with a chipotle mayo and an avacado cream sauce to dip in. it was great zam : :Q................................................. setsunatt: YOULL NEVER SEE ZAMMIES AGAIN WITH TWO CHIPOTLES AROUND zam : 2 on each side of me!! setsunatt : A ZAMMIES CHIPOTLE BURRITO SANDWICH zam : I cant help but want to take a nibble out of me zam : STOP EATING YOURSELF ZAMMIE setsunatt : SOMEHOW OUR CONVOS ALWAYS LEAD TO BURRITOS WHY
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[07 Dec 2009|01:18pm] |
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[07 Dec 2009|01:15pm] |
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**FINAL EDIT Thu Dec 10 02:15:47 UTC 2009**
So there is the final update... Over the past day we have processed around 11 million jobs out of the 12 million that were in queue at that time. Please bear in mind that over this past day, more jobs for notifications are also created. So while the queue has been dropping, we are still not fully caught up at this point, due to backlog and new jobs. We have roughly 3 million jobs still pending that involve the notification system in some manner. We had hoped we could have fully cleared the queue in a day, but unfortunately we can't clear it too quickly, since we need the rest of the site to operate normally. From our current perspective on the amount of jobs that are left in queue, and how many it has processed thus far, we believe it will take around another 8 - 12 hours to process everything.
And finally some answers to some questions:
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| Nimrod |
[07 Dec 2009|01:15am] |
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http://www.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/mwwodarch.pl?Dec.07.2009
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for December 07, 2009 is:
Nimrod • \NIM-rahd\ • noun
1 : a descendant of Ham represented in Genesis as a mighty hunter and a king of Shinar *2 not capitalized : hunter 3 not capitalized, slang : idiot, jerk
Example sentence:
Dad fancied himself a mighty nimrod after he captured the rabbit who had been eating our garden.
Did you know?
Nimrod is described in Genesis as "the first on earth to be a mighty man" and "a mighty hunter before the Lord." It's easy to see how people made the leap from one mighty hunter in the Bible to calling any hunter a "nimrod." A lesser-known fact is that "nimrod" has seen some use in English as a noun meaning "tyrant" (apparently, the mighty Nimrod was not reputed to be an especially benevolent king), although that sense is now essentially obsolete. The legendary Nimrod is also sometimes associated with the attempt to build the Tower of Babel. Because the tower resulted in the wrath of the Lord and proved a disastrous idea, "nimrod" is sometimes used with yet another meaning: "a stupid person."
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