This is a truly *hilarious* piece about the humiliating world of applying to grad schools. Grab your Starbucks smock and your sense of doom for this one (Something Awful [Bob], February 14 2007).
Classic: "Tired of arguing with complete morons? Tired of getting into bar room brawls? Well now avoid the confrontation with our glorious Douche Card. Simply hand it to the asshole in question and walk away. Problem solved."
Tagline: "Comics that reinvent the superhero genre." A slideshow that highlights the modern trend of imbuing superhero-lit with more human elements that resonate more strongly in American culture (Slate [Dan Kois], January 22 2007).
Happy valentines day. This series of charts and graphs by Joel A. Friesen is a great way for a geek to convince their sweetie just how much they love the person.
Get your terms straight with this delightful chart that tells you the difference between a geek, a nerd or a dork (Militant Geek Custom Shirts, December 21 2006).
I know it's off-topic, but this article is too damned funny to pass up. The growing spider menace *is* a big deal in today's methanphetamine-fueled world (The Onion, January 30 2007).
Tagline: "There are only three options in Iraq." A cold look at our options, what realist means, and why we really only have bad choices at this point in the war (Slate [Christopher Hitchens], December 18 2006).
Tagline: "A Special Message From Santa Claus." The Onion shares a very special holiday message from Santa Claus (The Onion [Santa Claus], December 12 2006).
Money: "Black's films all have the same moral: that he shouldn't have made them. His mind is fundamentally incompatible with formulaic mainstream plots—it's like watching Miles Davis play The Lawrence Welk Show." (Slate [Sam Anderson], December 13 2006)
A list of the top 20 favorite Sci-fi nerds of all time from the folks at Popular Science. Some of these are true blasts from the past (Popular Science).
The folks at Vivendi are denying rumors that there is a Battlestar Galactica MMO in the works. Seeing how this rumor was spotted in the notoriously innacurate EB games materials, I tend to think it *is* made up (1up, January 3 2007).
A great discovery: the book, "The Areas of My Expertise" by John Hodgman, has been made available for *free* on Apple's iTunes service (Brian Sawyer, December 19 2006).
"I use [this blog] to think a little more relationally without resorting to doing actual math." An awesome blog by Jessica Hagy that showcases what it would look like to apply PowerPoint ideals to philosophical/life concepts.
Phil highlights the essentials of a New Yorker article discussing the rise of modern warfare. It's an interesting tidbit that encourages further reading (Intel Dump [Phillip Carter], February 6 2007).
The meat: "It is difficult to imagine just what WorldNetDaily’s standard is for rejecting a column or article – but whatever it is, it is apparently set so low that 'soy makes you gay' manages to exceed the criteria." Too frickin' hilarious.
A delightful holiday tale about working at EB during the holidays; I've been there and done that and it's just as funny as he claims. A must-read (The Escapist [Sean Sands], December 19 2006).
Tagline: "Staying Afloat: Some Scattered Suggestions on Reading in College." A look at the way you should read in college and why it bears little resemblance to casual, personal reading habits (Easily Distracted, April 27 2006).
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