December 2011
“Hopelessness is reasonable.
But nothing of worth
in my life
came of reason....”
– Clive Barker - Absolute Midnight
People need to learn proper phone etiquette...
Seriously. It’s not that hard to talk to someone on the phone in a calm, polite fashion.
“Hello, my name is X. I am calling on behalf of Y, and I need to talk to someone about Z. Would you be able to help me?” is a much better way to begin a conversation than: “Put me through to X” or “Yeah, I have a question about this incredibly specific thing that pertains...
www.ariellebeau.com →
arielhatesyou:
welp, this happened…
Nice!
Blink 182 - I Wont Be Home for Christmas
Best...
WIL WHEATON dot TUMBLR: Here’s the official list... →
allshare:
I was reading a thread earlier on Reddit where some users had a great idea. Why not boycott the supporters of SOPA? Right now, whether SOPA gets passed or not is out of our hands and in the hands of lawmakers in Congress. You can make a difference, if you have not yet — you can…
George Takei is hilarious →
More proof that Tolkien is cooler than you. →
For 20 years, Tolkien wrote letters from Santa for each of his kids. These weren’t the half-assed letters from Santa that you probably got, these were completely off the wall and batshit insane. They also had illustrations. They were all actually compiled and published in a book. In conclusion, Tolkien is the man.
You can read one of the letters and see some drawings here.
SOPA: So how much does it cost to buy off... →
wilwheaton:
According to a report by the Knight-Batten Award-winning nonprofit MAPLight, the 32 sponsors of the bill received just under $2 million in campaign contributions from the movie, music, and TV entertainment industries.
To put that in perspective, this weekend’s box office take for Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (you can’t make this stuff up) took in $23 million in just one...
