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Four seasons driveway and patio specialistCertificate of Excellence 2019
High Quality driveway and patio installation and erecting fencing to a very clean and tidy standards
Rails Direct Ltd.Certificate of Excellence 2019
We fabricate bespoke stainless steel balustrade and handrail systems for commercial and domestic installation. Installation itself can also be supplied in certain areas. We can advise on the best system for your needs and all of our products are fabricated from the highest quality British steel to ensure your balustrade or handrail meets all the necessary standards whilst bringing affordable luxury to your home.
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My company garden fencing London are specialist in fencing and garden works from high end red cedar Jacksons fencing systems to standard featheredge closeboard systems we have been serving london and the southeast for many years check our website out
Spyder Creative Limited
Branding & Large Format Printing
Orlando Richards
JJJ Automation Ltd
At JJJ Automation, we can help you with a range of security options including: Automated gates Railings Fencing Steel fabrications Car park barriers Rising bollards CCTV All gates and railings are designed and fabricated in house so we can offer the personal touch and provide our clients with there exact design requirements.
Bluntt Designs
High quality, handmade, bespoke garden/home furnishings.
Eral MetalCertificate of Excellence 2015
We specialize in Structural Work, Metal Gates, Staircases, Railings, Balconies, Balustrades, Stainless Steel ,Metal Cladding, Worktops, Kitchen Canopies & Extraction System, Fresh Air In & Out System. Private designs can vary almost anything can be requested from the team at Eral Metal Works.
020HandymanCertificate of Excellence 2015
We are a seasoned team of quality Tradesmen and operating in London and South East for the past 9 years. We have an experienced and disciplined team who have worked on hundreds of projects from small handyman jobs to larger more complex tasks such as renovations and kitchen installation, building bespoke wardrobes. We pride ourselves on our impeccably high standards and always strive to deliver on time and within budget. Having specialists in Carpentry, Electrical, Plumbing and Painting, 020Handyman provides you with all the necessary support for your domestic and commercial projects. Call us now on 07881 524 592 to discuss how we can help you. 020Handyman quotes are always FREE!
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The Roofing Crew Ltd
LA Welding
A small welding and fabrication company with a passion for anything bespoke. Friendly and affordable service. From stainless steel to aluminium, boat parts to custom clocks to furniture. No job too small or big.
Pro metalworksCertificate of Excellence 2019
Our Bespoke products and services : available in all shapes and sizes : Security gates Pedestrian gates and fences Side gates and fences Window grills Stair case fabrication and installation Powder coating services Repair existing General fabrication Advanced fabrication I beams and plate work General Welding / orbital Coded welding / orbital Barbed wire Juliette balconies Mobile Skip repair Brick work reinforcement angles We also work alongside fair , reliable building contractors. Who undertake all aspects of building . Extensions Loft conversions Land scaping Brick laying Wooden fencing Drive ways The list goes on ! ALL ASPECTS ! We love bringing your visions to life ! Get in contact via email or phone for a free quote . Email : firstname.lastname@example.com Phone : 07491544232 All our bespoke products are powder coated for long life . We place a 5 year gaurantee on this statement !
Inox City Ltd
Bespoke manufacturer & installer of steel & glass products: balustrades, railings, balconies, juliets, canopies and various other custom-made fabrications.
Ferretti Iron and Paintworks Co. Ltd.
We are a family business, founded in 1985 by Father, Lino and now lead by son, Adam. We are a skilled metalwork and paintwork company, specialising in the manufacturing, finishing and installation of bespoke wrought iron products such as gates, railings, balconies, balustrades, staircases and everything metal. We also are accredited in gate automation and have all the necessary skills and training in this bespoke market area. Our products and services are of the highest quality and all of our work is guaranteed. Our commitment to product quality is matched only by our passion for customer service at every stage of our projects and we conduct our business wth the same values as a family. Commitment, passion, care, reliability and pride.
