now that's a horse of a different color

Ummm, this video/hand routine/slice of awesome is so dang cool it literally makes me angry I didn't think of it. These are the tidbits that get us all thinking "I love the internet", and as a bonus... normal people are cool again. I'm pondering learning how to do this, but knowing me I'll just watch it over and over instead.

thrift store find du jour

I don't know what is more awesome... a) that someone thought their emergency numbers would be a good thing to donate and eventually purchased by someone else, or b) the fact that this person took the time to cross stitch said phone numbers and frame them. Either way, it can be yours for $3.

the humor of a eigth grade boy

If you sell glass this has GOT to be a common mistake when taping boxes. But I mean, it's funny right?

complex[simplic]ity

When I look at this it really makes me think. You know, Powers of 10 style. Am I odd for saying that?

patience

Hell yes I'll wait 56 years for those files to copy; 1.23 GB of data is totally worth waiting for. I'm actually really looking forward to how awesome it's going to be when it's finished. Until then, this green bar is endlessly intriguing. Fine work Vista, fine work.

Much thanks to my coworker Yong Rhee for sending out the best complaint email ever ( the source of this delightful image).

julia child's kitchen reassembled

Okay, so this news is 7 years old... but it's news to me that the Smithsonian made this exhibit. Interestingly, they did not recreate the room (as so many exhibits do), they actually removed items from her real kitchen in Massachusetts and schlepped it all the way to DC. Remarkable. I love how the room reflects her practicality. She's lovely. So lovely, in fact, that I recommend reading her biography. Derek and I audio booked it during a long drive (rented it from Cracker Barrel... oh the irony) but I would suggest actually reading it. The woman's voice was horrid. And on top of that, it's written in first person... and Julia had such a unique voice that I could never move past it. So for all that love Julia, make the pilgrimage to Washington DC. Bon Appetit!

woah, seriously?

Betty Boop a racist cartoon? Yes indeedy. Now, I'm not putting this up to make light of it... it hurts my heart (the worst offense happening at 3:00 - 4:00). I end up laughing, mainly because I'm uncomfortable... but also because I'm shocked at how far it goes. It starts out offensive and then kicks it up a notch. You know-- good clean fun for the whole family. Not that we don't have a LONG way to go... but look how far we've come in 70 years. I can only hope that we equal progress from where we are now in the next 70 years. So get on it, people. Quit being racist pricks. Ya heard?

"offline"

It's no secret that Microsoft is dork mecca... and one would suspect that as such developers, program managers, etc in this company would fit nicely into the dork box. Apparantly the people who service elevators are equally geeky. I thought printers deserved an "offline" description... not elevators. Elevators are "broken", "out of service", you know... "busted"... offline? Please.

I'd also like to mention how equally cryptic everything else on the page is... I'm just sayin'.

sweet deal!

No way... you mean if I buy THREE 2 liters of Coke I save 2 cents?! It's too good to be true. Man, you guys are good. I'm totally buying three now. Before I would have bought just one, but maybe with all the money I will save from buying three I can finally afford one fifth of a tootsie roll! Oh the joys of smart shopping. :)

like looking in a mirror

Derek recently said to me "I know when our friends watch this they are thinking of us..." and suddenly my jaw dropped. Indeed we make loving jokes at each other's expense, and the delivery is eerily similar as well. The one detail that is decidedly not accurate is that the "Derek" character is eating a cantaloupe half... which would never happen in actual life because it is categorically a fruit. And he doesn't eat those.

amazing man

I get teary every time I look at this picture too long.

a confession

I might as well call my blog "An Extension of the Cool Shit Derek Shows Me", because that's exactly what it is. It goes something like this.

Granted, it's not always like this. I do sometimes make my own obervations... but I need to give credit where credit is due. Derek's unhealthy fixation with StumbleUpon at the very least has an outlet.

pixels and/or crayons

Très awesome. Well done, Christian Faur.

On a related note, don't you hate it when people pronounce crayons weird and say "craowns" instead. It's like towel and "tal". Ugh.

truth.

It's not fair, but we Americans have to convince ourselves of our own superiority by forcing the belief that someone got more shafted in the accent department than we did.