December 2008
30 posts
Some people, when they’ve been coddled so far away from self-awareness, need some sort of stimulus to bring them back down to reality. If you create a very enclosed cultural atmosphere, outsiders may find some of the things you’ve convinced yourself are acceptable to do a bit laughable or disgusting. I know a lot of people have been reluctant to say something, but it did need to be...
Ben: what's becky doing?
Becca: looking at pictures of ewoks
what's ben doing
Ben: star trek marathon
we are nerds
“You lookers on
and standers by
as you are now
so once was I
as I am now
so must you be
therefore prepare
to follow me”
-Hugh McCrary d.1785
“My race is run
my life is done
my resting place is here
these stone was sot
to keep the spot
least men should dig too near”
-Susannah McCrary d.1800
From my great9 maternal grandparents’ tombstones
How British people understand eggnog:
“Is it alcoholic custard then? cant you just mix stella and ambrosia?”
Email from my Mom
“I bought some things the other day—a pan, some envelopes, & a little bed for Caesar. I put the bed on the couch & showed it to her. I left the room to answer the telephone, and when I returned, Caesar was all curled up asleep in…..the pan.”
A segment of a Skype conversation in which Becky...
It turns out I had written a paper on “Practical Values for Privacy in Service Computing” (inorite?), completely forgotten about it, and I’m pretty sure it got published and is going to be presented at a conference in Taiwan in a couple days. I sort of wish I could read the blog about me that keeps track of all this stuff going on in my life that I’m not aware of.
YO DAWG I HERD YOU LIKED HOAXES SO I PUT A HOAX IN YO HOAX SO YOU CAN BE HAD WHILE YOU’RE BEING HAD.
Why was I the only person to realize that when “Tara” quit Tumblr, her url would be free for anyone to take?
