Random: April 2007 Archives

Ew. And by ew, I mean, YUCK.

By the way, I'm not calling anti-abortion people "pro-life" anymore. "Pro-choice" actually means something; people who are pro-choice tend to be pretty open-minded about letting other people make their own choices in all areas of their lives. (For those who complain about "politically correct" this and "nanny state" that, yes, we also believe that corporations should be heavily regulated and that if you enjoy the fruits of living in America, you should pay taxes to support your country.) But pro-life? When people who call themselves "pro-life" often also support the death penalty and don't put anywhere near the amount of energy defending fetuses into trying to end the Iraq war or the genocide in Darfur? Yeah, right.

The other morning as I was changing my daughter's diaper, I reached for the diaper cream, squeezed some onto my fingers and was about to apply it to her rash when I realized I had missed the diaper cream and picked up the sunblock instead.

I really, really, need more sleep.

Note: if you 1) have vanity plates on your vehicle and 2) said plates are the name of a well-regarded local restaurant, you're going to kind of stick out like a sore thumb if you deliberately and repeatedly run red lights.

I called the cops on the bastard. I hope they get him before he causes an accident. And now I have one fewer restaurant in town I feel the need to visit.

1) While riding home on BART, I spotted this graffiti on the side of a building in West Oakland:

2) Michael and I somehow get into a discussion of other dwarf names besides the seven dwarves. "Pimply", "Cranky" and "Snarky" all made an appearance. Michael suggested that perhaps I was talking about him, and I replied, "You're so vain, you probably think these dwarves are about you!"

(Yeah, but it's a lot funnier at 10 p.m. after about seven months of no sleep.)

While looking for computer-related images for a project at work, I came across this little gem. Click it to see it in its full-sized glory.

I also love the keywords underneath. "b&w, machine, 'black and white', humor, fun, cartoon, snot, anthropomorphism, sneeze, technology, nose, disgusting, sorry". It's a librarian's wet dream to be able to put "snot" and "anthropomorphism" together in the same set of tags.

(My new band name is "TechnologyNoseDisgustingSorry," and its next album will be called "Achoo! Beep! Honk!")

Edited to add: I'm sure the point of this little cartoon was to illustrate something talking about computer viruses, but wouldn't you know, neither "computer" nor "virus" appear in the list.