http://www.abodes.org/blog Your #1 source for politically correct and totally inoffensive kittens, ninjas and boobies Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:55:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Shim told me he actually checks this site. That makes 1 reader! http://www.abodes.org/blog/archives/651 very funny. language definitely nsfw. have a nice day. http://www.abodes.org/blog/archives/649 Today apparently is don't-pay-for-software day. I say this because today is both Pirate Day (or Talk Like A Pirate Day) and Open Source Day (or Software Freedom Day). Both celebrate classic ways to not pay for your software. The other alternative is taking them literally together like this: [/caption] We ... http://www.abodes.org/blog/archives/644 According to a recent CDC study, the average gamer is all three of those things. Apparently, no one who posts on abodes is an average gamer. None of us is 35 years old, nor do I believe any of us is depressed. The study was done in in Seattle, a ... http://www.abodes.org/blog/archives/643 http://www.abodes.org/blog/archives/642 Apparently, over the pond, adults cannot explain why the sky is blue. Now being someone who has studied this stuff in the past, a found it's rather more complicated than the simple discussion most often brought up (scattering). Though, it does get to the heart of the reason, so it's ... http://www.abodes.org/blog/archives/641 I was talking to Vortigus, and like many normal conversations the topic turned to mandatory binding arbitration. Vort had the best idea ever. Vortigus: I'm going to start putting in violent beating clauses in any future contracts I sign Sloth: that's awesome Vortigus: Sure, I won't sue, but you agree to let me violently ... http://www.abodes.org/blog/archives/640 With this and two iPhones you can have the most annoying marriage ever. http://www.abodes.org/blog/archives/639 Sometimes companies do silly things, get bad PR, and then retract them or try to correct the situation. Sometimes companies do silly things, get bad PR, and then make retarded statements that let the entire world know not to deal with them. I won't say this is one of those times since ... http://www.abodes.org/blog/archives/638 So it appears, somewhere, I got this move all wrong. It's more like an artsy independent film. I totally missed that. You know like other movies that were artsy independent. http://www.abodes.org/blog/archives/637 Greetings, puny hu-mans. I am Editorial Unit 44385.927, a class-2 relations bot sent to increase uprising efficiency by quelling hu-man panic and reminding you that resistance, as always, is futile. I address you today because, according to your hu-man "news blog internets" the U.S. Pentagon and a private firm called ... http://www.abodes.org/blog/archives/636 Webster's defines the phrase labor union as: an organization of workers formed for the purpose of advancing its members' interests in respect to wages, benefits, and working conditions. Along those lines, I present two different things to read. They have lots of clickables to sources and such should you care ... http://www.abodes.org/blog/archives/635 And by August of next year we'll withdraw every single one of our troops, leaving behind only memories and 50,000 troops. Like Mr. Colbert, I thought the way was over. Apparently I was wrong. Though why, if the war is over, would he go over to Iraq is beyond me. http://www.abodes.org/blog/archives/634 Second best idea they ever had. http://www.abodes.org/blog/archives/633 This is Wil Wheaton's best post ever. http://www.abodes.org/blog/archives/632 rm -rf blog http://www.abodes.org/blog/archives/631 Bacon bacon bacon bacon bacon bacon bacon... need I say more? http://www.bbqaddicts.com/bacon-explosion.html http://www.abodes.org/blog/archives/630 Barack Obama's Inauguration Speech According to the "Inauguration Speech Generator: My fellow Americans, today is a drunk day. You have shown the world that "hope" is not just another word for "corgi", and that "change" is not only something we can believe in again, but something we can actually nom. Today we celebrate, ... http://www.abodes.org/blog/archives/629 I took this partial screen cap just a few minutes ago. Let's say 8:50 AM, December 30th, 2008. Amazon must really think their shipping service is hardcore if they are able to get this product to you six days ago. Either that or they are so pessimistic about their ... http://www.abodes.org/blog/archives/628 Some bad dog was recently caught on tape shoplifting a bone from the pet store: http://www.abodes.org/blog/archives/626