December 12 Miscellany

by Caroline

► Nothing synergizes my day like an article about Abraham Lincoln in the New York Times. The comparison of plaster casts from 1860 and 1865 is a meaningful reminder that each president experiences the kind of stress that likely shortens each of their natural lives, even barring a terrible death like that of President Lincoln. Hell, look at a photo of George W. Bush in 2000 and today. Regardless of how you feel about the man, you can see the stress he wears in his face.

Math solitaire via FreeArcade.com — oh, my goodness, I am not going to get work done ever again. The splash screen includes the word “operand”!!

► One of our customers had an email address at this domain: Online-Buddies.com. It sounded, well, exactly how it is. Any legitimate business homepage with a press release about MANHUNT gets a chortle out of this kid.

no responses
· · · ◊ ◊ ◊ · · ·

Leave a Reply

Curious?
Categories
Way back:
  • The Beatles – Yesterday
  • The Postal Service – We Will Become Silhouettes
  • Death Cab for Cutie – No Sunlight
  • Titus Andronicus – A Pot in Which to Piss
  • The Section Quartet – Such Great Heights