Administrivia (n): 1. Data that, though it serves no obvious purpose, is nonetheless deemed necessary by the ruling faction - especially when it comes to getting said faction to hand over money. 2. Excessive red tape, above and beyond the call of duty. Most usually defined by queries as to the number of tattoos on obscure relatives, and their nature or genre. 3. Paperwork that can be safely ignored until someone yells at you for not filling it out.
Challenge #00108: One Fine Day in a Ren Faire near Bayville
You’ll have to forgive my uncle, sir. He has a very unique sense of humor which involves not being funny.
Since she wasn’t riding horses, today’s costume was that of a paige. She was too tall and not chesty enough for the typical wench and the material still hadn’t come through for her chatelaine outfit, it was either a paige or a time traveller and people tended to be hostile to the latter.
Sara
Read more »The Archive of Moronic Ideas (Or: Proof I constantly Nightblog)
I get ideas all the time. Some of them are pretty damn whack, but also shiny to the degree that my muse keeps picking the goldurn things up.
So I figured I might as well put them here in the hopes that someone will do something intelligent with them.
Jesus in America
(Yeah this is not going to get me burned at the stake) Not the blonde-haired, blue-eyed jee-zuss favoured by the right-wing loudmouths. The brown-skinned Jewish boy with novel ideas about
Read more »Challenge #00107: One Fine Day in the Computer Lab
Old software engineering joke: “Write your code as if it’ll be read three months later by a homicidal psychotic who knows where you live.”
Spoiler: You know where you live, and will have to read your code three months later, when you’ve forgotten what much of it does.
“Who the hell was the fucktard who wrote this goddamn ugly shitty mess of shitty shit fuck!”
The entire cubicle labyrinth prairie dogged their heads above
Read more »Words that don't exist but should: Scraffle
Scraffle (n): A mixture or conglomeration of both scrattle and shiffraff. e.g., How the hell did my culch box get a wad of scraffle in it?
Read more »Stole this from a book
In days to come, he would reflect upon the premature nature of that thought. He would ponder it, as a sinner pondered the inexplicable actions of an irritated deity. He would wonder if perhaps, by allowing himself to think it, he had angered the God of Perversity, and Murphy, who is His Prophet. It was the only offense he could think of that might have explained what happened next.
(#000106)
He should never have asked, “What could possibly go wrong?”
Read more »Hey there, this is Weirdlet from the old board- I was wondering, did you ever have a recipe for the wondrous porridge that Kurt seemed to...
Sent you the recipes by email. Remember, your mileage may vary.
Read more »Words that don't exist but should: Scrattle
Scrattle (n): small, hard debris that tends to collect in the corners of containers of all varieties. e.g., I went through the scrattle in the bottom of my bag and found $5.98. prefix: techno– accumulated cables, thumb drives, and miscellaneous accessories that never get thrown out because they might return to usefulness once more. e.g., It’s only been one year and my desk drawer is overflowing with technoscrattle.
Read more »betterbemeta: catawampuscreations: kittimaherin: Seems about right to me Yes--quite right. I do not deny this. And here I was...
Seems about right to me
Yes—quite right.
I do not deny this.
And here I was thinking it was an excuse to count and sound like one was plotting murder at the same time ^_^
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Okay, so let's recap:
Boston was blown up.
Texas is on fire.
And now Chicago is sinking into its own basement.
I dunno about the rest of the world, but I think America needs a nap.
Read more »Words that don't exist but should: Shiffraff
Shiffraff (n): Fluff. Specifically, the kind of fluff that not only accrues, but also tends to be prey to every errant breeze in the area. Imagine the unholy spawn of of dust bunnies and tumbleweed. e.g., We got a feather boa in donations and now the entire kindergarten is filled with shiffraff. [origin - Meeyahn.]
Read more »catbountry: WHY DID I NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS CAT BEFORE HER NAME IS TAMAAND SHE'S THE STATIONMASTER AT A TRAIN STATION IN JAPANSHE GREETS ALL...
WHY DID I NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS CAT BEFORE
HER NAME IS TAMA
AND SHE’S THE STATIONMASTER AT A TRAIN STATION IN JAPAN
SHE GREETS ALL THE PASSENGERS
AND SHE HAS HER OWN OFFICE
AND SHE’S PAID IN CAT FOOD
AND SHE IS AN EXECUTIVE OF A RAILROAD STATIONAND LOOK AT HER
the trains are decorated with cartoon versions of her since she’s their mascot as well
Japan is a nation comprised entirely of cat people.
I
Read more »Imperial China... Dragons?
Imperial China. They actually had royal dragon caretakers on the payroll. Logic says that this was due to them either having actual dragons (read: dinosaurs), or the Emperor had done off the deep end again. If they really did have dinosaurs they were almost certainly plant eaters … but that doesn’t allow us to imagine T-Rex cavalry fighting alongside stupidly large infantry armies, and that should be it’s own goal.
(#00105)
[AN: Given the nature of actual Chinese
Read more »Patience
At some point, someone (Sara? Somebody in your own setting?) defines Patience.
Patience, noun: the state of having too many witnesses.
(#00104)
“We reviewed the evidence and personal testimonies,” said the brown-robed Archivaas. “And we thought we might work with you to.. re-evaluate history’s view of Ernest Hackmeyer.”
“That plagiaristic bastard can go rot in fire,” Shayde said cheerily as she poured tea. “Is he goin’ from bafflin’ genius tae scum-suckin&
Read more »Sic Transit Gloria Mundi
[Thus go the way of all things, for those who know less Latin than I]
My lunchbox Mac Mini up and died an entire year before its expected expiry date, and now all my fictions are locked up safely in a portable drive until such time as it can be connected to a computer that can handle it.
I’m starting to get really, really pissed off at Apple. $2K minimum for a computer that works fabulously… but when it
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