A friend of mine just called and offered me one of his spots in the meet and greet line for next Friday’s Stephen King signing.   I’m going to meet Stephen Fucking King!  The 12 year old inside of me is losing his shit.    Oh, who am I kidding, the adult me is losing his shit too.

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magdalina:

allthingsalishan:

thecooknook:

First, they tell me Pluto is not a real planet. Then, I find out the brontosaurus isn’t real. And now this. My entire primary school education is turning out to be a complete sham.

graceinsmallthings: thebluehour:

My world was turned upside-down when an associate in publishing told me that the trend is no longer two spaces after a period and soon it will become a rule.  Schools are now teaching only one period as well. I want to go lay down in a dark room with a cold washcloth over my eyes.

Ever since J-School, I’ve cringed whenever I see two spaces after a period. That rule was thrown out the window the second I left high school.

seriously, what Julie said. What you hear is the sound of my world shattering.

This is BS and I won’t do it.  I WON’T!

I believe the MLA changed it to one space during my 1st senior year of college, and it was met with a collected shrug or nary a mention by every professor in the entire Franklin College (or that seemed to be the consensus.)

This literally comes up once every 3 months around here, doesn’t it?

If you are using a typewriter, it’s two spaces.  If you are using one of the newfangled computer thingamajigs, it’s one space.

http://www.writing911.com/writing/good-writing-tips/punctuation/one-space-after-a-period-or-two-weve-got-the-answer.html

walpaper:

ithinkiblog:

People are quick to be pissed about paying taxes, but slow to say thanks when their tax returns come in the following year.

Yes, we have to pay taxes. If you want to go somewhere where you don’t have to pay taxes, feel free, your options are Antartica, or the small island of Brunei.

The IRS certainly doesn’t need your defense, Zack.

Yeah, the issue here is not that we have to pay taxes, we do and we should.  But the way the system is designed, we are giving the government what amounts to an interest-free loan out of our paychecks until they give us the amount we overpaid back.  Which has always been a questionable practice at best.   So there’s really no reason to say thanks.

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shinyredballoon:

indieandyy:

The Twilight Saga: New Moon hasn’t even hot theaters yet, and as far as I can tell, hasn’t had many advance screenings, yet the sequel has already been voted on by over 1,700 users on the Internet Movie Database. While over 46% of users have given the film a 10 out of 10, more than 44% of users have given the movie a 1 out of 10. What’s the rating? 4.5. Of course it seems more like a turf war battle of the sexes than a real sample of user opinions.

The funniest thing about the rankings is the demographics behind the votes The average Male user rating is a 3.3, while the average female user rating is an 8.0. And while females under 18 rate the film a 8.7, the most popular demo is the “Twilight Mom”, females aged 30-44, which have given the film an average rating of a 9.9.

(via /film)

Fan-fucking-tastic.

Stats like this I hope are a small sample size; that 9.9 average for the 30+ set goes well against the “women in their 30s are more mature and have better judgment, on average, than women in their 20s,” I’ve been hearing.

Gotta disagree, man.   Only 35 women over the age of 30 bothered to care.   Better judgement.

You know how every now and then you accomplish something or win a small little victory over something, but you realize that no one else will find your accomplishment even remotely interesting.   Yeah, had one of those last night.

I’ve been doing some finishing work in our master bathroom, stuff I have never bothered to complete since we moved in over a year ago.  I had one piece of a particular veneer board that need to exactly cover a specific wall area.  I had to make uber-precise table and mitre saw cuts, including a 45 degree rip on one side of this board to make it fit a corner exactly perfect.   If I screwed up, buying a new piece of board would be expensive and take three weeks to show up, since it was a special order board.  I spent well over an hour making the cuts for this one board to be sure that I did it exactly right.

And I made the cuts perfectly.  It looks great, and it was masterful carpentry.

See what I mean.  Just not something you are going to care about.   I still enjoyed my little moment.

browncoats:

spytap:

An Open Letter to the Terminator Owners. From a Very Important Hollywood Mogul

Dear Sirs/Ma’ams,

I am Joss Whedon, the mastermind behind Titan A.E., Parenthood (not the movie) (or the new series) (or the one where ‘hood’ was capitalized ‘cause it was a pun), and myriad other legendary tales. I have heard through the ‘grapevine’ that the Terminator franchise is for sale, and I am prepared to make a pre-emptive bid RIGHT NOW to wrap this dealio up. This is not a joke, this is not a scam, this is not available on TV. I will write a check TODAY for $10,000, and viola! Terminator off your hands.

No, you didn’t miscount. That’s four — FOUR! — zeroes after that one. That’s to show you I mean business. And I mean show business. Nikki Finke says the Terminator concept is played. Well, here’s what I have to say to Nikki Finke: you are a fine journalist and please don’t ever notice me. The Terminator story is as formative and important in our culture — and my pretend play — as any I can think of. It’s far from over. And before you Terminator-Owners (I have trouble remembering names) rush to cash that sweet cheque, let me give you a taste of what I could do with that franchise:

Via

So I realized pretty much everyone is going to Halloween parties tomorrow night, but if you are in Atlanta and still don’t have plans, consider coming out to The Plaza at 10:00pm tomorrow to catch the Silver Scream Spookshow and a viewing of “White Zombie,” the first zombie movie ever made, way back in 1932.

As an added bonus, a short grindhouse-style zombie trailer that I shot with some friends as a fun promotional tool for this special blend of horror-themed coffee will air at the beginning of the program.  This particular blend is themed around Philip Nutman’s classic Bram Stoker nominated zombie novel, “Wet Work.”  Phil directed the trailer.

jaimeleigh:

meth:

jaimeleigh:

And Rockets. And Smarties. And Coffee Crisps. Yay Halloween!

Coffee Crisps?  Is this some sort of strange and wonderful Canadian delicacy?

EDIT:  It IS a strange and wonderful Canadian delicacy.   This is why America is falling behind.

Look! You’ve taught me something! I did not know they were Canadian. Send me your address, I’ll send one to you in the mail?

Thank you, Jamie, that’s really cool of you.  But don’t worry about it, my best friend lives in Halifax and he’s coming to visit soon so I will make him bring me a box.

And somehow they were sold in America for a couple of years and I missed them?   I’m going to blame the Nestle USA marketing department for that one.