I just saw this over at Cosmic Variance.
How to get to a human on those horrible "customer service" lines.
Sir? I think you have a problem with your brain being missing.
Zoe ,'The Train Job'
Natter 56: ...we need the writers.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Allyson - Feb 14, 2008 7:44:46 am PST #9404 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
tommyrot - Feb 14, 2008 7:45:42 am PST #9405 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Star Wars Rejected Promotional Crap Could Have Changed the Universe Forever
Here's another set of stunning, but rejected, Star Wars merchandise. These amazing examples of human genius go from a mini-fridge with Han Solo frozen in carbonite as its door to a Death Star BBQ, actual Leia's hair headphones and even an AT-AT chair caddy to hold your magazines, snacks and Pepsi—the marketing masterminds proposed all these gadgets—next to your favorite sofa. The best ones are frightening, yet irresistible.
Supposedly these are all real concepts considered by Lucasfilm and Pepsi....
Strega - Feb 14, 2008 7:46:21 am PST #9406 of 10001
McKinnon said he wouldn't campaign against Obama because he said the same thing six months ago; that's why it came up. This is the original interview: [link]
"If the Democratic nominee is Barack Obama, I will not work in the general election. I will, however, still support and vote for John McCain. I just don't want to work against an Obama candidacy," McKinnon said.He also said that if anyone besides McCain got the GOP nomination, he'd have no problem voting for Obama.
Jesse - Feb 14, 2008 7:46:21 am PST #9407 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
The last time I was calling credit bureaus, those prompts still mostly didn't work. FYI. I think my best bet with those was trying "technical assistance" or something, because that would get me to a person who could transfer me.
tommyrot - Feb 14, 2008 7:55:12 am PST #9408 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Giuliani deep 'in the hole' over campaign debts
“We are deeper in the hole than I thought we would be,” wrote John Gross, the campaign’s treasurer, in an e-mail message to several senior campaign aides obtained by the Times.
“Windown is likely to be less than projected, but travel expenses are higher,” Gross added. “We cannot prefer any one creditor. We probably could make a 10% payment to all qualified creditors at this point, but probably not much more.”
Heh. Giuliani should just call up his creditors and yell "9-11!" at them until they agree to take less money.
Cashmere - Feb 14, 2008 7:55:45 am PST #9409 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
School's closed on Monday for parent/teacher conferences.
Kat - Feb 14, 2008 8:03:56 am PST #9410 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I think McKinnon is taking a stance, while potentially costing him his job, that is oddly principled.
I think lots of people who go into politics do it from a place of strongly held principles, especially among staff members. Then, the day to day drudgery of the job and the necessary compromises probably sucks the passion away.
It's rare, though, to see action on those principles and I have to say I kind of admire McKinnon for it.
tommyrot - Feb 14, 2008 8:04:13 am PST #9411 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Talk Like a Physicist Day is March 14: [link]
March 14 is also Einstein's birthday, and International Pi Appreciation Day.
brenda m - Feb 14, 2008 8:11:33 am PST #9412 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
It's rare, though, to see action on those principles and I have to say I kind of admire McKinnon for it.
I just can't figure out what those principles are that would have you divided between Obama and McCain. Unless one of them is a blood relation, it just makes no sense.
msbelle - Feb 14, 2008 8:20:19 am PST #9413 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
to me having the principles and making a public statement about them is the disconnect.
In politics you campaign against the opponent and campaigns almost always get a little ugly. So if you are principled against ugly campaigning, I get that and it is probably gonna be a bit hard to find campaigns to work on. But he seems to be saying he would only be against ugly campaigning against Obama. To me, it seems odd.