Category: Skunch

  • it\’s hp 2 be sqr

    so today i made my way to the soda machine for my afternoon soda treat, as i am wont to do. i like to mix it up a little bit from time to time to keep some excitement in my life; fizzy water some days, diet dr. pepper other days. on days that seem to…

  • Laughing at Failure

    I\’m piping up with a small entry. I would like to submit for your consideration the following two websites, as a way to pass the time, and have a good laugh at someone else\’s mistake(s). Site #1: http://photoshopdisasters.blogspot.com/ Site #2: http://failblog.org/ Enjoy! And, in non-fail-related news, apparently wadE\’s last post about the Vikings\’ season was…

  • Iowa city has safe roads; zero vampires.

    I would like to publicly thank my kid sis for bringing this story to my attention. Ankeny, Iowa has used garlic salt in addition to regular salt on its roads this year. Granted, it was a gift, and I do see the value in using it rather than having it go to a landfill. .…

  • 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Chicken Cordon Blue Danube remix

    [kottke.org, by way of Daring Fireball]

  • Change is wassup

  • A third-party candidate we can all get behind…

    Vote for Zod. And then kneel before him. I\’ve been waiting for his comeback ever since he got forced out of the Imperial Senate a long time ago (and in a galaxy far, far away). Hey, it was either that link or the one from the monkey researcher about how he knows McCain is afraid…

  • well put

    photo below courtesy of my the break room on my floor. there\’s a reason we do software versus, like, write children\’s books.

  • Nerd Party!

    I\’ve been meaning to write more about politics and/or the election, but I\’ve come to the realization that even talking about the subject angries up my blood. Even today, I had a highly civil e-mail conversation with wadE where we mostly agreed on the subjects, and it still kinda hacked me off. So Have can…

  • x + 3 = unemployed?

    I was doing some surfing of the old \’net today and came across this Opinion piece from The Christian Science Monitor. College is not a must

  • One iPhone\’s view of the MN State Fair

    Your intrepid SP crew took it upon themselves to tackle the Great Minnesota Get Together last week, and I decided to take a low-quality snapshot tour for everyone\’s enjoyment. Click on past the jump to see all of the technicolor goodness.