January 2011
2 posts
June 2010
1 post
PORN SODA: Past selves →
Today I finally succumbed and gave my school some alumnus-dollars. This, after many dodged phone calls and accumulated reminder letters, felt less like a kind of surrender than I’d anticipated. It was a tiny amount, one whose paltriness enshrined the punk-ass attitude I held about the alumni…
I think your writing has improved a lot since last year, not that you were that bad, but this...
May 2010
1 post
Followers
Followers:
Jesus had 12 of them, and then some more later on.
I have 20 of them, and most of them seem to be fashion blogs. I’m pretty sure they’re just ads.
I think we know who history will smile upon.
March 2010
1 post
PORN SODA: Another thing I miss about TV and radio... →
Entertainment as timekeeping. The sense that what you watched or listened to could lay structure upon a day, give it the feeling of undisputed progression, of passage between points that you shared with everyone else. I remember vividly the first time I heard a Trojan ad on my local Clear Channel…
The real irony here is that my parents always lamented the fact that we no longer share...
February 2010
5 posts
LOLWHAT?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TojTlYNNm9w
enjoy from reddit.
More unresearched, unfounded judgements about... →
The (worst) best quote from the article: “Therefore, the girl willingly got herself into a state in which she could not act rationally. This, in my opinion, is equivalent to agreeing to anything that might happen to her while in this state.”
This is just priceless. So if someone gets drunk and I proceed to kill them, cut off their legs, flay them alive, etc. etc. etc. it’s okay...
Civilization V + Starcraft 2
I know not many of you guys are gamers, but Civilization V is in production, and should be out before Christmas 2010!
The screenshots remind me of Settlers of Catan with the hexagon tiles, and hopefully the new combat system is as cool as it can be. Even if you don’t usually like video games, if you like strategy games at all give Civ V a go.
In bigger gaming news, the Starcraft 2 Beta is...
Hey what's down he-
Oof! Umph! Ugh!
*Pant*
I guess I took an unfortunate tumbl there.
January 2010
8 posts
The Joy of Painting
I love the Joy of Painting. I love Bob Ross. I wish he was still alive. I think watching the Joy of Painting is a defining part of the childhood of any child of intellectuals growing up in the Northeast.
My Ongoing Studies
I will start taking a class on cryptography this Monday, and I just finished reading an 8 page handout for it in advance. This is a good thing.
I will not start taking a class on Civilization IV this Monday, but I just finished reading a 60 page document on the strategy of it. This is a not so good thing.
Supposedly I’m going to grow up someday. This is a doubtful thing.
I'm With Coco
Watch the last Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien ever tonight at 11:35 PM!
I guarantee you it will be funny. Guarantee.
Followed...at every turn
Apparently I have numerous followers that I do not know. I guess this will end the run of this blog being in any way personal. Now this will be a place where I put cold hard logical arguments down onto virtual paper.
Sick day / National holiday
Hey, Ray visited and got my whole room sick. Thanks Ray!
pornsoda:
Today it was sunny and mild and I did not have to go to work. I woke up and fell back asleep and woke up again. I danced around to a Thelonious Monk record. I brushed my teeth three times. Trader Joe’s was empty, and I bought avocados and did pirouettes with my shopping cart. Unappetizing fluids leaked out of my nose and...
I can tell from the first 10 seconds that there...
December 2009
26 posts
Regular Sleep Schedule
It helps to have a normal sleep schedule.
-Written @ 4:47 AM
A bone to pick with This American Life
Rape is one of the bad things that can happen, but is “unwanted sex” not a thing either? Can’t two people get drunk, have consensual sex, and then regret the decision after the fact?
ericapolis:
In their recent piece on the #1 party school in America (Penn State), This American Life listed the bad things that too much alcohol consumption can lead to, among which was “unwanted...
Things I Notice on the Web
1. Stupid people are always self-confident.
Corollary 1: Stupid people think they are smarter than actual specialists in their fields.
Corollary 2: In an hour of researching a topic on Wikipedia you are as qualified as a PhD. In two hours, you are now the definitive expert on the matter.
Corollary 3: Always doubt the conclusions of others. Instead come up with your own based on nothing.
2....
Problems and solutions
It comes down whether you believe the human brain is something more than a deterministic machine with certain probabilities, or if it’s not. If it is deterministic, then these “fuzzy problems” with no real solutions do not exist, and instead we just lack the knowledge and computer power currently to solve them.
I like to think that we are deterministic and no more...
Space Battles
We all know that in the future that there will be no such things as space battles. Assuming we have meaningful spaceflight, being able to move faster than the speed of light, it’s exceedingly unlikely two armadas will ever meet in space. There will only be battles at space stations or planets, where it will be exceedingly impossible for a ship to land without being blown up. And why would...
Day in Review
Thing I did most today: eat.
Thing I did least today: work.
Worst thing I did today: not buy presents.
Best thing I did today: unfollow illuminablesoda.
“We must question the story logic of having an all-knowing all-powerful God, who...”
