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I am a computer nerd with interests in art, philosophy, music, and world domination.

I am good at the things I do, and always try to make myself better. … Also, I don’t kick puppies.

I am attracted to all sorts of girls, and prefer intelligence and sense of humor over bust size. I want someone who is confident about the stuff she knows, and interested in the things she doesn’t. You should like words, science, and video games. But you shouldn’t be ugly either. Or male. Or a zombie dragon, powerful in life, unstoppable in death.

“These are actual registered sex offenders in the state of Georgia”

“Prettiest Eyes” … killed me. And I think you’d have a hard time

finding a guy who would mind being raped by Lauren Annette Summers.

Black People Love Us!

California State Education Secretary Richard Riordan found himself the subject of a planned protest and calls for his resignation after he jokingly told a child her name, Isis, meant “stupid dirty girl.”

Democratic state Assemblyman Mervyn Dymally was quoted thursday as saying the child was “a little African-American girl. Would he have done that to a white girl?” He then set about organizing a protest by civil rights organizations including the NAACP which was subsequently cancelled when they all realized that the little girl is white, with blonde hair.

Dymally’s office issued a statement Wednesday calling Riordan’s remarks “outrageous and irresponsible,” then issued another on Thursday saying, “To err is human; to forgive is divine.” He also claims, “Race is not a factor in this issue,” that Riordan had apologized a second time, and “It is time for us to move on.”

Oh, oh… he apologized twice. That was the magic number, was it? So had he only apologized once, the protest would have gone on as planned?

Adaptive Path’s Jesse James Garrett: Six Design Lessons From the Apple Store.

Maciej has a great description of his first experience with Poutine on Canada Day.

For those who don’t know, poutine is a combination of cheese curds, brown gravy, and french fries, invented forty years ago. The hot gravy melts the cheese curds, which consolidate with the fries to form a gooey mass that it is very difficult to photograph in a remotely appetizing way. Even in real life, poutine looks like a food that has already made several false starts through the digestive system. Whether for this reason, or because of its powerful ability to absorb and retain alcohol, it is frequently eaten after a heavy night’s drinking.

I was eating it sober, and under the watchful eye of a native (NEVER swim or eat poutine alone), so it was a great relief to find out that the stuff was delicious. The cheese curds did indeed melt and pull the dish together into one gooey mass, although the French fries stayed crispy enough to be individually discernible in the collective, giving the dish a pleasing light crunch. The brown gravy was turpid and dark, with a sturdy tannin structure supporting notes of oak, wood smoke, spice, aniseed and musk. There was the faintest hint of chocolate and raspberry in the finish, though that may have reflected a previous use of the serving dish. In the nose, the poutine was beefy and slightly insolent – I detected an almost wanton playfulness, the evanescent flavors frolicking together like young beavers in a Gaspé pond at dusk – but in the mouth it opened to reveal a velvety (or perhaps Velveeta-like) smoothness that tenaciously clung to every membrane in my mouth, esophagus, and stomach for the next three hours. Small wonder that food is renowned for its ability to enhance heavy drinking. The aftertaste was rich, dense, and interminable, returning to say hello at various times in the afternoon from its rock-hard, baseball-sized headquarters in my stomach.

50 Shekel’s in da house

Everyone needs a Trunk Monkey.

Andrew Dice Clay on CNN

Cory Doctrow talks to Microsoft about DRM

I Gave My Cat an Enema

The military records that could clear up the dispute over George Bush’s service in the Texas Air National Guard are missing

ALIEN in 30 seconds, re-enacted by bunnies