6523

Nice.

From a jquery demo I did a ways back to show off how powerful it is, I went to the wikipedia page for Apple and wrote this jquery into the console (it was a bit shorter but Chrome pukes now if you tell it to replace the html for the whole body, I’m sure you could improve it yet anyways):


$("#content :contains(apple), #content :contains(Apple)").each(function(){$(this).html($(this).html().replace(/apple/g,'kitten').replace(/Apple/g,'Kitten'));}); 
$("img").each(function(){$(this).attr("src","//thecatapi.com/api/image/get?"+$(this).attr("src")+(new Date()).getMilliseconds());});
6524

I sometimes use Google as a cheap-and-dirty spell checker. Just now, I used it to verify the spelling of agent provocateur. Now I can’t remember why I needed to use the phrase, but I don’t really mind…

6525

Heh. I do that all the time. And in fact I have this computer typing tic. I will certainly know a fact. Doesn’t matter what it is… Then I will second guess myself. Open new tab. Type in fact that I knew for sure. And find that I was right. And then post.

6526

I really love blueberry muffins,
Not that crappy stuff.
Real blueberries in a muffin.

There’s this place near me,
That has them.
But not for long.

Gotta be up early,
And go there.
Beware.

They sell out in an instant.

About as long as it takes,
To Eat two of them.

In the car.

Warm and blue.
Tasty too.

All gone .

Boo fucking hoo.

6527

…fresh rolls, freshly sliced turkey, some mayo and a load of freshly ground black pepper and some kosher salt. This, to me, is a perfect fucking sandwich. Bar none.
I thought I was the only person who liked fucking turkey sandwiches…

6528

I loved reading that as your take on “This Is Just To Say” (one of my favorites), Rich.

-xtien

6529

Don’t your thingamabobs get mayo all over them?

6530

Every time I think some random through, I in turn think of this thread but am invariably too preoccupied to post it.

Yet every time I see this thread bumped, my mind goes blank.

6531

Mmmm, white bread, some turkey from a recently roasted bird, some salt and mayo and my favorite kind of turkey sandwich.

6532

I have a problem with people that call Ringo Starr a bad drummer. I don’t know where this concept got started, but it’s wrong. Sure, when the Beatles were first starting out he was no showman. And then you can bring up truly great drummers like Bozzio and Peart. But Ringo evolved. And no matter what you may think you know about him, he was a fine drummer.

I know a lot of musicians and music teachers. Yeah, not always the best people to talk to. But I remember a friend of an ex-girlfriend. He was her jazz piano teacher. If you know jazz piano, you know that shit is hard. Fucking hard. The dude was a complete stereotype. He was an old black guy. And he was blind. I shit you not.

Very cool dude. He always fucked with me. “Why is this wonderful woman going out with a guy that stinks so bad? Back off on that cheap cologne brother. You ain’t no whore.”

Anyway, we were lucky enough to spend many hours with this fucking jazz virtuoso drinking in a bar. And of course I said stupid things. Like, Ringo was a bad drummer. Dude would look at me. Directly at me, like he could see my eyes and he’d say…

You are another stupid white boy. You were raised on the music that was created by my people. And you know nothing.

Of course I was pissed off. What does this blind black dude know about me?

He laid it down for me. Probably because he felt sorry for my girlfriend.

He said, and of course I’m paraphrasing now. I was a bit drunk.

He said, "I teach all over the world, boy. And when I need a drummer, first I let him do his shit. When he’s tired out, I tell him… Do it like Ringo would do it. "

“Not just me. Anyone I work with. We tell them. Do it like Ringo would do it.”

“That meant, stick with the plan. And if we like you. If you are good. Then you can go crazy. In the numbers.”

Then he would grab my girlfriend’s boob.

6533

You wins the internet this day! :D

6534

I agree with you completely, in fact I’ll go you one better: he was an integral part of the Beatles and his loss would have been as profound as losing Lennon, McCartney or Harrison. Because The Beatles, the band, was an aggregate of a bunch of talented guys who each brought something to the table. I’m not going to say that Ringo is just as talented as the rest, but he was just as essential to the band. Losing any part means it’s no longer the Beatles. It would be a hell of a band, but it wouldn’t have been The Beatles.

6535

Damn it, it happened again. A Duracell battery crapped out in my mini Maglite. The tolerances are so small that it’s impossible to remove it. The first time it happened in an incandescent Maglite and I just bought a new one. This one is an LED version. So I’m going to go through the process of mailing it to the Duracell company and I should eventually get a replacement. Actually I think they give you a gift card for the value of the flashlight, whatever. According to various forums this seems to happen a lot.

The batteries were fine last night when I used it. And then just poof. This doesn’t seem right.

6536

Just saw a commercial for Jurrasic World. Same shit. Different day. More people.

6537

random url on the random trough thread

6538

There is a death metal band named Hatebeak. The lead singer is an African Grey parrot. He’s named Waldo and he’s 21 years old. They don’t tour so as not to stress the parrot.

I just love this ever so much.

6539

Bird Seeds of Vengeance. So awesome.

-xtien

6540

I love that girl. Pretty sure she helped save my life.

6541

In other parrot news:

Learner driver caught by police accompanied only by parrot.

A learner driver’s car has been seized after police who stopped her on a motorway realised the only supervisor in the vehicle was her pet parrot.

Emphasis mine.

6542

Since when do you need more than one supervisor in the vehicle?