Spring is here!

US private sector shed 742,000 jobs in March: ADP

it is so wrong that news like this makes me work avoidant....and yet, that is the exact effect.

The Guardian moving from print version entirely to Twitter-based version: [link].

Heh.

A mammoth project is also under way to rewrite the whole of the newspaper's archive, stretching back to 1821, in the form of tweets. Major stories already completed include "1832 Reform Act gives voting rights to one in five adult males yay!!!"; "OMG Hitler invades Poland, allies declare war see tinyurl.com/b5x6e for more"; and "JFK assassin8d @ Dallas, def. heard second gunshot from grassy knoll WTF?"

I love how the Guardian article ends:

According to unconfirmed rumours, Jim Buckmaster, the chief executive of Craigslist, will next month announce plans for a new system of telepathy-based social networking that is expected to render Twitter obsolete within weeks

I don't think the book is on sale yet.

It's out. I saw it at Booksmith yesterday.

Heh. From the Obama/BSG/Onion article:

"When we spoke last month, he said season three was his least favorite because some of the episodes with Helo and the Sagittarons—and pretty much anything that involved Cally—were boring and didn't advance the plot," Afghan president Hamid Karzai said. "But I told him that when you watch it all on DVD, and you don't have to wait a whole week for a new show, those peripheral episodes actually add new color to the already established world."

I know we've said things like that about BtVS S7.

I should probably email Obama that he could look into watching the Sarah Connor Chronicles, particularly because it's on the bubble.

The problem with watching BtVS S7 on DVD or tape is that having already watched it once, I really don't feel the impulse to ever do so again (excepting "Conversations with Dead People" and "Chosen").

Cute animals respond to Fuck You, Penguin.

Fuck Me? No. Fuck You, Fuck You, Penguin

Wallaby: Suck My Ginormous Balls

Well, well, well.

Here I am just enjoying the day, getting my tan on, when out of nowhere, FUP here, takes a cheap shot at my nards. Hey, I can't help it if the paparazzi is all over me to take a few snaps at my large gifts.

Looks like someone is a little jealous. Does FUP have tiny, little balls? Are they the size of milk duds? Hey, we all can't have big cajones now, can we? Life isn't fair, FUP. DEAL WITH IT. And let me just say that the ladies deal with my bowling balls quite well. Are ladies having a hard time containing their laughter when they see your tiny skittles?

And I like how you try to disguise your large balls fetish by attacking the color of my fur. It's 2009 bitch. It's sad to see that you haven't learned about the concept of DIVERSITY. And unfortunately for you, the size of your nuts proves that there is diversity in that area to learn about too.

Sleep with one eye open FUP, or you just might wake up to a Wallaby teabagging.

The problem with watching BtVS S7 on DVD or tape is that having already watched it once, I really don't feel the impulse to ever do so again (excepting "Conversations with Dead People" and "Chosen").

I have to evangelize just a little here--it's still by no means the best season, or even in the top three, but it's stunning how much the season improves on rewatching it all in one go instead of on the laggardly you-could-gestate-an-entire-child-between-episodes airing schedule. I don't think I've ever seen a single season of anything so completely wrecked by months-long gaps between episodes. Without the gaps, it's so much tighter, funnier, tenser, and so much less preachy and speechy.