Federal workers being unpaid, national parks closing, flu vaccines not being tracked: these are some of the many consequences of the federal government’s being shut down. Despite Newt Gingrich’s pledge, the National Zoo’s Panda Cam, which was deemed “non-esssential,” has gone dark. Continue reading
procrastination
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Tomorrow is the deadline for filing your 2011 taxes in the US. Maybe you owe money and dread writing that check. Or maybe you just realized that you never got your W-2.
Really though, if you haven’t filed by now you might as well just send in an extension and go back to whatever Master of Procrastination activity you’ve been doing for the last three months. If you’re bound and determined to get them done today; Go, get off the internet, what are you doing here? For everyone else, here is a game. Rewrite the tax code. How would you make it “fair”. Also or alternately what would you fund or defund?
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I am just opening this so people can stay in touch in the comments if Gawker goes down. I am currently hunting around for news on this. Can I ask that people not post live links in the comments? Let’s keep this place below the radar.
This is so much more interesting than doing my laundry.
Jokes are in the Alt Text.
Dance Break:
Wait, are we sure she isn’t on 4chan?
Sitting in front of the computer for long periods is bad for you…
For Adrian:
For Swifter:
Gnosis seems like a really lame name. Can’t they come up with something with a little sass.
More suspects:
Oh Christ, now we’re at this:
They Have All Our Bases!!!
I returned to my apartment home roughly 4.5 hours ago following a car trip from Texas back to home sweet California. I’ve been up since 5 AM PST, and am too tired to think straight, let alone write a paper. So here are things you can do, should you ever find yourself in just this situation.
1.Write a totally useless blog post
3. Have you ever heard of grooveshark? Well, now you have.
4. Do you know what StumbleUpon is? Well, now you do!
5. Did you know that it’s Cyber Monday, the online shopping companion to Black Friday? Well, now you do! So, go to Amazon and get some cheap(ish) DVDs.
6. Facebook stalk your cute TA from freshman year.
7. Have a good cry.
8. Stand in front of your oven to warm up a bit.
9. Maybe tomorrow.
Instead of typing up and distributing the notes from my monthly meeting with my Director, I drew a target on the whiteboard across from my desk and I am flinging tiny farm animals at it using my desktop trebuchet. The only way this could be better is if I was wearing a helmet. This helmet:
