CotG 24: Enter the Pixelation
Oh, and speaking of Carnivals, The new Carnival of the Godless is up at Pinoy Atheist (Also here).My current favorite quip is mentioned there.
Pixel
Pixel Q. refuses to talk about himself. If thou wishest, thou may infer from his blog what thou wishest.
Consumers say FU to SUVs
This makes me happy in the pants: Sales of the perennial best-selling SUV, the Ford Explorer, dropped by 58% compared with September 2004. Its larger kin, the Ford Expedition, which gets 14 mpg in city driving, saw sales drop 61%.…
What’s a little labeling between friends?
I’ve been thinking a lot about friendship lately. Before I left New Mexico, I considered myself to have one friend and a little under 100 friendly acquaintances (and about double that of byte-sized acquaintances). Now that I’ve been here in…
Byte-sized conversations
I’ve done and seen this before, but I never noticed how peculiar it is. Have you ever been walking down a hallway or footpath (sidewalk) and you notice someone up ahead who you recognise (it’s spelled correctly here, damn it)?…
You Pee En Dee Queue? Oh Ess!
Grumble, grumble, grumble. Uni’s back today and I’m back to queueing for compies. So if I don’t update as much, you can blame that on the fact that there’s less than 50 public computers on this campus of just over…
Lachlan Review Issue 8
Dear Readers, Writers, and Recyclers, I hope you enjoyed Labor Day. It seems less and less of us actually have a “public holiday”.But maybe that’s because the public sector keeps shrinking! Anyway, here’s issue 8.Features:Run-Down of the Tainted 2005 MUSC…
Homesickness?
When I first got here, people said that I would get homesick. “You’ll start getting homesick at around week 3. In the first few weeks, everything will seem new and awesome and everyone’s going to love you. Then, you’ll start…
Nominations Open
Welcome to the fourth annual edition of “the Eli’s.” For those of you newbies, “the Eli’s” is an award show that was made up to make me feel better about not getting any other awards. The rules are simple: I…
Goodie Grab Bag VI
This grab bag forced by the hands of Seth and Aeger. Lame? You want lame? I made a hierarchy of lame! Ironing underwear, living with your parents, chatting online, Klingon conventions, and finally, making a list of the hierarchy of…
Elusive History
I suppose we’ll never know who lucky #5000 was. *sigh* On the other hand, I’m a dollar richer.