January 2012
14 posts
Today at the Beat Shoppe...
Shane and I have been choosing our listening material using the last letter/first letter rule for artists. For the first CD in the order, I typed a random location number into our system and we went with that. So far, we’ve listened to:
Maximo Park - Quicken the Heart
Karen O & the Kids - Where the Wild Things Are Soundtrack
Seu Jorge - The Life Aquatic Studio Sessions
Eels -...
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Veronica Palmer: So obviously that whale thing is a winner, or you wouldn't be telling me it's a loser.
Elijah Palmer: Unless it's really a loser, and I'm pretending it's a loser to make you think it's a winner.
Veronica: Or I'm pretending to think it's a winner, when I actually know it's a loser because you said it's a loser to make me think it's a winner.
Elijah: And so... the student becomes the master.
Veronica: Or the student has always been the master, and just wanted the master to think the master was the master when he was actually just the student.
Elijah: These conversations are why your mother left us.
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“My grandfather… I never liked him. He smelled of onions and once cheated...”
– Veronica Palmer
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“The company has a problem. A recent survey found that employee morale has...”
– Ted Crisp
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December 2011
26 posts
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Wilfred: As you wish Ryan, we'll just stay in and play Monopoly again. Or Battleship.
Ryan: You cheat at that too!
Wilfred: Battleships change location in the middle of a war Ryan, it's what they were designed to do!
I just got yelled at by a woman who claimed it was unfair of me to not give her our Boxing Day sale today, 11 days before the sale takes place. Part of me hopes she actually does call my manager like she said she would, he’ll probably laugh at her.
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“The United States emits more CO2 per capita than the European Union and China...”
– Steven Colbert
Critically Informed Citizens!
lynneharris:
A excerpt from my notes of the most memorable lecture of my University career. A passion-infused discussion on how to defend ourselves when people ask “Humanities? What are you going to do with that degree?”
Humanities as my major is what I will become. $80K, maybe not, but a well rounded dreamer? Certainly. There is a relationship between the humanities, and being a critically...
“I came in here to have a pleasant meal, and if we’re not gonna have one...”
– Kramer
“There are more important things to life than studying a bloody human resources...”
– My Strategic Human Resources Management prof on how to prep for his exam
November 2011
24 posts
Top 20 Kevin Bieksa quotes
On Ryan Kesler’s clothing line: “Proceeds go to a translator for Alex Burrows.”
On dealing blackjack at the annual Dice & Ice fundraiser: “I don’t think anybody left my table sober so I consider that a victory.”
On the difference between Roberto Luongo and Markus Naslund as captains: “Roberto’s a goalie, Markus is a winger.”
On how a new captain is chosen: “There’s a secret society that...
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Since I haven't posted about this yet...
Lulu, the Metallica/Lou Reed collaboration that came out earlier this month is very bad. I mean exceptionally, mind-blowingly bad. I already expected a new release from either artist to be sub-par, but in combination they somehow managed to even fail at that. When I first heard it, my initial reaction was to laugh - which I did quite heartily - until I realized the entire album was this...
