Miscellany

[Adam]

Um, guys? Fafblog is back and stuff.

[lisarea]

Awesome live action Mary Worth.

The first installment is on YouTube:

YouTube - Mary Worth 1: Part 1

But then you have to go get the rest here:

0tv.com - Mary Worth Series Info

[viscousmemories]

The guy in line behind me at Subway tonight got a club sandwich (turkey, roast beef and ham) with nothing but banana peppers and ranch dressing.

[lisarea]

Know what I would eat?

A banana pepper sandwich.

[viscousmemories]

And I really love banana peppers.

[lisarea]

I would like an editor

And in case it gets flagged off:

Originally Posted by Some Craigslist dingleberry

Reply to: gigs-620920977@craigslist.org
Date: 2008-03-27, 3:02PM MDT


I run a small business from home. I'm looking for somebody that can edit my papers. I write a lot of articles, blogs, copywriting ect

I would write about 5 pages a week.

I would send you the papers. You would edit and send them back to me.

When I write, I don't like to go back and edit. I'm very busy, so I write and I'm done with it.




* Location: Denver/Reunion
* it's ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests
* Compensation: no pay

That's right. This very busy and important small business owner is offering no pay for this tedious and mundane task.

I wonder how hard it'd be to sabotage this guy's stuff subtly enough that he wouldn't notice. He's obviously much too busy to read through his edited material thoroughly, so you could probably slip in some clever homonyms, errant scare quotes, things like that. Maybe even incorporate a little cryptic word play, like spelling things out in the first letters of every line, making things rhyme in a disconcerting fashion, or even just finding mildly unpleasant terms to pepper throughout his copywriting and 'ect.'

Unfortunately, I am very busy right now and don't have the time to do it myself. So please forward me your resume and available hours for consideration for this position.

* Location: Internet
* it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests
* Compensation: no pay

[Dingfod]

Originally Posted by viscousmemories

The guy in line behind me at Subway tonight got a club sandwich (turkey, roast beef and ham) with nothing but banana peppers and ranch dressing.

Big deal, so would I, only I would substitute sliced jalapenos for the banana peppers.

[lisarea]

Wait, WHAT THE FUCK?

Seeking Live-In web designer

I really mostly check craigslist for purposes of LOLing, anyway, but it's usually not quite this awesome.

[Ensign Steve]

Can you find an apartment for me? I mean, as long as you're already looking.

[Crumb]

Compensation: Pay, Plus Logging

Ooo, they include logging.

[lisarea]

Originally Posted by Ensign Steve

Can you find an apartment for me? I mean, as long as you're already looking.

Yes. I just went downstairs and found you an apartment there.

You'll have to share a bathroom with one of LM's friends who is staying in the other room there, but he's a nice guy, and he usually has Little Debbies.

[Ensign Steve]

Let me guess. He also usually has the munchies.

Originally Posted by Ensign Steve

Let me guess. He also usually has the munchies.

Wouldn't tha...

Nope. Stopping right there.

[lisarea]

Oh, hey. I'd heard of this, but I'd never actually heard it.

The Most Unwanted Song

And the explanation.

I kind of like it.

But I like Klaus Nomi, so.

Yeah. I'm not even pretending to do anything today. Fuck doing stuff. Stuff backfires, gets undone, whatever. Fuck that.

ETA: Not kind of like it. This is the best thing ever. Who! Murdered! All! The innocent children?!?! YOU DID! YOU! YOU! YOU!!!

I can't see what just happened here, but it sure as hell better be about ME!

MMMMMMEEEEEEEE!

[Farren]

You're in luck, Uth!

IT IS ABOUT ME!

Fancy that...

[Qingdai]

Who knew that operatic rapping about cowboys could be so delicious.
Can't wait to torture introduce my students to that particular piece.

UTHGAR!

[lisarea]

Originally Posted by Qingdai

Who knew that operatic rapping about cowboys could be so delicious.

YouTube - Klaus Nomi - Rubberband Lazer

[LadyShea]

Originally Posted by lisarea

I would like an editor

And in case it gets flagged off:

That's right. This very busy and important small business owner is offering no pay for this tedious and mundane task.

I wonder how hard it'd be to sabotage this guy's stuff subtly enough that he wouldn't notice. He's obviously much too busy to read through his edited material thoroughly, so you could probably slip in some clever homonyms, errant scare quotes, things like that. Maybe even incorporate a little cryptic word play, like spelling things out in the first letters of every line, making things rhyme in a disconcerting fashion, or even just finding mildly unpleasant terms to pepper throughout his copywriting and 'ect.'

Unfortunately, I am very busy right now and don't have the time to do it myself. So please forward me your resume and available hours for consideration for this position.

* Location: Internet
* it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests
* Compensation: no pay

Damn even virtual assistants in third world countries get paid 3.00/hour

[Farren]

Originally Posted by lisarea

I would like an editor

And in case it gets flagged off:

The "ect" is a nice touch.

[lisarea]

I just realized something really stupid. When I see 'ect,' I say it out loud.

EKT.

This is probably why I can't, like, go places and have friends and shit.

Also, so wait. I saw something about Bush going on that one Yay or Boo show the other day, but I figured it was just some boring joke or whatever. But he really did. Ha.

[Ensign Steve]

Dude, he went on the Deal or No Deal and also the American Idol. I only watched the latter. Fucking feared, man. His crazy-eyed wife was all crazy. Here, let me paste you the thing from TWoP cuz they can describe it better than me:

Then...oh, well then it's just from one vulgarity to another as the President and his dead-eyed wife appear in a video clip, talking about Idol Gives Back and thanking us/asking us/congratulating us/making us complacent/trying to convince us that what we do is nearly as significant as what he hasn't done. Also SIT UP STRAIGHT, for chrissakes. You're the goddamn PRESIDENT, get your elbows off your knees. I'd mention the irony in GWB talking about how Idol is important because "it shows how one person with talent can win over an audience of millions," but why bother? Because in the time it takes me to type "Then how did a person without talent do it, sir?" you'll have already gotten there. Next.

link

Edit: Hey! "His crazy-eyed wife" was all me. I didn't mean to steal it from the other thing.

[LadyShea]

Fucking feared, man

never heard that. Like it. Stealing it. Will probably use it all incorrectly and stuff.

[lisarea]

iTWire - UNC study: Eating disorders common among U.S. women

The study is pretty crap, but I've been saying that for a long time, and I take my vindication where I can get it.