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That sounds exactly like a good christmas! It also sounds completely in line with Tim Minchin's new christmas song "White Wine in the Sun" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCNvZqpa-7Q)
...and now I sound like a creepy sales person, but I promise I'm not!
Commented Dec 23, 2009 on From the Vault: surrounded by the joy of the season at WWdN: In Exile
From the Vault: surrounded by the joy of the season
In December of 2001, Anne I were really struggling financially. It had already been a pretty lousy year, as far as work went, and after September 11th, things only got worse. As Christmas got closer, it was clear that we simply couldn't afford to put many things under the tree for our kids, let...
Speaking of comics:
See? All right thinking people loved Wesley and chalked up any annoying behaviour to writers and idiot 'grown-ups'
http://www.leasticoulddo.com/comic/20080130
Commented Feb 2, 2008 on real programmers at WWdN: In Exile
real programmers
In addition to being really funny, the latest xkcd is rather timely. I was a vi or vim guy when I needed to use a text editor (that's how I did most of the original WWdN updates, via ssh back in the old days,) and my standard line to give emacs fanboys was, "Emacs? Yeah, I've tried to use it, ...
Wil Wheaton, you are fabulous.
Commented Jun 27, 2007 on Radio Free Burrito: Episode Nine at WWdN: In Exile
Radio Free Burrito: Episode Nine
Inspired by Goldfinger (the movie, not the band) and alone and a little bored in an empty house while my family is away, I decided to do a special episode of Radio Free Burrito. This is entirely a music show, playing Exotica, Easy Listening, and Lounge Music from Comfort Stand Records, which i...
If you soak the pasta in the dye and dry it in a slow oven or if you paint it when it's hard, it might not break so easily.
Commented Mar 25, 2007 on Do not try this at home at Jumping Monkeys
Do not try this at home
I'm not crafty. But that doesn't keep me from trying. Last week I got the grand idea to dye little pieces of pasta so that the kids could string them into necklaces. Have you ever in your life seen prettier pasta? Annabella really enjoyed stringing the pasta onto necklaces. While Milo and Hu...
I'm glad you're enjoying your weather, Wil.
And I'd like to take this opportunity to remind everyone that they are free to move if they really don't like the climate they live in.
Don't tell me "I can't move." You choose not to move.
(I also know that you all know that and just enjoy bitching about your weather)
(I'm sorry. I worked in a gas station. I have **so** little tolerance for weather complaints that I have threatened my friends with violence if they ever use weather as a conversation topic.)
Commented Feb 19, 2007 on in which i put a new post at the top of the page at WWdN: In Exile
in which i put a new post at the top of the page
I think Thursday's post is the most heavily-commented in months, and according to my stats, pulled in about 40K page views, also the most in months. So I guess I should talk about the weather more, huh? Well, I would . . . but it's 75 again today, and it's just not right to stay indoors. I think...
I liked your geek list. I needed to get a gift for someone I didn't know and your list made that possible. Who wouldn't want a mini catapult?
Commented Dec 8, 2006 on the air was crisp like sunny late winter days at WWdN: In Exile
the air was crisp like sunny late winter days
Good morning from San Francisco, where the cable cars are running about 1/2 a block from my hotel. Though my open window, I can hear the occasional ringing of their bells, which would probably lose its novelty after a week, but for one day is really charming and cool. Commence pre-coffee rambli...
I don't even play video games (I want to be a geek but I just can't get it right. I'll settle for loving them) and I love GoOL. I read them whenever you link to it.
Commented Oct 3, 2006 on another brick in the wall at WWdN: In Exile
another brick in the wall
Begin brain dump: If you've been following the news at all, it will be no surprise that I'm very busy today blogging at CardSquad. I'm also writing for a new ACME show, which I'll have details on in the future. The story is not that Mark Foley is a disgusting pervert. The story is that Mark F...
Is this old and people were holding out on me? (I know that it's more the style of the mid-nineties, but they were my eighties)
http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2685718
Commented Apr 6, 2006 on some cinderella kid at WWdN: In Exile
some cinderella kid
I ended up watching a few minutes of VH1 Classic before I fell asleep last night, and, uh, i kind of watched this crazy old video of Kenny Loggins. It was totally rad, with the whites blowing out and the occasional old VHS noise, and the slightly greenish skin tones. He was playing an outdoor c...
I don't get it. I get that Nolan rocks. I don't get the "here's your sign". Am I slow or did I miss something?
Commented Mar 9, 2006 on not what you expected to see at WWdN: In Exile
not what you expected to see
Anne just told me this: "Last night, I walked down the hallway, past Nolan's room. I looked in, and saw that he was in his bed, with the light off, snuggled up next to Riley [who sleeps on his bed -- all 47 pounds of her.] "I said, 'Hey, pookie, are you going to sleep?' "He looked up at me, and ...
I'm going to third Montana Girl and MattSch. The Order of the Stick is what we in "the biz" call a good time. Don't ask me what biz, though. I'm not sure. I just said that so you'd think I was cool. *hangs head in mock shame*
Commented Dec 15, 2005 on WWdN Poker Game Schedule Changes at WWdN: In Exile
WWdN Poker Game Schedule Changes
After two awesome months, I'm moving the WWdN Friday game at PokerStars to Tuesday, where it will henceforth be known as "The WWdN Friday Game On Tuesday." Just kidding. It will be "The WWdN: [Donkey who outdrew me because I am so awesome] Invitational." I'm moving it to Tuesdays in anticipation...
I didn't know that WWdN was worth $1,639,988.70. I don't really understand how, but bravo, Mr. Wheaton. Well played.
(Source: http://pixelscribbles.com/journal/2005/10/whats-your-blog-worth.html)
Commented Oct 31, 2005 on REVIEW: Dawn of the Dead documentaries at WWdN: In Exile
REVIEW: Dawn of the Dead documentaries
My call for the movie today isn't until 4:30, so I watched the documentary disc of Dawn of the Dead: The Ultimate Edition. Here's my quick review: There are four features on this disc, but the two documentaries, "The Dead Will Walk" and "Document of the Dead" make it required viewing for any ser...
Because of: "This creates a situation in which ordinary events like earthquakes and hurricanes become increasingly elevated to the level of natural disasters that reap heavy losses in human life and property."
I will have a job the second I graduate. Applied Disaster and Emergency Studies. For me, the only way to go.
Commented Oct 18, 2005 on some perspective at WWdN: In Exile
some perspective
The earthquake in Pakistan was really hard for me to wrap my head around. I mean, I've lived with earthquakes my entire life, and I've lived through some really huge and terrifying ones, but nothing that even begins to approach the magnitude (pardon the pun) of the Pakistan quake earlier this mo...
On another short note, some people from my hometown made this short. It's good but it's 10 minutes so download and watch in your spare time. It is good though.
Commented Oct 4, 2005 on a vote for greg is a vote for freedom, kittens, unicorns, flowers, apple pie, and the american way of life at WWdN: In Exile
a vote for greg is a vote for freedom, kittens, unicorns, flowers, apple pie, and the american way of life
My friend and fellow ACME-ite Greg Benson is one of the funniest people I've ever had the pleasure of knowing. If you saw ACME Love Machine, Greg played Dave in my William's Tell sketch, and he also wrote and played the title character in Let's Gab with Saul Bernstein. He has a production com...
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