November 2009
IRL FML #3
Last Wednesday my cat died from toxic paint dust/fumes in my apartment. This made my parents freak out that I was going to get sick, too so they’re insisting I move. I’ve had 7 people offer to help me move, but then all of them backed out of it except one. 5 other people have said they’ll help me move in the morning tomorrow (hopefully they actually do),starting at 8:30 am,...
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he’s not hairy enough, doesn’t have enough tattoos and isn’t a...
– Jessica Michielin on the attractiveness of our waiter at The Naam
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Watch the Penny Arcade reality show →
This fills my heart with geeky joy.
Also! I am somewhere in that crowd with my DS!
peterberkman:
tinycartridge:
Why you should watch the Penny Arcade reality show:
Whether or not you appreciate the Penny Arcade comic strip, the authors’ personalities are engaging enough (and their story of succeeding against the odds is inspiring enough) to warrant spending 16 minutes of your day on...
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Mamihlapinatapai →
bestofwikipedia:
Mamihlapinatapai is a word from the Yaghan language of Tierra del Fuego, listed in The Guinness Book of World Records as the “most succinct word”, and is considered one of the hardest words to translate. It describes “a look shared by two people with each wishing that the other will initiate something that both desire but which neither one wants to start.” (via Martin)
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10-Year-Old Won't Pledge Allegiance To A Country... →
sometimes kids are pretty great.
blownspeakers:
Via Queerty comes a story from the Arkansas Times about Will Phillips, an elementary school student who refuses to say the pledge of allegiance in school because of discrimination against gay people:
“I’ve always tried to analyze things because I want to be lawyer,” Will said. “I really don’t feel that there’s currently liberty and justice for...
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The National Post: 'Unfriend" Selected as Oxford... →
this is totally depressing. a FACEBOOK related word? really?
(via blownspeakers)