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Re: Giveaway: Short Run Card Gift Cards worth $350 – 3 Winners (Closed)

siva — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 09:46:09 -0000

Very cool!

Re: piquant

siva — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:34:19 -0000

The walls in the pictures sure don't look pink...? Maybe the bedspread.
Was the entire book about pink? What a fun research assignment that must have been. Is there another book about blue?

Re: Bershon: A facial expression of distaste, disdain, sulkiness, exasperation, or all four simultaneously. Whatever.

siva — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 23:51:06 -0000

PS. Not to imply that your Bershoning is sulky. :)

Re: Bershon: A facial expression of distaste, disdain, sulkiness, exasperation, or all four simultaneously. Whatever.

siva — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 23:48:21 -0000

Hahaha I think they mean LITTLE little kids. Though it's true that my sister was not always cooperative with photos when she was younger, I doubt she was expressing the total "whatever" attitude of a true sulky teen...?

I don't think I ever Bershoned. I did intentionally ruin pictures by making wacky faces. A childish act of outward destruction, rather than a teenaged withdrawal into the self.

Re: I don’t know why I love it, but I do. It’s really...

siva — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 23:39:33 -0000

I know!!! You should read the Tiger Beatdown about this interview.

EDIT: Aaand I totally wrote a post about it.

Re: piquant

siva — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:06:06 -0000

:O
What a terrible influence you are.

But dude, I haven't watched anything for the past three weeks! Been reading instead, hooray. And baking. (Making pumpkin pie tomorrow. Come over post-Tap and try some.)

Re: “Oxford Comma” by Vampire Weekend, which Christian...

siva — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:22:22 -0000

Christian Lander is from Riverdale. Stuff White People Like is actually Stuff Upper Middle Class Torontonians Like. DOESN'T IT ALL MAKE SENSE NOW?

Re: Magic Potion from d.billy, the guy who brought you...

siva — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 01:32:10 -0000

Shoooot. Thanks!
You posted this a really long time ago, do you remember?

Re: A writer is a person for whom writing is more...

siva — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 20:55:17 -0000

Hahaha thanks for the clarifying email. I would have known it was you either way, though :)

Re: Did Judas deserve this fate? If Jesus informs you...

siva — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 01:02:53 -0000

Jill! I have never seen it! But I looked it up on Youtube and his voice IS fantastic.

Re: mills baker - I regretted not being able to see any JMW Turner...

siva — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:37:37 -0000

I can't believe I never noticed that Homer didn't call the sea blue! Thank you for this post. I'm particularly fascinated by how culture informs language informs perception informs culture. Have you heard about the Pirahã people? "Inspired by Sapir’s cultural approach to language, he hypothesized that the tribe embodies a living-in-the-present ethos so powerful that it has affected every aspect of the people’s lives. Committed to an existence in which only observable experience is real, the Pirahã do not think, or speak, in abstractions—and thus do not use color terms, quantifiers, numbers, or myths."

Re: Jack July - By acting as coincidence detectors, neurons of the...

siva — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 22:22:25 -0000

I have decided not to rankle my more sensitive religious friends by posting my answer to your question on my own Tumblr. But I do find it interesting that creationism advocates never seem to notice the obvious contradictions between Genesis 1 and 2, which include discrepancies about whether humans came first or animals did, as well as the following. According to Genesis 1, God created sea animals and birds together on the fifth day, but according to Genesis 2, he only created pretty or helpful birds and land animals for Eden. The sea creatures must have come afterwards, when he was brooding.

Re: Is this series by Jordan Beckham meant to show the...

siva — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:08:06 -0000

Sad Panda made my day. But why, in both cases, are there pictures of them with their masks off? I don't want to see that they're real people! Sheesh.

Re: The Great Sperm Race

siva — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:05:12 -0000

Oh I definitely think it looks great! I want to watch it for sure. I almost wish it'd been a reality show competition instead of a scripted "documentary". Can you imagine?

Re: piquant

siva — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 03:58:07 -0000

Hahahaha I'm so sorry about the capslock! At least searching for it led me to this :)

Re: piquant

siva — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 00:23:04 -0000

Ben informs me that Big Foot: Me Write Book is itself a sequel to In Me Own Words: The Autobiography of Big Foot. Dude definitely knows how to market himself.

Re: “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart” covered by Ol’ Dirty...

siva — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:48:27 -0000

I called you twice today specifically to ask about this comment!

Re: This American Life’s Ira Glass talks about that...

siva — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 20:26:55 -0000

It's where we all are, I think.

Re: completely and totally bewildered- dashedlines: artificialcinnamon: ...

siva — Mon, 18 May 2009 19:28:40 -0000

She (well, her mother, Anne) is on Vimeo and Tumblr. Plenty more stories where that came from!

Re: completely and totally bewildered- piquant: Maidenform Bra ad from 1953 (via Vintage...

siva — Sat, 16 May 2009 21:10:42 -0000

Totally charming! I'm serious. There are so many things to enjoy about it: flying tigercubs, catching them with butterfly nets, long gloves, the darling hat and matching skirt, the pointy/"natural" bra. Always wondered why that went out of style.

Re: Comprehensive list of introductory books

siva — Thu, 14 May 2009 22:58:23 -0000

Hmmm I don't think Phil Gyford (who compiled the list) called it comprehensive. I think that was added by the Tumblr user Binary. I'll change it now.

Re: If you’re innocent, I’m your best man. But if...

siva — Wed, 06 May 2009 21:57:03 -0000

Well I'm a philanthropist, in the classical (lazier) sense of the word. People are lovely! I'm glad Mr. T showed you the way. You might also enjoy Shaq's Twitter.

Re: i’m taking your lack of posts on [Facebook] AND...

siva — Wed, 06 May 2009 21:42:57 -0000

Glad you liked it! I agree with it completely about the devaluation of close friendships nowadays. Why does the word "roommate" make us think "university" (or at least "20something")? Seems strange that so many people associate adulthood independence with isolation.

Re: completely and totally bewildered- gpoyw. i looked really sad in every picture i...

siva — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 11:43:26 -0000

Love that story! Poor little Earth girl.

Re: serendipity - Our barbecue works! It makes fire and it has...

siva — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 23:05:21 -0000

You have commenting now?? When did this happen? I'm so pleased!
Anyway, I just wanted to say that the only other example of a solid-seeming ghost that immediately comes to mind is Denny on Grey's, and that was only because Izzie had a brain tumour and I hope you don't have a brain tumour, Chiara.