Silly Site o' the Day

Spent much of the weekend doing household chores because, hey, we're part of that pesky 99% that the 1% is trying their damndest to ignore or worse. Like Mitt Romney, for instance. Via BoingBoing, you can now go to this calculator at Slate to determine how long it takes Romney to earn your annual salary, and also find out how long it would take you to make what he made two years ago. That second number? It'll be a few hundred years for most of you.

Silly Site o' the Day

Not really a silly site, but an infographic on how the movie industry is Wrong Again, by the brilliant and insightful Anne Rhodes:



I love this graphic not only because of all the good info it contains all in one place so you can see the patterns of wrongness, but because it takes up so much room on my page so it looks like I've been blogging more. :) Via Neil Gaiman, Wil Wheaton and probably lots of others.

Silly Site o' the Day

With Oscar season well underway, let's take a look at how things would be if the posters for this year's nominated movies told the truth behind their campaigns. Via BoingBoing.

Silly Site o' the Day

Well, that was two horrid days of limping, followed by a 30+ second calf cramp this morning, but my foot appears better now. Science! Spoeaking of which, I love Ape Lad's Questionable Table of Elements:



If you haven't been following Ape Lad's feline meanderers in Laugh-Out-Loud Cats, you really should, it's getting all nicely surreal of late.

Silly Site o' the Day

It's been a hell of a couple of days physically, as I suddenly started feeling intense pain in my right foot and can't really put weight on it. Makes for a fun commute! Took a shower fairly early whilst I could still stand, and my eyes have been burning ever since. Could be worse, they could be eyebombs (via The Mary Sue)...

Silly Site o' the Day

Here you go, this year's State of the Union Drinking Game, the one that's not on Huffington "Bloggers Don't Get Paid Here Even Though Arianna's Rolling In It" Post. How'd you do? We were too busy watching our DVR'ed Sherlock Holmes episode, the Baskerville one, which (alas) I actually figured out about an hour before the titular character did. I think I need a drinking game for that.

Silly Site o' the Day

Happy Chinese New Year! To celebrate, let's see some Taiwanese-animation style Stephen Colbert Super-PAC stuff, shall we?:



Via the Comedy Central blog. Speaking of which, back to The Daily Show!

Silly Site o' the Day

Well, I was a good girl and read or skimmed through a fair number of blog posts today, bringing my unread total down to an almost-manageable 600 or so. Alas, another work week begins so I don't know if I can keep pace, but hey, at least I didn't encounter any wacky Russian 404 error pages (via BoingBoing)...

Silly Site o' the Day

Looking at this Gawker collection of students' (and teachers'!) reactions to Wikipedia going dark the other day (via Arthur), I wonder if it's for real and people who rely on the 'pedia for their homework assignments and essays are really as stupid as you'd expect the 'pedia-reliant to be, or if it isn't a hoax. Rob's money is on the latter, but you know, nobody ever went broke underestimating, etc. etc. (look it up)...

Silly Site o' the Day

First of all, happy 40th birthday, Laura! I may not blog as prolifically as I used to, but that doesn't mean I can't celebrate Pen-Elayne's crack techie, my "blog-daughter" and friend! Here's looking at you, kid! Oh, and speaking of old movies, here's one for your husband:



Speaking of computer things, Robin tells me Apple's market share is now worth more than the entire country of Greece, and pointed me to this Tumblr site listing other Things Apple Is Worth More Than. They're certainly worth more than our household income... like, for the rest of our lives!