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The Random Crap Thread 2: It Hits the Fan.
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That explains a lot.[DOUBLEPOST=1424369520,1424369469][/DOUBLEPOST]Shows what you know.
They're both based on lunar cycles, aren't they?
One of the Troupple King's acolytes!Shows what you know.
While I'm not sure if this is true, I'm using it anyway! (I'm going to ask my mother in law about it tonight when she comes for 火鍋 tonight. And then make Mr. Z clean up!)So, Jun comes up to me and and says that I ought to wash the dishes today. Its the day after Chinese New Year, you see.
A traditional way to greet someone for the new year is to say "恭喜发财“ （Gong Xi Fa Cai) Essentially wishing someone to be happy and prosperous.
Jun says, that day after Chinese New Year is especially important, and the husband should wash the dishes so that we can be prosperous for the rest of the year, essentially changing 恭喜发财 to 公洗发财 （ also pronounced Gong Xi Fa Cai)---except this time, the meaning is "(A) husband washing (dishes) for great prosperity."
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At my second job, I work at a really prestigious college. Not Ivy League, but just under. Pretty much every student here comes from a family with money and connections. So that's kind of a change from the podunk junior college that's my main job (that I'm ready to quit). This past Tuesday night, though, something happened that I feel I have to share. Now, as part of my job, I'm in charge of the work study students at the library, and they're all pretty good kids. One girl, however, just took the cake for being stereotypical. She came to work in leggings / yoga pants and uggs, and when I said I was going to get a cup of coffee (the library has a cafe attached to it that's open until 11pm), she said, "Oh, you know they have pumpkin spice lattes available again!"
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If you bought a Lenovo laptop recently, might want to scan it for adware.
http://techraptor.net/content/lenovo-laptops-ship-with-superfish-adware-pre-installed
Turns out Lenovo intentionally preinstalled superfish on those laptops, and when questioned about it touted it as a benefit to users (the same line that every sleazebag adware company uses to try to keep themselves defined as "grayware" or "potentially unwanted programs" instead of the viruses they actually are).
Remember folks, there's no such thing as a free lunch, and you get what you pay for when it comes to computers (and electronics in general, usually). If you're not the one paying, you're the one being sold to whoever is.
http://techraptor.net/content/lenovo-laptops-ship-with-superfish-adware-pre-installed
Turns out Lenovo intentionally preinstalled superfish on those laptops, and when questioned about it touted it as a benefit to users (the same line that every sleazebag adware company uses to try to keep themselves defined as "grayware" or "potentially unwanted programs" instead of the viruses they actually are).
Remember folks, there's no such thing as a free lunch, and you get what you pay for when it comes to computers (and electronics in general, usually). If you're not the one paying, you're the one being sold to whoever is.
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It's gotten so cold in Kentucky that the Harlan police have issued a warrant for the arrest of Queen Elsa of Arrendelle.
http://fox13now.com/2015/02/19/want...t-for-arrest-of-frozens-queen-elsa-heres-why/
http://fox13now.com/2015/02/19/want...t-for-arrest-of-frozens-queen-elsa-heres-why/
Good to know that Kentucky is officially out of crime.
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It's too cold to go robbing people.
I have probably heard the song Killer Queen a thousand times...yet I have just learned that was the name of said song today. Its with a lot of old songs for me.
Exactly where I confirmed what song it was, Queen rules.
I don't know, sounds justified to me.
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Usually when a friend has a baby, they continue to look like themselves--maybe a bit more tired. But I recently saw a photo of a guy I knew who just had a son. The most recent picture of him was like this weird old dad transformation. Hard-looking, slicked down dad/business hair had replaced his relaxed wavy look, ultrawhite khakis, a pastel shirt, and these thin wirey little glasses. I didn't even know he needed glasses. It was just a strange "stepford dad" moment that could have only been more perfectly weird if he'd been wearing sandals with black socks and watching Fox news...
I had hair and not a one of them was white!!!
Nope. Again. 7 degrees out and I have to be in in just under 2 hours. Not counting the mad dash to walmart beforehand to grab dry goods. Up to a foot of snow on it's way starting just after 1am. Chances of it being clear by the time I get to my Sunday off? Not good.Well, I'll probably be here for 4 more hours, but I guess for the rest of you. It's fridaaaaay.
Ok, so I'm reading an old Rolling Stone article about the Kids in the Hall from 1988. It's pretty neat. Then I got to this sentence and I'm baffled:
The Kids all play women flawlessly, and their shows exude a perverse androgyny (One of them is gay; two are dyslexic.)"
How is androgyny and the ability to play women somehow connected to dyslexia?
The Kids all play women flawlessly, and their shows exude a perverse androgyny (One of them is gay; two are dyslexic.)"
How is androgyny and the ability to play women somehow connected to dyslexia?
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Frankly (HA), I was never quite convinced that Scott was the only gay one.
That's my local Walmart, too.
You should send him flowers. See if he remembers.
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Oooh freakin ouch! [emoji37]
I thought my mom and stepdad were having a hard time with their money, but I see she's got yet another flight to Florida to see my sister's kid. I get that she wants to see him as much as she can, but it's stuff like this that makes me see why they're always struggling. I hope she's at least doing some frequent flyer miles thing.