QOTD: Fifty Years From Now

purplefutureDo you ever turn on one of the rerun channels on TV and gawp at the way things used to be? Shows filmed in the 1960’s and 1970’s have a bevy of corded telephones, stay at home wives and casual racism. Such a wide range of straight white people on the TV back then. Even the degenerate, heroin-addicted criminals on Dragnet look so clean-cut, the men always wearing collared shirts and dress shoes and women in dresses and heels with a big poufy do.

Now let’s say the year is 2063. What about today’s culture (movies, television, pop songs, web videos, Internet memes, lifestyles) do you think will be passe, trite, cliched and past their prime? I have a few guesses. Continue reading →

This Penny Arcade Job Posting Is Everything Wrong With IT Jobs

Recently Penny Arcade, Inc. posted a help wanted ad for a system administrator. I’ve been working in IT for eight years, and I’ve seen some job postings with outlandish experience and certification requirements with unreasonable job responsibilities for a staggeringly low amount of pay, but this posting takes the cake. Continue reading →

Thanksgiving Recipe Swap Open Thread

ThanksgivingIt’s that time of year again, Thanksgiving. Family. Food. Some would even call it fun.

Let’s use this thread to discuss what we’re all serving. Swap some recipes. Maybe even share a memory or two about your favorite Thanksgivings of the past. Or make up something about a future Thanksgiving. Continue reading →

Schmidt’s Top Eight Greatest Jewish Quotes

MaxGreenfieldWhether he’s filling his party bus with kosher yogurt (kosher yog) or naming his unborn child in honor of the little-known rabbi Menachem Menandel Schmerson (I hear he was based out of Philadelphia), New Girl‘s Schmidt is constantly coming up with Jewish one-liners funny enough to make you laugh until you’re verklempt. As Schmidt would say, “I’m like a sexual snowflake. Each night with me is like a unique experience.” In honor of Chanukah, here’s a list of Schmidt’s 8 Greatest Jewish Quotes, one to make each night of Chanukah a unique experience.

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