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  • I CAN HAZ DIGG

    The following conversation took place on Digg recently. I made a small contribution, which started a beautiful spiral into stupidity. The last comment is definitely the best, though. (you’ll probably have to click to read) See also: I Win at Digg.

  • Icicle Lights

    You know, I really just can’t get into icicle Christmas lights. They’re ugly and stupid. The worst part is that they don’t look at all like icicles. Icicles aren’t spots of light in a jagged zig-zag pattern with bundles of wire between them. At least traditional Christmas lights can be arranged in a nice row.…

  • In Triumph

    I was poking around the NaNoWriMo web site’s forums, and came across this writing practice thing called prompting. The idea is that someone posts a short “prompt”, then everyone else has 15 minutes to write whatever they want about that prompt. I saw that a prompt had just been posted: “In Triumph”. Written like that,…