So Sweet
I read this and thought it was so sweet! When Bill met Shelley: No disability could keep them apart Bill and Shelley met when he was 12 and she was 15 or so and they fell in love. Then they lost touch,...
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Gross Hair Treatment
We had a couple of overly ripe avocados. Or at least I thought they were overripe — they were all brown instead of green on the inside. I didn’t want to waste them though! So I smushed them up and...
View ArticleWe Aren’t The World
Why Americans are the weirdest people in the world …a vast amount of scholarly literature in the social sciences—particularly in economics and psychology—relied on the ultimatum game and similar...
View ArticleTop Colleges by Reputation
Completely subjective, of course, but Berkeley’s ranked 5th! Certainly the best public university in the United States. Are Cambridge and Oxford public in the American public school sense? I dunno....
View ArticleGetting Older
yut: I had a white hair. In my nose. sigh me: HAHAHA yut: I thought it was snot, then started to pray that it was snot me: HAHAHA Clearly I am the sympathetic type.
View ArticleSunrise, Sunset
I have pretty much always hated Daylight Saving Time. Well, I suppose that’s overstating it a bit — basically I agree with Kay on this one except for the driving bit. I mean, I suppose Fall Back isn’t...
View ArticleOMG! Selection Sunday!
You guys, guess what today was? Yes! Yes it was Selection Sunday! As in the brackets are out! I hadn’t even realized until I saw it on The Washington Post (I’m partial to it). Sheesh. So this means...
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Due
Guys, I was gonna go to bed. Then I remembered that BRACKETS are due tomorrow at like noon EST, which is 9am PST which is too early to think about sports. So here I am filling out my bracket. Don’t...
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Ignoramuses Like Georgetown to Win It All
You guys, we have nine people playing this year. And of those nine, four of us picked Georgetown to win it all! I guess a lot of us pick based on geography in lieu of actual knowledge. Speaking of...
View ArticleAs of 3PM
Last night, around 6pm: me: g’town losing btw we are f’d Leaf: oh shit i said theyd go all the way… u know why? gawd i’m dumb ask me why me: why Leaf: i like the name otto me: HAHAHAHA Leaf: damn otto...
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Hello Summer!
Blueberries are back in season! I always feel like summer’s really starting when local organic blueberries are back at the farmers’ market. Sadly the season only lasts for like two months. So a quart...
View ArticleNever mind about Summer
Yesterday Yut and I discussed whether we should turn on the heat! It’s late July. It was probably in the low 60s, maybe high 50s? In the end we put on some fleece and flannel and sweats and it was fine...
View ArticleJeopardy Eye Roller
USA Today: Did ‘Jeopardy!’ cheat a boy out of a win? Have you heard about this? Evidently a kid spelled emancipation wrong (“emanciptation”) on Final Jeopardy and even though it was the right answer he...
View ArticlePrivilege
I am late with this one, cos it’s from years ago. But anyway, it’s new to me. In response to a Straight Male Gamer complaining about a male character flirting with his male character in Dragon Age 2...
View Article40 Maps that Explain the World
I loved these maps from the Washington Post. I don’t think they’re perfect, but it’s a really good visual view of things. [via The Loop]
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Those Spartan Warriors Have Really Let Themselves Go
I had an eye exam today. They dilated my eyes — I don’t know why they have to dilate your eyes every damn time. ANYWAY, so just before noon I walk out and wow is it sunny! It hasn’t been sunny the past...
View ArticleGross?
You know what I’ve noticed? In the building where I work, a lot of the guys in the second floor use the bathroom on the first floor, instead of their own floor. It makes you wonder about the conditions...
View ArticleEmoji FTW
This is my new fave music video! It’s the lyric video for Katy Perry’s Roar. You know how I feel about emoji; how could I not like this?! They enhanced them though, right? ‘Cause I’m pretty sure the...
View ArticleIt’s a Sign
I haven’t had much luck donating blood to the American Red Cross. I think the first time I tried to donate blood, I managed to donate, but despite orange juice drinking and cookie eating, I went home...
View ArticleSF-Oakland Bay Bridge Time Lapse
Last night we drove to SFO, over the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge! It just opened at 5am yesterday (Tuesday September 3) so it was all of our first time! (I think it’s the eastern span, my...
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