Posts by Ryan Livingston
The Random Selections From the 1994 ed. of the QPB Dictionary of Difficult Words Printy
This puzzle has a difficulty level of WTF. Find the following selections from the 1994 ed. of the QPB Dictionary of Difficult Words:
Read MoreYeah, Don’t Quit Your Night Job…
My place of employment is in a unique position in this spiraling economy… we are desperate for new hires! I am not at liberty to mention where I work nor the geographic local it’s in. Suffice it to say if you come across a sun bleached, weather beaten, semi-laminated sign saying “We’re Hiring”, chances are…
Read MoreSpaceballs: The Animated Series
Aw Mel… what the hell?! Seriously?! I’d heard rumors that G4 would be airing an animated version of Spaceballs. Then one day while flipping the channels I came across it. Rather, blindsided by it.
Read MoreJust Watch This
This is a video everyone needs to watch. It’s Clay Shirky at the Web 2.0 Expo SF 2008 giving a speech about “Cognitive Surplus” and what we can do with all our wasted time.
Read MoreGrate (sic) Moments In Racism
July 11th, Dalas Texas… all was going as smooth as could be (read: not very) during a county commissioners meeting until the Santa Ana winds brought in a stiff breeze of stupidity. During the meeting the conditions of the growing bureaucracy were compared to a “black hole.” That’s when the breeze blew clear through the…
Read MoreThe Dark Knight
Hype… things get hyped up… a lot. Just look at sliced bread… it’s the paradigm standard we hold everything to. “Is such and such better than it?” Yet by itself nothing to look at. What does this have anything to do with The Dark Knight? Absolutely nothing. However when a film like this comes about,…
Read MoreRandom Disorder
Despite the name, Random Disorder is a band that has got it’s act together.
Read MoreViacom to Milk Youtube
It was reported today by various news outfits that Viacom will be suing Youtube for the tune of ONE BILLION DOLLARS (keep that number in your head for a moment) for copyright violations and that type of stuff. Viacom is complaining that the site is using material from such hits as the Daily Show, South…
Read MoreToo Much Information!! (sometimes)
One of the disadvantages of unemployment is running out of DVDs and VHSs to peruse… with an added reluctance to get new ones because it’d look like you’ve got your priorities mixed up. So the day-time TV has got me it it’s clutches. Luckily with the whole digital everything revolution thing, we’ve now got the…
Read MoreThe NWOt Guide to Winning the Lotto
How being a hapless schlep can actually pay off for once.
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