I Hate Everything —
The corporate customer agreement between Avis and the UC system doesn’t include the “intermediate SUV” class. So the only way to get a vehicle with four-wheel drive and decent clearance, and be covered under UC’s insurance policy, is to rent in the “nonsensical gas-guzzler” class. (Note: there is a further class of SUV, the “giant […]
I haven’t given a shit about student government since I dropped my ASCIT membership four years ago. Now I have the United Auto Workers for all my giving-a-shit needs, and frankly, I’m just too pretty to worry about whatever financial shell games my department plays on my behalf.
No, I don’t want your flyer. No, I […]
I had a bruising encounter with a copy of USA Today (which I found on top of a trash bin in the Oakland Airport) this morning. Apparently they’re making Desperate Housewives into a video game. Why? They needed something with stereotypes in it:
“As fans of the show would expect, the game is loaded with gossip, […]
… is having to clean up after someone who vomited in the shower, because it’s your turn to clean the bathroom and you shoulda done it before the party.
Fabulously important update! The culprit was a housemate, not a guest, and even better, the type of person who doesn’t even need to be shamed into cleaning […]
Someone’s been turning the stairwells of my building into gender-segregated classifieds. The poster on the avant garde of the Jobs for Men section depicts a woman grabbing a man’s wallet pocket, with the text “She will really want the junk in your trunk* / The average guy working for us next summer will earn […]
There’s a syntactical quirk I’ve been noticing lately, particularly in journals like Geophysical Research Letters where the length limit can produce some rather strained syntax, but in other places too:
Whereas Fact A, Vaguely Contrasting Statement B.
Whereas the crust does this thing, the lithospheric mantle does something else.
Whereas the well-functioning executive encourages the best in brains […]
From the American Red Cross Disaster FAQs:
The state Homeland Security Department had requested–and continues to request–that the American Red Cross not come back into New Orleans following the hurricane. Our presence would keep people from evacuating and encourage others to come into the city.
Meanwhile, on Fox News of all places:
Geraldo who I’m no fan of […]
My uterus woke me up at 4:30 this morning to talk about how excited it was to be expelling its old lining. It’s a new start! it said, I’ll feel fresh and sparkly - like all this cleaning you’ve been doing!
It’s really unfortunate that my uterus only speaks to me in Painful Crampish. I’m quite […]
Y’know what drives me totally mad bonkers? Magazine racks in airport magazine shops. They’re so gendered! Aagh!
The worst bit is when the women’s is labeled “women’s” and the men’s is labeled “auto/hobby” - where “hobby” apparently refers to either yachting or naked women. For shame, Oakland airport gifty shop with the generic name, for shame!
Actually, the world is not yet ready for that story. When you’re cleared for the Giant Rat of Sumatra come back and tell us and we’ll reconsider.
But we can reliably inform you that on the eve of our beloved yamlet’s visit, bad nasty terrrristes may or may not have tried again to blow up […]