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Tragedy of the Commons!

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…has made it to the big time. We’re opening for “I would give you one of my beers,” “Today, Tomorrow, Timaru,” DEJA VOODOO!

(And I think that’s probably enough blogging for today.)

Tue 25 Jul 06, 9:57 am Comments (4)

Quote for the day

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“You can’t spell slaughter without laughter”

Tue 25 Jul 06, 9:00 am Comments (1)

Cycles of Internet Laughter

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First it was “LOL,” then for a long time variations on “hehe,” “heh heh,” “hah!” Then, briefly, a wave of “chortle,” “snicker,” and “funny.” Recently, however, the trend has been towards the good old “haha.”

I have no idea what this means—I just spotted it as it wandered across my brain.

Thu 13 Jul 06, 9:42 pm Comments (0)

Good Twin, Evil Twin

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Awesome! According to this article the Prime Minister and President of Poland are identical twins. Imagine the hijinks that they could get up to!

Tue 11 Jul 06, 10:22 am Comments (0)

There is a God, and she likes me

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Every good Christian’s favourite book series, the Left Behind books, are categorised by the Christchurch Public Libraries as “Science Fiction.” In a beautiful, beautiful outpouring of irony, they sit right beside the novels of everyone’s favourite religious loony, L. Ron Hubbard himself.

Thu 8 Jun 06, 1:41 pm Comments (4)

QOTDFY

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That stands for Quote Of The Day For Yesterday. The money quote, as it were:

“You don’t want to make accounting too easy by doing it the obvious way. You’ve got to keep the mystique.”

   — From a Workshop on Accounting Software.

Wed 31 May 06, 2:45 pm Comments (3)