Archive for December 14th, 2008

And all because I asked a simple question about having post counts next to the months in my archive. Thanks to @sarahcooley pointing me in the right direction, not only did I accomplish said desire to have those post counts, but I learned how useful widgets can be *and* got to clean up some stuff at strange cousin susan.

Now = dinner and another god-awful Tegan-heavy Doctor Who serial, “Snakedance.” The only reasons I’m keeping on with this one are 1) Peter Davison is *so* cute; 2) Nyssa is *so* cute, her seersucker dress notwithstanding; and 3) Brian Miller has a part and I must know what this guy looks like because of that fangirl thing I’ve got for Mrs. Brian Miller.

Is it just me or did Chris O’Dowd (Roy) look a bit different, a little nipped and tucked round the eyes this season? Did Katherine Parkinson (Jen) lose weight? Well, I don’t care on either account. They’re just as funny as ever and Moss is funnier, if that’s even remotely possible.

I normally don’t peruse msnbc.com at all, but when there are so many sites blocked at work and because I don’t know if the Elders of the Internet at the fracktory keep track of how many blocked sites are approached and subsequently denied, I keep quiet and accept my lot in life: an old version of IE and msnbc.com.

Sometimes I’m glad I don’t have much choice. Case in point:

Gadgets that make you look like a jerk
Sometimes tech makes you appear hip, assertive and dynamic, it can just as easily make you look like an utter pain.  So, before you rush out to buy Apple’s new laptop or BlackBerry’s new Storm, check out these high profile gadgets you might look cooler without.

And is it just me, projecting my intense dislike of IE in general (tabbed or not, I still despise it), but does it seem that IE doesn’t connect to web sites consistently and freezes up more than it should? And what’s with the frackin’ requirement to type in the www before a URL for that damnable piece of crap to recognize it as such?

“. . . And during the few moments that we have left . . . We want to talk right down to earth in a language that everybody here can easily understand.”

Look into my eyes, what do you see?
Cult of personality
I know your anger, I know your dreams
I’ve been everything you want to be
I’m the cult of personality
Like Mussolini and Kennedy
I’m the cult of personality
Cult of personality
Cult of personality
Cult of personality

Neon lights, a Nobel prize
The mirror speaks, the reflection lies
You don’t have to follow me

Only you can set me free
I sell the things you need to be
I’m the smiling face on your t.v.
I’m the cult of personality

I exploit you, still you love me
I tell you one and one makes three
I’m the cult of personality
Like Joseph Stalin and Gandhi
I’m the cult of personality
Cult of personality
Cult of personality
Cult of personality

Neon lights, a Nobel prize
A leader speaks, that leader dies
You don’t have to follow me
Only you can set you free

You gave me fortune
You gave me fame
You me power in your god’s name
I’m every person you need to be
I’m the cult of personality

“Ask not what your country can do for you…”

“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”

© Living Colour 1989

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