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Re: State Data Show Uber and Lyft Drivers Were Involved in Over 1,000 Crashes in the City of Boston Last Year

matt — Fri, 23 Sep 2022 06:50:25 -0000

An article like this has to include what proportion of miles traveled in the city were Uber&Lyft trips in order to interpret 1 out of 4 crashes. Is that higher than expected? Sounds likely but without the proper reference data I can't say for sure.

Re: http://pullingthingsapart.com/post/3515437811

matt — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 11:24:22 -0000

Congratulations!

Re: http://pullingthingsapart.com/post/2859751416

matt — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 16:56:07 -0000

i believed it right through "where yer nuts hang" and the belch, but "bunghole"? REALLY, MR. PRESIDENT?

Re: http://islandupdate.tumblr.com/post/495636688

matt — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 09:16:07 -0000

amazing to see him imitate like that! his mirror neurons must be well developed :-)

seems like every time i check in he's growing and progressing more quickly.

Re: http://islandupdate.tumblr.com/post/432578987

matt — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:52:40 -0000

now that's awesome... that little circular arm wave and then BLAM! like he's putting a spell on me! then he looks at his hand like, "why didn't that work?"

Re: http://islandupdate.tumblr.com/post/439007263

matt — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:49:39 -0000

i like how he uses the spoon as a riding crop.

Re: http://islandupdate.tumblr.com/post/357134643

matt — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:46:18 -0000

wow, i haven't laughed that hard at an internet video since charlie bit my finger. "crawling" lessons? looks like something else to me... But the best part is the look on your face, Graham, right at the very end. You shake your head and are like "ummm, i have NO IDEA why he's about to start crying. no idea."

Re: Alexander in Eleuthera

matt — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 14:10:18 -0000

nice pants, uncle nick!

Re: the ragbag - vote for pedro voting day is here at last! in...

matt — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:31:50 -0000

sorry Fyllok, i ran out of inspiration/had stuff to attend to. bad alphabetical order luck for you.

but to prove i am not spam:
Fyllok. Pro: sounds like Frylock. Con: therefore might be mistaken for a terrorist attack. http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

Re: the ragbag - vote for pedro voting day is here at last! in...

matt — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:36:38 -0000

For those still having trouble choosing, some thoughts from my brain:

Faff. Pro: fun to say out loud. Con: already used in UK with opposite meaning (although this could also be seen as a pro.)

Famble. Pro: might actually be used in conversation. Con: very close to words with similar meanings (mumble, ramble…).

Fash. Pro: sounds like it's short for fashion(ista). Con: sounds like it's short for fascist. ("She's such a fash." Is she a fashionista, a fascist, or a turnip top? Hint: context.)

Featlet. Pro: ? Con: useless.

Feer. Pro: conjures wonderful childhood memories. Con: sadly, i don't do much leaping forwards these days.

Ferly. Pro: awesome. Con: as with several other options, rarity of usage reduces likelihood of successful reintroduction to the common lexicon.

Flantum etc. Pro: actually using it in conversation will make people think you've gone mad. Con: actually using it in conversation will make people think you've gone mad.

Flippering. Pro: actually fills a hole in the lexicon. Con: already means something else ("and with that, my sister's goldfish flippered its way down the drain.")

Flizzen. Pro: actually fills a hole in the lexicon. Con: ?

Done. (What, I have actual shit to do!)

Re: Time Waster

matt — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:49:43 -0000

best part of that story is the other story cited, of the burglar who checked his facebook profile from the victim's computer and forgot to log out when he left?!?!
http://www.journal-news.net...
HAHAHAHAHA

Re: the ragbag - how i became a famous novel reviewer a very good...

matt — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:52:11 -0000

This sounds cool, and might end up being the first book I read through a blogging recommendation. Allow me to return the favor and suggest something that sounds like it might be up your alley: an acquaintance of mine has just published his first novel, "The Selected Works of T. S. Spivet," by Reif Larsen. I haven't read it yet, just picked it up this weekend, but I think it's about a child prodigy mapmaker, and it's got a jacket blurb by Stephen King so it must be decent.

