I was scared to read the comments (Comments on the Internet aieeee) but they were actually pretty thoughtful and interesting.
I guess he moderates fairly heavily, but the comments on his posts are almost always excellent.
I was under the impression that I was your big comfy blanky.
Oz ,'Him'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
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.
Jesse - Aug 06, 2009 8:21:03 am PDT #2392 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
DavidS - Aug 06, 2009 8:25:27 am PDT #2393 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
This morning at Chez Zmayhem: I am writing up a brief profile on Jack Kirby for a website (yesterday I did Ted Hughes), Emmett is playing with Legos, I'm eating cinnamon toast and drinking coffee. When I'm done with my writing we will finish watching The Matrix. This afternoon we start our last baseball tournament of the season in Alameda. This is the one where we'll play some games with our regular team, and some games mixing and matching with other teams (including an Australian team).
In sum: Jack Kirby! Cinnamon Toast! The Red Pill!
Jesse - Aug 06, 2009 8:26:35 am PDT #2394 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
A completely unrelated blog post, but also with good comments (amusing, in this case): [link]
Steph L. - Aug 06, 2009 8:26:39 am PDT #2395 of 30001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Ta-Nehisi Coates and commenters discuss the "nice guy" thing: [link]
I meant to post something last night in response to billytea, who said something about there being nothing wrong with being nice, but if that's all you bring to the table, don't be surprised to be overlooked.
And what I was going to say was: there's a WORLD of difference between a nice guy and a "nice guy." The quotes are there for a reason. A nice guy is, simply, a guy who is actually nice.
A "nice guy" is a passive-aggressive self-entitled asshole who whines and complains that the girls he likes never like him back, because they don't like "nice guys." They aren't, actually, nice guys.
Gudanov - Aug 06, 2009 8:27:00 am PDT #2396 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
Sounds like a pretty great day.
msbelle - Aug 06, 2009 8:31:42 am PDT #2397 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
"no one will go out with me" is a completely different complaint than "I can't find someone I like". I think most people fall in the later, but saying the former is easier.
People who are actually asking a lot of people out and getting nothing but rejections? Hate to blame the victim, but when it's everyone else, it's probably you.
Barb - Aug 06, 2009 8:31:43 am PDT #2398 of 30001
“Not dead yet!”
My youngest nephew blew my mind when I first saw him on vacation--he'll be 13 in November, and he's almost as tall as me already!
At Nate's physical on Tuesday, they measured him. He's 5'1". I'm 5'2 1/2". He's absurdly pleased by the likelihood that by Christmas, he'll be taller than me.
lisah - Aug 06, 2009 8:33:29 am PDT #2399 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate
A completely unrelated blog post, but also with good comments (amusing, in this case): [link]
That is completely awesome!
People who are actually asking a lot of people out and getting nothing but rejections? Hate to blame the victim, but when it's everyone else, it's probably you.
Same can be said of people who complain about their bosses or their co-workers or the customers at EVERY job they have.
tommyrot - Aug 06, 2009 8:34:15 am PDT #2400 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
They aren't, actually, nice guys.
That link would have been very helpful to me 25 years ago....
Cashmere - Aug 06, 2009 8:37:07 am PDT #2401 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
DDOS is Distributed Denial of Service Attack. I have no idea what the "distributed" part means.
Basic Instructions was just begging for hate mail.