Brand New Words

I was thinking about the words 'pussy' and 'gay' today. These words have both have two disjoint meanings that unfortunately associate the one with the other. Kick the knowledge:

Pussy n.: 1) female part 2) a person expressing cowardly behavior during a public activity, typically among friends

Gay adj.: 1) a homosexual, typically refering to a male 2) uncool, dated, out-of-style, or generally unappealing to the target audience

The problem is that there is no word that captures the second meaning of each of these words. I don't really want to belittle women or homosexuals, but I really need everyone to know that I think WoW is gay but I may just be too much of a pussy to try it. ALL OF MY BLOG FANS SHOULD SEND IN THEIR SUGGESTIONS FOR REPLACEMENT WORDS.

A Second Opinion

Jo is not all wrinkly. Confirmed.

Quote of the Night

Noel Coward (to O'Toole): "If you'd been any prettier, it would have been Florence of Arabia".

Shitwizards

First, that is a great term. Second, everyone should read Penny Arcade.

http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2007/06/25

HTML is a Bastard!

I've been frustrated for a while that Microsoft does not have an HTML parser. Sure, there is IE and you can use it to grab HTML and fart around in the object model. And maybe that works. I probably should look at that more. But really, that seems like a bunch of work when all I want to do is fart around with some HTML. So I did way more work and decided to build my own HTML parser. As it turns out, HTML is a bastard. There are a ridiculous number of idiosyncracies that really capture the organic, seat-of-the-pants development that was going on in the early days of the web. I didn't really realize that XML took the basic syntax of HTML but then added a whole bunch of clarity as to what is allowed (and what is st00pid). For the first time in my life I find myself thinking about how sweet XML is.

Hot Juicy Burger

Oh crap! I haven't blogged in quite a while. I've been moving into a more pure management role at work and that has been time consuming. And given that we have retarded personnel problems, fairly stressful as well. I've been getting all up on my yard as well. It looks totally sweet now. But now I am on vacation. And I am capable of doing anything.

Sick Again

This is the third time that I've had some sort of illness this winter. Quite clearly I got this once from Denise. I guess when your fiancee is sick you are supposed to refrain from smootching, but where's the fun in that? Anyway, I need to do some resting.

Tim & Eric Awesome Tour

We saw the Tim & Eric Awesome Tour on Saturday night. For the uninitiated, Tim and Eric had a show on the Cartoon Network called "Tom goes to the Mayor" and they now have a show called "Tim & Eric Awesome Show". The perform a brand of comedy that is mainly based on the body: facial expressions, revealing clothing (on their less-than-svelt selves), and penis jokes. These are things that you can normally make me laugh out loud with, but I have rarely laughed out loud when viewing things created by these dudes. I suppose I find it amusing most of the time, but not really that funny. I think their humor is largely self-indulgent and I wonder how that contributes to my desire to laugh.

Matt & Kim

We saw Matt & Kim at Chop Suey on Friday. They are a two person group that sorta does happy-core music: Matt on keyboard and vocals, Kim on drums. They have kinda of a silly, young, in-love couple that is making music that reflects that. I'm pretty much convinced that their music would lose approximately 90% of its fun if you haven't seen them perform it, but having seen them perform it I'm pretty convinced it is fun. Worth checking out live if the show is cheap.

Another Get Rick Quick Idea

The effect of humans on the environment has never been clearer, nor has the need to correct this problem. Therefore, I propose a new product to address the dual issues of human waste and food sortage. In short, use one to solve the other. I propose using human waste to create a delicious tofu-substitute. Product name: To-Poo.