I think someone posted a link to Text From Dog before, but this one cracked me up:
Every planet has its own weird customs. About a year before we met, I spent six weeks on a moon where the principal form of recreation was juggling geese. My hand to God. Baby geese. Goslings. They were juggled.
Wash ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Natter 70: Hookers and Blow
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.
tommyrot - Apr 13, 2012 8:03:39 am PDT #790 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.
Typo Boy - Apr 13, 2012 8:36:29 am PDT #791 of 30001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
On one development project years ago we included an alpha test, post QA, and pre-beta. We put the QAd system up and encouraged future users to try and break it. But we wanted to emphasize than problems were expected at this stage and their finding them was a good thing. A problem did not make us bad programmers or them bad users, but simply were something that at this stage were bound to exist and needed to be found by them and fixed by us. So we put big baskets of cookies in the test rooms and encouraged users to take a cookie every time they logged a problem. No there were no consequences for taking a cooking if you did not find a problem.
It worked! People actually came in and tested. And the cookies communicated that there were supposed to be problems and nobody badmouthed us when they found them.
Consuela - Apr 13, 2012 8:36:41 am PDT #792 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I suspect there's a ton of pushback in the comments, but I got a kick out of professional troublemaker Nick Mamatas' post titled Let Us Put an End to Geek Pride. Such a shit-stirrer, Nick is.
Jessica - Apr 13, 2012 8:44:22 am PDT #793 of 30001
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
I was with him right up until he said font choice doesn't matter. THEM'S FIGHTIN' WORDS.
Consuela - Apr 13, 2012 8:50:33 am PDT #794 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Cashmere - Apr 13, 2012 9:08:31 am PDT #795 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Weird animal sex, as illustrated by human cartoons.
THAT IS AWESOME!
aurelia - Apr 13, 2012 9:09:06 am PDT #796 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Ever wonder how the Eastland compares to the Titanic? [link]
Lee - Apr 13, 2012 9:24:15 am PDT #797 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
What are people doing this weekend?
Sue - Apr 13, 2012 9:29:48 am PDT #798 of 30001
hip deep in pie
Tonight, I am planning to get shitfaced at a tweetup. Sometime this weekend there will be Cabin in the Woods. Other than that gardening and pie-baking.
Jesse - Apr 13, 2012 9:30:06 am PDT #799 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
So many things! But mostly: Not much! To-do items include getting a massage, going to Target, and seeing The Cabin in the Woods.