useful links

http://slashdot.org/ "News for nerds. Stuff that matters."

http://www.uic.edu/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/2125/1972 Article about web 2.0

KNOL, created by Google, user-generated encyclopdia.

http://www.blogwithoutalibrary.net/links/index.php?title=Welcome_to_the_Blogging_Libraries_Wiki

http://tametheweb.com/

http://www.librarything.com

http://plcmclearning.blogspot.com

http://doppelme.com

Stupidity at its Finest

I do not like the neighborhood I am in today (east 23rd/3rd ave approx) because not only are sick people shuffling around everywhere (hospital nearby and VA) and I've been lucky enough NOT to get sick in the last couple months (although now I def. will) but also because I couldn't find a G*damn place to eat a decent lunch. Eventually I found a grocery store (with an alarming ghetto vibe) and made a disgustingly bland salad from their salad bar (at least then I was able to have a couple choices). Me, being, well, me, chose NOT to get into the "Express Lane, 8 Items or Less" because I eyed the dude in front of me clutching onto his pack of meat and figured him for a speedy fella. Incorrect was I.

But, I used my time waiting on line wisely by watching the goings-on in the express line next to me. I watched this smallish, 40ish woman with a basket full of groceries place each of her items in piles on the conveyer belt thingee, organizing them by type. For example: one pile of 6 diff. yogurts, one pile of four boxes of noodles, etc. Interesting, I thought, as the woman quickly did her organizing while the person in front of her paid. But, she did let the woman behind her clutching a salad (like myself) cut in line in front of her. Some niceness, I guess....

To clarify, yes, the sign that hung OVER HER HEAD clearly stated the rules of this line, "8 Items or Less." There wasn't room for interpretation. None.

When it was her turn here is how the conversation went:

Cashier: It's 8 items or less.

Stupid Shopper: Yeah, I know, see I have 8 different types of items (she said, pointing-out the significance of her piles then saying) see, these are yogurts, that's one, these are noodles, that's two...

Cashier: No, that's not how it works. It's 8 items or less!

Stupid Shopper: But...

Cashier: See that sign (she said pointing to the sign above Stupid Shopper's tumble-weed stuffed head), it's clear.

Stupid Shopper: What do you expect me to do? I unpacked already.

Cashier: It says 8 items.

Stupid Shopper: I let someone go ahead of me, doesn't that count for something (this comment was met by a blank stare from the cashier). Paleze....

Then, the most disappointing thing happened, the cashier rang her out anyway, much to my dismay.

So, the logic of the stupid shopper escapes me. I stood, mouth in classic fly-catcher mode until it was my turn.

Moral of the Story: I guess if you do something nice for someone (let them get ahead of you in line if you have lots of items and they have only one) you deserve to use the Express Lane any way you damn-well choose. Oh, and crying like a little b*&$h helps too, I guess.

Crazy Murakami Commercials

Balance ME Cesar

I know it's been a coon's age (which is what, exactly?) since I've posted, but hey, a girl gets busy from time-to-time. Doing what, exactly? Catching-up on "The Dog Whisperer." Yeah, that's right, I'm addicted and I am crushing on my boy Cesar. I won't deny it. I'm even reading his books right now. So there.

People keep asking me what I think of Madge and Guy Richie's divorce news. I am issuing this official statement:

"I don't give a F*@k" Thanks Peaches for your help on that one.

I also saw the new Dinero/Sean Penn/Bruce Willis flick, "What Just Happened" and can I just say that Dinero looks mighty handsome in this film (and Sean Penn goes without saying, my love for that boy began with "Fast times" and knows no boundaries). The film, itself, was amusing, some good laughs and even better digs at Hollywood. That said, my fave Hollywood sqewering film is Altman's "The Player," because, quite honestly, you really can't get much better than that. BUT, this one is amusing and worth seeing, if, for no other reason, seeing Dinero in his Salomon Grundies doing the downward-facing dog is worth your fricking 12 (!!! still gets me) doll hairs.

Here are some linkies of interest to one and all:

A Couple Entertaining Blogs:

http://misszoepearl.blogspot.com/

http://www.doedeereblogazine.com/

The Japanese Invented Cute I Am Confinced Awards Go To:

http://www.cupcakekawaii.com/

http://www.puricute.com/

Moozilla Firefox Cute: http://www.foxkeh.com/

(Scroll to the pix of the buses, midway down the page) http://gaijinnosekai.wordpress.com/2008/06/

http://www.fashionablycute.net/category/food/food-beat/food-fun//

Wired Article on Kawaii: http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/7.12/cute.html

Examines Japanese Culture (take a look at the corporate mascots): http://whatjapanthinks.com/2008/05/11/top-thirty-cutest-corporate-mascots-in-japan/

I can't spell today,I am spelling challenged so I should go, no, really, I should.

It's All About Amusing Me Today.

Thanks Jeff for scanning and sending this picture on to me. Of course I had to share it to the world for two reasons 1) No pictures of us hanging-out anywhere on yer blog/social networking communications, shame, 2) I had to share the pure hair-lip, hockey-hair goodness of it all. I simply couldn't deny the world of such pleasure. It wouldn't be right.

Here are some links should you need to get your cute-on today:

Cute Overload

My Pugs

The Furry Kids

Shih Tzu Love

Okay, I give up. (Like the magnet on my grama's fridge used to declare: "Let go and let God." Okay, well, maybe not that.)

ANYWHO... (I saw "Religulous" this weekend, I highly urge YOU to do the same.)

I am taking a much-needed break from my Powerpointing (which I finished, might I add) AND I thought it'd be fun to put up cute animal blog links. In my searching I discovered that some dog people are creepy. So I gave-up. Instead, I give you more pictures of Jeff (that's Anderson, btw, his mac site is linked on my home page, should you wish to ask for consultation when growing your own mustache or trimming the hair over your ears to achieve the most authentic mullet).

More Linkies

http://abrooklynlife.com/ (A blog about Brooklyn.)

http://orionpookie.blogspot.com/ The slogan of this blog is: "Random Musings of a slighty crazed thirty-something woman."

http://www.patricking.com/ A blog written by a graphic designer, amusing.

http://asknicolegeorges.blogspot.com/ Very amusing advice column.

http://brooklynsista.blogspot.com/

http://captivewildwoman.blogspot.com/

http://crowcrastination.blogspot.com/

http://www.cutewithchris.com/

http://freakgirl.com/blog/

http://galleryoftheabsurd.typepad.com/

http://humanvacuum.blogspot.com/

http://icanhascheezburger.com/

I Miss You My Kitteh

Tis a picture of my bea-ew-tee-full Tortie Point Siamese cat Nico, who passed-away two years ago this month. She was a fairly young kitteh and a true Siamese original. So, in her honor, I have posted some webcam shots of her. Yes, I was that cheesy, I did have a web cam trained on where she slept so I could watch her from work. I won't lie.



These two pictures may look the same, but no, she moves, ever-so-slightly.



For more pictures of my favorite loud-mouth Siamese check-out my old Mac site on my right nav bar links. You can really smother yourself with Siamese lurve as the two of my cats were all lurvy with each other.