Re: poor taste

matt — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:19:26 -0000

dave brubeck was asked in an interview on NPR recently why he wrote this song in 5/4 time, and he basically said "because it's hard," and the next question was "why is it hard," and he said "because everyone learns to play in 4/4." which makes me laugh, and think that he's probably getting sick of that question...
but it's interesting to see how he and his group took that odd time signature and made something lovely and beautiful out of it, whereas radiohead picked it i think because it helped create a discomforting, disorienting mood. anyway, putting the two together was bound to happen, and yet genius at the same time.... the whole is greater than the sum of its parts

Re: poor taste

matt — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:04:05 -0000

one wrong: i actually *under*estimated the troops killed in iraq. and apparently that's the Q the most people miss... for which i don't think I blame the people so much as the media. they stopped covering iraq at least a year ago, as soon as the prez campaigns got going.

Re: ragbag mailbag

matt — Tue, 12 May 2009 23:36:28 -0000

"Johnson" is American for "Boring As Hell Last Name, Better Give Your Kid A Kickass First Name, Oh You Didn't Too Bad For Him". I think it has a different definition on urban dictionary tho.

Re: the ragbag - i like the sentiment (and the typography) of this...

matt — Tue, 12 May 2009 23:25:23 -0000

The comma makes me think that it reads, "In addition to consensual intimate etc..., grown ups enjoy reading, also."

Speaking of the Up series (don't recall any gender issues), this seems fascinating (haven't finished reading it yet):
http://www.theatlantic.com/...

Re: eagle rests by the cove

matt — Tue, 12 May 2009 23:06:36 -0000

It's not a book, but I recall this New Yorker article on Fuller to be entertaining and informative.
http://www.newyorker.com/re...

Re: I am bringing back the barter system.

matt — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 23:58:13 -0000

trader.

Re: the ragbag - crack books at some point during a recent road...

matt — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 09:51:41 -0000

My personal simple rule: life's too short for Dickens. I started Great Expectations like three times and stopped due to boredom each time. Same holds for Moby Dick and Frankenstein, and having forced myself to finish The Idiot, I now have a similar prejudice against all the Russians. (They don't call 'em Russian novels for nuthin.)

On the other hand, there's no excuse for not reading Grapes of Wrath, Farenheit 451, Animal Farm, or Vonnegut. Any one of them will take you a single weekend and will be awesome, srsly. My crack book list currently dominated by more Steinbeck, Faulkner, and I wanna try the Crying of Lot 49...

Re: poortaste

matt — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 11:24:39 -0000

is that the first recorded death by thc overdose?

Re: My favorite feeling

matt — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 23:10:33 -0000

i used to see guys at urinals with their belts and top buttons completely open and wonder what the hell was wrong with them, until i got a pair of jeans with a button fly and realized how much easier they are to unbutton if you just start all the way up at the top.

Re: the onomasticon, part the second

matt — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 21:44:31 -0000

I had to look another one up:
Ayn Rand - rhymes with "mine"

Re: miscellaneous epiphanies

matt — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 18:25:41 -0000

words over which my darling wife has had similar epiphanies (definitely a subset):

Teetotaler is pronounced TEE-totaler, not tee-tow-TAILOR. (wikipedia has the interesting etymology)

Emeritus is pronounced ee-MARE-i-tus, not EM-er-EYE-tus (which makes it sound like a disease).

And there was a movie out a few years ago called The Machinist. Hint: he works with machines, but he doesn't Mack on girls at parties.

Re: blurred vision in a time of blindness

matt — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 00:53:49 -0000

your succinct description prompted me to repost it at musebin.com, a website of 1-line music reviews that you might be interested in. or not. either way. cheers.

Re: poortaste

matt — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 14:29:20 -0000

he needs to go to ikea and get hisself a table