One of the guys here at work that is constantly giving me crap about being a Mac user just handed me a t-shirt that he picked up for me.
I think, therefore I mac.
That rocks.
A little stressed?
Something you don’t see very often on job order forms:
The package must be received…no later than 11am on Friday…. Please call me…once the package is on its way? Otherwise I will lose my job. I shit you not.
Good things Bush has done
Daily Kos is trying to come up with three good things Bush has done, and he’s having problems. I can’t come up with three — I can, however, come up with one. Here’s the text of comment I left over at the Go Fish:
Believe it or not, I do have one thing that I can completely seriously thank Bush and his administration for.
Thanks to his blundering incompetence, many people (myself included) are paying far more attention to politics than we used to. Bush’s otherwise disastrous presidency just may be the single strongest argument for people to actually wake up and pay attention to what’s going on in the world around them and to try to do something about it by getting involved than any ad campaign, voter registration drive, or anything else in years. More and more people want Bush out of the White House, and are realizing that for that to happen, they actually have to participate in this democracy of ours.
And for that, from the bottom of my heart, I thank President Bush.
But that’s all I can come up with.
Dean in Seattle this Sunday
Don’t forget, this Sunday is Howard Dean’s stop in Seattle!
Nipping at President Bush’s heels during his West Coast trip is former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean, who will drop into Portland and then Seattle on Sunday for a rally at Westlake Park.
In the midst of a four-day, 10-city trip he’s calling the “Sleepless Summer Tour,” Dean will attend a 5 p.m. fund-raiser at the Westin Hotel and a rally at Westlake Park from 6:30 to 8 p.m. before jetting off to Spokane on Monday morning.
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As part of his campaign’s use of the Internet, Dean has solicited commitments from supporters to attend each of his rallies, and so far more than 2,250 people have signed up to attend the Seattle rally, Means said.
(via Mathew Gross)
Giant Gerbils
I’m trying to decide what amuses me more — this Netscape News story about an infestation of giant gerbils in China, or the fact that the article mentions the fact that Britain has a National Gerbil Society.
Time for that operation
The Gender Genie is a potentially cute little application that examines a block of text, and uses an algorithm to attempt to determine the sex of the author. According to the authors of the algorithm, it’s supposed to be correct roughly 80% of the time.
To give it a test, I copied the text of my ‘Oh, go ahead and point, it’s okay‘ post, hit ‘submit’…
…and discovered that I’m female.
Hrm.
I never knew.
Seattle skyline poster
My friend Tim is going to be selling a gorgeous panoramic poster of the Seattle skyline (the image can be seen here). More details and contact information can be found on his weblog.
Oh, lord, now what?
From: Jhdbd @yahoo.com
Date: Mon Aug 18, 2003 21:55:16 US/Pacific
To: Susan
Subject: You and your COLON Lbpqqtvx
Reply-To: Jhdbd @yahoo.com
I think I preferred the never-ending stream of Viagra spam, to be honest.
Are you registered to vote?
I certainly hope that everyone is registered to vote, and is planning on voting when the time comes. However, on the off chance that you’re not registered yet, you can now do so through Howard Dean’s website.
(via Zephyr Teachout)
A little bit of magic
Got a question that only an elf could answer? If you’re in Minneapolis, stop by and ask Mr. Little Guy.
Four-year-old Shira Rabkin wanted to ask just the right questions, so she thought long and hard.
“Dear Mr. Little Guy,” she finally scrawled in big letters across a sheet of paper. “Do you like mints?” After some more pondering, she added, “and going to Camp Snoopy? Love, Shira.”
Mr. Little Guy was nowhere in sight this early August evening, so Shira stuffed her letter behind his door at the base of a hollowed out ash tree. It’s always open, and always full – of letters, pens, flowers and coins.
The elusive elf has enchanted Twin Citians ever since the 6-inch wooden door appeared eight years ago, just off a walking path around popular Lake Harriet. Double takes led to messages, and messages to answers – and somehow Mr. Little Guy keeps up, responding to the queries in typed notes half the size of business cards.
(via Prairie)