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Jan 23
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MPAA couldn’t exist without copying something!

When I saw the ad for the new 21 Jump Street — I’ll link to it, but I won’t go out of my way to see it — I was irritated. Come on, yet another remake? The MPAA wants to cauterize whole limbs of the internet over copying issues, and yet it seems like all Hollywood does is copy these days!* Wow, maybe they should try some originality from time to time, and that includes employing originality in the areas of marketing and sales.


*My sentiments may be biased, thanks to the huge crush I had on Dustin Nguyen in the days of the original 21 Jump Street
Mmmm, Dustin Nguyen (you heard me; Johnny Depp didn’t have all of us spellbound back then)…
So, back to Dustin Nguyen…
…*sigh*

Nov 29
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Nov 19
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Bad apple cops?

Stop being stupid, and stop playing us—the people whose taxes pay for law enforcement jobs—for stupid. If you want to claim that a few bad apples are making all the good “peace officers” look bad, then you need to eliminate the bad apples! Sticking the scapegoats back on the street (either right away or after paid leave) implies management approves of their actions, which actually means the whole organization is bad!

“What is that sound?” “Oh, that’s just the tumbrils.”

Sep 24
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The reality that you exist is my basis for joy and happiness.
Faith of the Fallen (Sword of Truth, Book 6) by Terry Goodkind
May 12
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Listen, I realize the fortune cookies we receive at Chinese restaurants in America actually originated from Japan, but I seriously doubt a Chinese proverb originated from the Netherlands. What would life be like without chain e-letters? How about we all find out?

Listen, I realize the fortune cookies we receive at Chinese restaurants in America actually originated from Japan, but I seriously doubt a Chinese proverb originated from the Netherlands. What would life be like without chain e-letters? How about we all find out?

Mar 25
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Seen in a DMCA notice

“The illegal downloading and distribution of copyrighted works are serious offenses…” I disagree. As far as I’m concerned, bodily harm (physical assault) would be serious. Something that would affect someone’s mental health, like mental or emotional neglect, would be serious. I could agree that this is an offense, without the serious label. Some people take themselves too seriously.

Feb 12
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Have you ever been in love? Horrible isn’t it? It makes you so vulnerable. It opens your chest and it opens up your heart and it means that someone can get inside you and mess you up. You build up all these defenses, you build up a whole suit of armor, so that nothing can hurt you, then one stupid person, no different from any other stupid person, wanders into your stupid life…You give them a piece of you. They didn’t ask for it. They did something dumb one day, like kiss you or smile at you, and then your life isn’t your own anymore. Love takes hostages. It gets inside you. It eats you out and leaves you crying in the darkness, so simple a phrase like ‘maybe we should be just friends’ turns into a glass splinter working its way into your heart. It hurts. Not just in the imagination. Not just in the mind. It’s a soul-hurt, a real gets-inside-you-and-rips-you-apart pain. I hate love.
— Neil Gaiman (The Kindly Ones)

(Source: ibelieveinmi, via elzbeth)

Jan 25
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flapic:

An Apple a day keeps the doctor away :D

flapic:

An Apple a day keeps the doctor away :D

Jan 23
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Eventually it comes to you: the thing that makes you exceptional, if you are at all, is inevitably that which must also make you lonely.
— Lorraine Hansberry (via quote-book)

(via tkot)

Nov 28
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Dear Franziska Wanninger or Franziska Wenninscha

Blog posts and tweets have been known to force companies and individuals to take responsibility for their bad behavior and make good. I’m watching to see what happens here, and I’m wondering what implications this has for future conflicts.

Amplify’d from momoology.info

As I am continuing to suffer a loss from this horrible event, I’ve decided that I will use my blog to write letters to the owner of the vehicle and anyone involved with this incident. The letters will be about anything pertaining to this incident.
Dear Franziska Wannimnger (or Franziska Wenninscha or whatever name you are going to call yourself next):

I have been keeping up with my site stats both through my domain host as well as through various other scripts and things I have going on. In addition to the numerous hits I’ve gotten from Geico, I have had an extreme increase in German traffic.

I only personally know three people that live in Germany. Two of them live together as a couple, and the third lives in their same city. You are the 4th German to come into my field of vision.

Most of the German hits come from the same locations, but something interesting showed up today. It appears that some person in a household with the IP address beginning with 93.199.76 has spent a lot of time today/last night trying to get my site tagged as a search engine spammer. Multiple visits have come to my site from that IP address, and they have shown up from this website.

Now, now, honey. If I were merely a search engine spammer, I would not have had the success I’ve had in securing Google placement for your name. Believe me, I once worked for a search engine spammer, so I know how they operate.

Rather than try to find ways to get me out of Google, why not come up with a solution to be an adult and handle your business?
YOUR CAR HIT MY CAR IN A HIT AND RUN.

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