December 2011
19 posts
Online retailers chase drunken late-night buyers →
The New York Times’ Business section waits to publish this story until December 27th - a shameless grab at a Pulitzer.
I’ve developed a fear that the bus driver will see me waiting at the bus stop and speed up and veer off the road to try to run me over.
Or, if he doesn’t, then I will get on the bus and sit next to a window. Then a guy will next to me, blocking me in. And then that person will start pleasuring themselves for the duration of the 45 minute bus ride, and I won’t do anything because...
My end of year prediction is that in the near future college bowl games will be named after legislation that corporations support (or wrote) or oppose.
Comcast/NBCUniversal Support SOPA Bowl
Archer Daniels Midland “More Corn in the 2012 Farm Bill” Bowl
Chesapeake Energy CleanSkies.org Stop the FRAC Act Bowl
Reverse bucket list →
The things you never want to do before you die.
I don’t ever want to go Christmas caroling. Especially dressed up like a Dickens character.
IDEA: The Misanthrope’s Weather Forecast
A periodic alert of large events or things happening, suggesting how you might optimize your schedule to avoid being around people/crowds.
A night-time NFL game starting at 5pm in your city, which will totally fuck up traffic for 4 hours, so it is a great day to work from home.
The Super Bowl is happening, so stores will tend to be empty -...
Anonymous asked: wats ur favrit dinosaur?
There’s a guy somewhere in my office building who chooses to wear Vibram FiveFingers to work.
I’ve never seen his face, but for months I’ve seen his feet poking out of the bathroom stall. All day. He seems to spend maybe 3 or 4 hours a day on the toilet.
How Vibram seems to want to brand these shoes:
Healthy
Natural
Strong
Because of this guy, I now associate the shoe...
“All mortal greatness is but disease.”
– Melville
A few weeks ago I heard someone say that they “really like breakfast sandwiches.”
I haven’t been able to stop thinking about this. It manages to be both too general and too specific. It just latches onto your brain like a binder clip.
My parents are having their Christmas party this weekend, so this is the conversational weapon I will be wielding. “You are a tennis...
n+1 personals: NIHILIST SEEKS NOT QUITE NOTHING →
npluspersonals:
NIHILIST SEEKS NOT QUITE NOTHING
Me: No bed of roses. Like waterboarding. The American way. Tooth decay. Facial imperfections. Squandered genius. Nasty reputation. Check out the thinning hair. Anti-this, anti-that, pro-not much. Morose. Morbid. Corrosive. Enemies list. Lives in the past. Megalomania. Limited palette. Horror of pets. Lapsed Catholic. Two years older than Jesus...