For those of use without a dog in the fight known as the playoffs, I think this quote from a friend is kinda nice:
But enough of baseball. I thought I said I was done with it. But it'll be back. It's almost like Frazer's sacrifice, the killing of the old king to guarantee the spring.
ION, Yahoo's front page tells me people are searching on natural disasters, with the top four searches being "Pakistan Earthquake," "Kashimir," "New Orleans," and "Harriet Miers."
IOON, I had a dream last night that I was eating ice cream. It was Ben and Jerry's new flavor, chocolate with chopped walnuts, and it was called "Scientology." I wondered aloud why it was named that, and someone replied, "Because it's got nuts in it."
This is how my subconscious treats me: All I want is ice cream and it gives me vaudeville humor.
I use wikipedia for pop culture sort of knowledge, stuff that wouldn't be in Britannica and for which a general google gets you too much diffuse or contradictory information.
I also was dying for my work to use a wiki when we implemented a new computer system and were learning how to use it without any training to speak of and nobody had any documentation. I was not listened to, though, and 2 years later we still have no documentation. (We did use a bug issue tracker, which helped some).
I dreamed that my brother (who was 5) had lost his winter coat and I was in Ikea buying him warm clothes but the used shoes they had were $50. Clearly change-of-season (it is finally fall here) does-my-kid-have-fall-clothes anxiety.
Er... somebody asked why IMDB wasn't a wiki, which I hope was in jest, but just in case... IMDB predates wikis by quite a bit.
Still waking up here, not helped by an hour or so of insomnia in the middle of the night....
I need to remember to cancel my subscription to Brittanica Online, which I've been paying for without using in the year since a fact-checking project was finished at work.
I think she was suggesting that it could be set up as a wiki, not that it actually is.
somebody asked why IMDB wasn't a wiki, which I hope was in jest, but just in case
Somebody is me (I think -- I never actually asked that), and Brenda's right -- I said coulda.
The web interface to IMDB predates the first wiki by two years. Not *that* long, even in web time.
What online dictionary to people recommend? One of the reasons I keep my Britannica membership around is because Merriam Webster has made some of its words unfree, and the Britannica membership lets me have access.
I use the Dictionary Search extension for Firefox, with Merriam-Webster for back up.
I think this may be the most distrubing article I've seen about the new Supreme Court nominee.
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You know, krav wasn't just mentioned on HIMYM, it was a plot point.
Also, look at Princess Aiko all in pink.
