Sad that I could not represent my pub quiz team in the manner I desired.
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Recurring themes: LGBT issues, San Francisco tidbits, ukuleles, pirates, games, absurdism. I won't really talk about myself here, but you'll get a sense of me, anyway.
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“ Consider the MacBook Pro that Swoopo sold on Sunday for […] $35.86. Swoopo lists its suggested retail price at $1,799; judging by the specs, you can actually get a similar one online from Apple for $1,349, but let’s not quibble. Either way, it’s a heck of a discount. But now look at what the bidding fee does. For each “bid” the price of the computer goes up by a penny and Swoopo collects 60 cents. To get up to $35.86, it takes, yes, an incredible 3,585 bids, for each of which Swoopo gets its fee. That means that before selling this computer, Swoopo took in $2,151 in bidding fees. Yikes. ”
The Crack Cocaine of Auction Sites | The Big Money - Mark Gimein does the math on Swoopo.com. It gets worse than that quote. It sounds like it gets worse than Vegas.
Joe Jackson, “Steppin’ Out”
Something that came up in conversation over breakfast as this song came on the radio: You know how people mishear lyrics all the time? Happens to people of all ages in contextually solid ways. Case in point: this song came out when I was 7. I remember hearing it on the radio at that time and thinking the chorus was about a cartoon character. You know, with the magic sword and the power of Grayskull and the crazy outfit that wasn’t about bondage or nothin’. “He-Man, steppin’ out into the light.” Actually, I still hear that. I can’t unhear it.
Jail is rad! - Flashback: Forcefield
File under “shit don’t always gotta make sense.”
I Love Hotdogs does screencapping right!
I’ll admit it, based on this alone I’m gonna go see if I can rent Skatetown USA. Am I that predictable? Fuck it, I know what I like.
I don’t like the Twitter Peek.
Confession: I love it when my friends are in the position to slam something or someone on video politely, but with a slight edge in their voice. Nicole at the 3:00 mark here reminds me of Ernie voting for Tiffany as the Weakest Link several years ago. My internal smile is Cheshire-wide.
→ Pirate Cat Radio 87.9fm » PCR has Been fined $10,000 by the FCC!
More and more, radio is a wasteland. (via Laughing Squid)
→ What happens to you when your partner dies, courtesy of DOMA
Another reminder. Because you knew this happens, and that it’s a tragedy, right?
