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I am having a hard time concentrating on work after lunch. Here are the things I am thinking about instead of the mountain of work I have to do (I’ll get right back to it, I promise!) :
Maybe training monkeys to move robot arms with their brains was a bad idea; who knows how long it will be before the robo-super-monkeys come after us with spears?
Holy crap, I almost wish I had Showtime: This American Life is coming to TV. I’ll be able to find these online, right?
“Colossal squid” is a real squid species; it’s the next size up from “giant squid”. Yeesh. Some fishermen from New Zealand caught a live one.
You know you’re a nerd if you take time to scrutinize a whole page full of visual puns on HTML tags. Me, I’m a nerd.
The most wholesome kink you’re likely to run across on these vast interwebs: pictures of cute girls drinking tea (no, they’re not naked or anything.)
Thank you and good day. Time to go earn my paycheck.
I for one welcome our new cyborg-monkey overlords
Cute girls drinking tea? Huh?
-Your Wife
Wow. That This American Life looks great. Now I want Showtime. At first when I heard about Ira Glass’ project on the radio I was skeptical. I loved his program so much that I was worried about it changing. But, now that I’ve seen that teaser, I’m reassured. And excited.
Btw, Holly’s comment made me laugh– noticed that she capitalized the words “Your Wife” — Jack, you’re in trouble.
Does it mean I’m a nerd too if several pictures on the HTML page caused me to snorf?
I think it’s wonderful This American Life is moving into a new media, but half the allure of the show was the fact I didn’t know what anyone or anything looked like. All you had was the author’s description, the music and other people’s voices. It was up to you to fill in the rest.
But still…this is good. Very good. Thanks for the info!
For the full effect, picture Holly in a housedress and a flour-sprinkled apron, hair pulled back with a scarf, holding a rolling pin in one hand and smacking it repeatedly in the palm of the other hand.
“Drinking tea, hmmn?!”
Girl in a housedress and a flour-sprinkled apron, hair pulled back with a scarf, holding a rolling pin in one hand and SMACKING it repeatedly in the palm of the other hand?
See, now THAT’S sexy.