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Captain Von Trapp’s whistle gets all the ladies running. ...

Fri, 24 May 2013 19:10:29 -0500

Captain Von Trapp’s whistle gets all the ladies running. (at Keeton Theatre)

Scrub Scrub Scrub Scrub Scrub

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:43:00 -0500

We’re having a push towards 5S methodology at work, and to that end they’re performing weekly systematic audits of our work spaces / desks / file drawers.

I tend to keep my things organized in my head instead of in special foam drawer inserts with a cutout for my dental floss and paperclips, but I was able to effectively half-S my way though it.

Watermelon carcass

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:02:38 -0500

Watermelon carcass

Did you know?

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:21:00 -0500

The Southern Baptists have had their own version of the Boy Scouts / Girl Scouts, called “Royal Ambassadors” and “Girls in Action” (formerly Girls Auxiliary), respectively, for over a century, with the RA’s predating the Boy Scouts by a couple of years.

I imagine that some of the more homophobic groups (e.g. Mormons, Catholics) with Boy Scout troops might use the Baptist model of weird-ass Boy Scout knockoff as a template for their own splinter organization.

EDIT: It has been brought to my attention that the two listed organizations have “come out,” so to speak, in support of the BSA change in policy.

3eanuts: July 23, 1970 — see The Complete Peanuts 1967-1970 I...

Thu, 23 May 2013 09:52:20 -0500

3eanuts:

July 23, 1970 — see The Complete Peanuts 1967-1970

I need this on a T-shirt.

Cthulhu fthagn!

Thu, 23 May 2013 08:57:05 -0500

Cthulhu fthagn!

Dear Zack Snyder and all the good people at Warner Brothers

Wed, 22 May 2013 13:33:22 -0500

ultralaser:

redcloud:

fancycwabs:

Why is Superman’s cape fluttering in the vacuum of space?

Superfarts.

mythbusters covered this when they tried to fake the moon landing. the theory was that the flag shouldn’t have flapped while it was being planted bc no wind. they put a flag in a vacuum chamber and it moved //more// in vacuum, bc there was no air pressure to hold it in place. so every movement of clark’s shoulders which in atmosphere would result in a fractional shift would.be exxagperated in space.

Are you saying Superman is a documentary? Because I’m cool with that.

Dear Zack Snyder and all the good people at Warner Brothers

Wed, 22 May 2013 10:53:39 -0500

Why is Superman’s cape fluttering in the vacuum of space?

In preparation for next week’s trip to New York, I (ever...

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:29:00 -0500

In preparation for next week’s trip to New York, I (ever the obsessive planner) added locations of patisseries, ice cream shops, and museums to a Google Map so we can whittle down places to visit during our limited timespan.

Looking at the map this afternoon, I noticed that the ladyfriend also recommended a place.

Also, if any New York residents want to grab a drink while we’re in town, drop a note in the askbox!

Two days after I mention my flickr pro account,

Tue, 21 May 2013 08:40:37 -0500

flickr drops a terabyte of free storage on me.

So, thoughts on keeping flickr pro:

Pro:

Cheaper than the new ad-free option ($50/year)
Unlimited storage (although by the time I hit a terabyte, I imagine we’ll have a new thing to replace the internet)
Stats on my photos, where they’re being used, etc.

Con:

Smaller photo and video size overall.
$25 a year seems a lot to pay for stats.
Ads (I haven’t seen any ads yet, so I’m assuming they’re not active OR as a pro user I don’t see ‘em.)

Anyone have an opinion? $25 a year isn’t a lot to pay, but I don’t know that I’m actually paying for much of anything at this point.

"The student, 12-year-old Jasmine Roberts, hypothesized that the ice at fast food joints was probably..."

Mon, 20 May 2013 09:29:21 -0500

“The student, 12-year-old Jasmine Roberts, hypothesized that the ice at fast food joints was probably dirtier than the toilets.
So she went to five fast food restaurants and collected samples. She ordered cups of ice and put them in sterile beakers. She also went into bathrooms, flushed the toilet once, and collected a sample. The findings were pretty disturbing. “I found that 70-percent of the time, the ice from the fast food restaurant’s contain more bacteria than the fast food restaurant’s toilet water,””

- Ice Is Dirtier Than Toilet Water - Business Insider

I thought grape drank killed bacteria. Innocence lost.

(via brilliantorange)

Yes, I am sure those buckets they use to fill the ice machines are super sterile. Anyway, enjoy your 32oz of diet bacteria!