– Gene Rodenberry creator of Star Trek
DAS STROOPWAFELZ!
You know what’s tasty? I do.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stroopwafel
Arguments on the Internet...
I am also so glad we worked this out. But what on earth does:
=o <me
MEAN?
So confused…
illuminablesoda:
very well, i concede the point: watching sporting events is not irrational, but it is extremely selfish
and i must further concede: i am a hypocrite in many ways - but this does not invalidate the force of my opinions! but only shows the weakness of my own character
=o...
Arguments on the Internet...
1. i never said i didn’t enjoy watching the basketball game
Okay, so I’m confused why it’s irrational…
2. i never have said all people should lead the rational life; that was Socrates
I like how you don’t actually take a stance on this, so let’s assume by the way you said it you meant that we have no obligation to lead the rational life, in which case this argument...
Jersey Shore
When did you get DVR? And why was someone recording that show…
illuminablesoda:
no, i saw a dvr’d episode
paulnatural:
yea, that show is definitely the worst thing to have ever graced the airways.
illuminablesoda:
I saw an episode of the Jersey Shore last night and I can definitively say it is the absolute worst show ever created in the history of television; it made me alternate...
Arguments on the Internet...
Here’s why what you are saying is most likely hypocritical.
You said “it is more intended to brainwash the spectators so they don’t reflect on what they’re doing and why they like something so irrational.” I can only conclude that “what they’re doing” means watching a sporting event live, and that what “they like” is sports in general, or perhaps...
I think you’re just mad I pointed out your hypocrisy.
illuminablesoda:
one again you mis-characterize me, to my dismay
paulnatural:
illuminablesoda:
Jersey Shore
You actually went to MTV’s website to watch an episode…why? Dave, are you a masochist?
But yea, that show is definitely the worst thing to have ever graced the airways.
illuminablesoda:
I saw an episode of the Jersey Shore last night and I can definitively say it is the absolute worst show ever created in the history of television; it made me alternate between wanting to throw up...
Oh snap peas
Let me describe this post really quickly:
A man, who watches 70-minute speed runs of Paper Mario, finds no joy in watching professional athletes play a game he has never been good at.
But clearly he has a point: if it’s something he enjoys doing, like playing an old NES game, then watching people be good at it is fun, but if it’s something he’s never enjoyed, like sports, then...
Pandora advice
Does the ability to buy anything online impact you more? Then you should be more uncomfortable.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSA
RSA WHAT WHAT? Yeah, I went there.
maviswillsaveus:
For over a month, Dirty Projectors Radio has been my default background music for working on the computer. During that time, it pretty much played the same fifteen pretty songs over and over, which was good,...
Star Trek's Patrick Stewart to be knighted -... →
About time!
ericapolis:
!!!!
Breaking eggs
1) Good writing again, keep it up.
2) I think a lot of physical activities become easier if you’ve played a sport a lot, and devoted enough hours to it. It generally helps all your motor skills, not just the ones you honed for your given sport. You start to think of your body as more of a tool, and begin to understand the subtleties in your motions, which you can change at a subconscious,...
Chomp Chomp Chompsky
You guys should read this: http://bostonreview.net/BR34.5/chomsky.php?chom
It’s long but a good read.
Postal
Good writing, you’re getting better!
pornsoda:
In my college’s boxy reddish township, which was on the whole lovely and lush and without blemish, there was one place I’d without fail dread to go, and that place was the post office. The structure itself caused me no unease. But a visit to the post office was freighted with difficulty for other reasons. Lines, fees, recondite rules. ...
New release
Thumbs up, would read again!
pornsoda:
I wrote about Up in the Air here. I did not like this movie!
November 2009
13 posts
Star Trek
This Thanksgiving weekend, I saw the new Star Trek movie on blu-ray on my parents massive TV, and it was an awesome experience. Watching all of the extras on the disc was awesome. You got to see how all the costumes were made, how all of the sound effects were created (by one guy!), and best of all: I got to see the cast having fun.
I always like to think that the cast on a movie, or any group...
Patrick Stewart: the legacy of domestic violence |... →
Yet another reason Patrick Stewart is the man?
ericapolis:
Patrick Stewart on his experiences with domestic violence as a child.
(Stewart with mother. Cute!)
Two Pictures of Saturday
Hey, just a quick note, you spelled “truths” wrong. See you spelled it, “verities” which is incorrect. The correct spelling is “truths”.
pornsoda:
The First. There is a very handsome family sitting in the corner at Tryst. I cannot stop looking over at them, I truly cannot. A father, a mother, two sons, and a daughter. They wear scarves, dark jeans, and...
Cats
The internet loves them, and I can see why:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Bmhjf0rKe8
Happy Thanksgiving
I’m thankful I don’t have rocks thrown at me at my job:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7F3O6WYfHQ
So...
Why let YoungBoy be the only one to attract weirdos on the internet?
So here you go:
http://i.imgur.com/qkDqh.gif