Suck it, ASCII.

Unicode > ASCII on the web – Boing Boing Gadgets

I really do believe it’s time for zombies to re-enter the mainstream imagination and be rehabilitated (or, I guess, habilitated) in the fashion of vampires and, lately, werewolves. If people who suck blood and turn really hairy once a month can be not only heroic but hot, then I don’t see a major impediment. One of my long-backburnered projects (or, rather, intermittently back- and front-burnered over several years) has to do with this; I guess at some point I may return to it. Anyway, I have a new catch-phrase for this pro-zombie movement:

Bringing sexy back
From the dead

Cute idea. My current neighborhood has a score of 86.

What’s your Walk Score? – Slashfood

Frankly, chickens are the one animal I just can’t bring myself to care about, except inasmuch as I am frightened by the idea that an entity as stupid as a chicken can survive, even in captivity.

The Honest Hypocrite: Today, May 4 is International Respect for Chickens Day

Saw the movie—first time I made a point of seeing a movie when it opened in a while. I had pretty high hopes for this thing, and I also had some concerns, and I have to say, on the whole, I was pretty impressed.

Of course, I’m not a super-critical judge of the adaptation, because I don’t really have detailed memories of the contents of the comics. I do have a sort of generic fond feeling, though; Iron Man is one of the two comics I have concrete memories of reading as a kid, the other being Silver Surfer.

Which I realized today is kind of interesting. These are two characters defined by their alienation, their participation in mass destruction, and their shiny metal exterior.

You know, I was pretty screwed up as a kid. As opposed to know, when I’m a framed picture of mental health…

That would be so hot. Man, I would buy that like three times maybe four.

DVD rumors: a 10th anniversary set for Sports Night? – TV Squad

I have something the crap out of which you must absolutely listen to. You should just go ahead and do that know, before I explain it a way that makes it not seem funny, which I am about to do…

Now. If you’re one of those people who listens to Macbreak Weekly not because they like or use Macintosh computers, but because they enjoy it when Merlin Mann makes irrelevant comedic statements, then this is the podcast for you. It’s basically Macbreak Weekly without the content, and with three Merlin Manns, or perhaps I should say, with three Merlin Menn. Oh, and they say, “fuck.”

The humor is so dry, you’ll probably need to get yourself some lotion when you listen to it. Which just makes sense. It is on the internet, after all.

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