(via kellydeal)

How safe is your fast-food restaurant’s ice? Tune in at 11 to find out!

While this is yet another reason to drink beer, it should be noted that water from an immediately-flushed toilet would have been hanging out in municipal water pipes mere seconds before sampling, so bacterial contamination would have been minimal.

While my lack of concern related to Yahoo's purchase of Tumblr has been recorded,

Mon, 20 May 2013 07:53:14 -0500

it should be noted that my Yahoo ID dates back to antiquity and is terrible.

"There’s a flagpole, and there’s a rope that comes down from the top. When you hold the rope straight..."

Mon, 20 May 2013 07:47:07 -0500

“There’s a flagpole, and there’s a rope that comes down from the top. When you hold the rope straight down, it’s three feet longer than the pole, and when you pull the rope out tight, it’s five feet from the base of the pole. How high is the pole?”

- Richard P. Feynman, on making math problems applicable to the real world/authentic. (via wordishness)

That seems like an awfully complicated way to measure a 2’-8” flagpole. I’m not entirely sure that it’s a flagpole at all, actually.

Pork chops.

Sun, 19 May 2013 20:07:14 -0500

Pork chops.

Writing for the minority, Fancycwabs said:

Sun, 19 May 2013 18:00:00 -0500

I thought Star Trek Into Darkness worked pretty well for something inside the Star Trek universe.

Spoilers forthcoming.

The reboot established that this was a world in which the events of TOS, the films, etc. did not necessarily apply. At the same time, this is Star Trek, so certain facts (e.g. Klingons, transporters) are part of a persistent universe—a world in which the eugenics wars and the Botany Bay are part of a preestablished timeline.

In this timeline, the Botany Bay is discovered early, by Admiral Marcus, who has certain militaristic intentions. He thaws out the Khansicle, and instead of stranding Khan as TOS Kirk did, he uses Khan’s cohorts as ransom for Khan to develop weapons.

Khan escapes, Marcus covers up his own malfeasance, and Khan swears revenge. Kirk unwittingly gets in the middle of a bigger plot between two egos more powerful than even his own, and learns a lesson about self-sacrifice and the futility of vengeance.

In a persistent universe, Khan would have to exist, and would, at some point, be discovered. Getting Star Trek’s most iconic villain established would have to happen eventually, in much the same way as Batman will eventually be forced to meet the Joker, Spider-Man will eventually have to face some iteration of the Green Goblin, and Dr. Who is gonna be running from some Daleks.

As such, Abrams and company did an admirable job not completely screwing up the character.

You CAN take issue with the pure fanboy throwback to Wrath of Khan inside the warp core. I prefer to look at it as a Groundhog-Day-esque replaying of predestined events in a universe where a butterfly flapped its wings a little too close to Vulcan in the series reboot, but that’s just my take.

It’s a muggy afternoon. Good thing I have this lemonade.

Sun, 19 May 2013 15:27:54 -0500

It’s a muggy afternoon. Good thing I have this lemonade.

Things you can buy from a food truck in Nashville, a continuing...

Sun, 19 May 2013 12:58:03 -0500

Things you can buy from a food truck in Nashville, a continuing series. Episode Twenty-nine: Giant doughnut with blueberry cream cheese icing.

The morning light when it’s in your face really shows your...

Sun, 19 May 2013 10:48:33 -0500

The morning light when it’s in your face really shows your age. Or something.

My thoughts on the yahoo-tumblr thing.

Sun, 19 May 2013 09:43:49 -0500

I still have my Flickr pro account.

insooutso: insooutso: pocketcontents: themindofg: Cherry...

Sat, 18 May 2013 21:24:28 -0500

insooutso:

insooutso:

pocketcontents:

themindofg:

Cherry Lambic Beer Sorbet
Beer as a frozen treat! Hell yes!
At Jenis creamery, Chagrin Falls, Ohio

Oh. My. Gawd.
I have a want.

Leah,
1. They’re 3 minutes away from me. Highly recommended.
2. You can buy online.
3. Go with the Maker’s Mark Butter Pecan first.
Forgot to mention, Jeni also publishes all of her recipes: Click here checka check it out.

The Jeni’s near me (90 seconds, for those for whom 3 minutes is an eternity) has started adding “gravel” (bits of crunchy salty sweet things) to their ice cream. 90 seconds is dangerously close, which is why I normally take the ten minutes to walk.