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January 25th, 2008, in Internets, Weird.

Apparently, theres another group now out to “get” the Scientologists. Comments about targets being low-lying fruit aside, I wonder if this group that calls themselves “Anonymous” is the same group called “Anonymous” that was mentioned on Fox News last year.

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December 5th, 2007, in Aircraft, Pets, Science, Videos, Weird.

Oh my God… watch this, thanks again Bernie:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBGlm0Sye8Y

August 27th, 2007, in Photos, Television, Website stuff, Weird.

I noticed today that I was getting a ton of hits (by my standards, a ton) for an image of Hayden Panettiere, who plays Claire Bennett on Heroes. I couldn’t figure out where on Earth they were all coming from, until I just ran a Google Images search for her, which you can see here. As of now it still shows my site as the last entry on the first page. The funny thing is, until this post, I never had a picture of Hayden or Claire on this site. I do have my Livejournal Image Randomizer, which links off of each page, and on the top right of each page loads the most recent image on each reload. It’s not really technically random–Livejournal publishes an RSS feed of all the images linked inline on every recent LJ post, and the PHP scripts I borrowed and tweaked from other sites just trawls the last 1 or 10 entries, depending on where I use it.

Anyway, this is the page on my site that they were ending up on from Google Images. It’s specifically this page, the June 29, 2006 archive, in case that long Google URL goes dead. The actual picture of Hayden was probably linked from the Livejournal feed at the exact moment that Google crawled that page, and voila! People are coming looking for hottie pictures of Claire and find me grumbling about holes in socks, and my review of Superman Returns. This is the picture they were after…

August 10th, 2007, in Smartphone, Stupid, Technology, Weird.

What is WRONG with people?

Thomas went under the knife for a new technique called “whittling.” The doctors made a small cut in each thumb and shaved down the bones, then they adjusted the muscles and fingernails to fit the new thumb size. Martel’s new thumbs look a tad effeminate, and there’s always that problem of expense and general discomfort, but he thinks the procedure “will pay for itself in ten to fifteen years. And what it’s saving me in frustration - that’s priceless.”

August 8th, 2007, in Connecticut, History, Internets, People, Weird.

As transcribed in the early period of the ’00s, by Andy “J Metropolis” Khouri (w00t, thank you Wayback Machine!); note this is from before we were actually married, and still lived in Connecticut:

Andi:
Andi doesn’t even know where she came from. Her long term memory was lost in a bizarre celery accident, and most of the night she was soft-spoken and shy, keeping to herself and reading comics in the corner. (except when she was making out with other chicks).

Mine:
Joe — or “Joe Sizzle,” as he is known — actually created the internet. He explained this to me in a very clear, unslurred voice, and he did so for many hours. I honestly did not have the mental capacity to grasp exactly how he created the internet, but trust me, he did. It’s his, and we all owe him a little piece of our souls. I hope that by honoring him here, he will forgive me for my sins and allow me to continue using (abusing?) his property. Before Joe created the internet, he was a regular little kid in 1950s Colombia, riding his scooter around town with a slingshot in his pocket and a twinkle in his eye. On October 25th, 1955, Joe was struck by lightning. He survived, and there was absolutely no change in his body, behaviour or in his thinking. On October 25th, 1956, Joe slipped in the shower and hit his head on the toilet seat and lapsed into a coma for forty years. On October 25th, 1996, Joe woke up with the idea for the internet, even though by then it had already been created. It’s a real shame. Today Joe lives in Connecticut with his girlfriend Andi and lots of comic books.

August 5th, 2007, in People, Photos, Weird.

From this post, about this image, more here. They’ve begun Photoshopping the guy:

August 5th, 2007, in People, Photos, Weird.

Via Modblog… holy crap.






May 18th, 2006, in Internets, Livejournal, Television, Weird.

Me: does my new icon show as animating
Her: Yes.
Me: excellent
Her: At least, if it’s supposed to be the “Kirk Masturbating” icon.
Me: man, it’s him screaming khhhhaaaan….
Her: Dude…it looks like he’s masturbating.
Me: http://www.livejournal.com/userpic/39764148/578981
Me: made it off that
Her: Now he looks like he’s about to have an apoplectic fit while he’s masturbating.
Me: which sums up his acting, oddly

May 8th, 2006, in Weird.

Mezar nasýl kazýlýr? Tümülüs nasýl kazýlýr! Honularý hakkýnda detaylý bilgi! KALE ÖNÜ KAZI SÝSTEMÝ! Tarihi kale surlarý önlerinden kazý nasýl yapýlýr! Nef fuin anglenner i gar dithen garel daus. ‘Ce farn rim.’, lastanner i lam Morvyn e char. ‘Ereb neled pelir minnad.’ Ar ereb a tâd biss verthanner minnad. Min gar nostanner helaib a osp aer!? Ar aphadol bennir dadbenn, tâd edain brestennin, dan ereb ‘arel estel. Rent i nîf alfirin in edhil, gael sui Anor. Irel i nagor ngortheb neder oer io. Na vinui toler siniath o gebil ú-belain na Ordd, bâr dîn! Fem flade flødeboller på et fladt flødebollefad! Rødgrød med fløde! Tristatricetri stríbrných stríkacek stríkalo prez tristatricet tri stríbrných strech… stríkacek?! Gyümölcslé?! Beszél angolul? Segítség! Öt török öt görögöt dögönyöz örökös örömök között. Mit sütsz, kis szucs? Sós húst sütsz, kis szucs? Te tetted e tettetett tettet? Te tettetett tettek tettese, te! Ta made ta made niao! Cào ni niáng! wo kào! Nimadebi gàn ni lao mu?! Wángba zázhong dàilumàozi…

April 18th, 2006, in News, Weird.

Ah, google. The link was down from Drudge. Sometimes I hate Hollywood. And Drudge. And humanity.

Go look.

April 18th, 2006, in News, Weird.

Headline on the site now: “Tom Cruise: ‘I’ll eat my baby’s placenta’…”

Ah, subtlety…

March 27th, 2006, in Photos, Weird.

Click for the full size one on the original site. Moderately disturbing…