Twenty Four Hour Engineering Ltd
Situated at the heart of the Medway City Estate in Rochester, Kent, Twenty Four Hour Engineering is able to undertake both machining and fabrication to meet your requirements. Founded in 1995, the company occupies over 7,000 sq ft of production space, specialising in one-offs, prototyping and batch manufacturing runs. We are able to work in steel, stainless steel, aluminium and most plastics for machining and steel, stainless, and aluminium for fabrication. In addition we have sheet metal facilities, and custom scrolling machinery for those special gates and grills. Jason Reavell the owner started Twenty Four Hour Engineering Ltd hands on in the workshop fabricating gates and balustrades and has expanded the business over the years to make Twenty Four Engineering what it is today. The business has doubled its work force in the past two years and all of our employees have a wide range of experience in the engineering and fabrication industry. We have a vast range of in house machinery and dedicated divisions, from Sheet Metal, Machining, Structural Steel and Steel Glazing systems, Many of the products we manufacture are powder coated and with endless delays and issues, Jason decided to set up his own powder coating and shot blasting company called JDM Powder Tech Ltd. This started in January 2014 to work in uniform with Twenty Four Hour Engineering Ltd to supply all powder coating requirements which has seen JDM Powder Tech Ltd grow from strength to strength and now has many regular customers. January 2016 saw Twenty Four Engineering Ltd take on a new expansion when Jason purchased Sheet Metal Products Ltd. Moving the machinery and work force into Twenty Four Hour Engineering expanded our client base, our capabilities and workforce. We pride ourselves on the service we offer and have a great friendly team of staff who are always happy to discuss your project at its early stage, helping you through the design to the finished product. Our staff cover years of experience across many industries which has enabled us to combine our knowledge and experiences to work effectively as a team to provide our customers with a really personal service to achieve their expectations.
SM Mobile Welding LTD
SM Mobile welding is a team of metalworkers that working on all sort of metal fabrications and bespoke designs as well have a huge experience on manufacturing retail displays. Mobile Metal welding services available; •'MIG' & 'TIG' welding, •Folding & bending, •Cutting & drilling, •Customised & standard. Workable metals include; •Stainless steel, •Mild steel, •Aluminium, •Brass. 100% committed in making every effort to provide our customers with a quality and professional service, which involves a wide range of metal fabrications and designs. All works are finished to a very high standard, to any specifications, within any required deadlines.
a mobile welding company located in Stevenage and operating from London up to Cambridgeshire. Highly skilled in MMA and MIG techniques. Our work is fully guaranteed and we will not be beaten on any written quotation you may have.
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Hi All we are a 24 hour planned and re active maintenance company specializing in Glazing and locksmith services undertaking installs repairs and replacements. Other services we undertake are property refurbishments i.e painting and decorating kitchens bathrooms partitioning flooring landscaping fencing and much more we offer a very competitive rates. we hope to hear from you soon - Be SURE Have a Fantastic Day!!!
We supply and hire welding and cutting equipment in London and the south east We also have a service department we train and code welders to European standards and witness welding procedures
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Welding & fabrication offers complete manufacturer of railings, balustrade , Staircase, juliet balcony, ctructural steel, Security doors , automatic gates. Welding stainless steel, welding aluminium. And much more
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Opal Fabrication
Opal Fabrication Ltd, can manufacture a wide range of items to your specific requirements. We specialise in the fabrication and forming of projects in Stainless Steel and Aluminium. We can offer a complete metal fabrication package supported by some of the latest manufacturing technology. Our workshop machinery can form and fold sheet and plate up to 12mm in thickness, even Stainless Steel. Our service is complete. We can offer a 24hr service. Cutting service available. Fabrication to your specification. Metal Folding to your specification. Commercial and Private Fabrication. Precision Engineering. Architectural steelwork and renovations. Decorative cladding. Food Industry Stainless specialist. Loading ramps and dock levellers. Safety and Security enclosures. Staircases and platforms. Security doors and fencing Industrial gates and fencings. Wide variety of Ornamental work.
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Bartons Gardening & landscaping
Gardening and landscaping is our passion. From pruning and lawn mowing to fencing and paving; we have the skills and enthusiasm to transform your garden into whatever your vision may be or simply help tidy up and see that it thrives.
Cyril Ernest LandscapesCertificate of Excellence 2019
At Cyril Ernest Landscapes we pride ourselves in supplying a quality service specific to our individual clients needs. We offer a bespoke tailor made package,from the very first meeting to future ongoing projects. Cyril Ernest offers a friendly and knowledgeable landscaping and gardening service and possess the physical skills needed to construct a beautiful open space. Our company provide services in garden design, construction and maintenance. We have over 18 years landscaping and horticultural experience,having achieved degree level qualifications in horticulture. Our award winning team have won many accolades in garden design and construction, and even horticulturist of the year for two consecutive years. When choosing Cyril Ernest you can be secure in the knowledge that your garden is in safe hands, and we strongly believe that "excellence excels from passion".
Blackburn & Co LtdCertificate of Excellence 2019
We are a established company who benefit from third-generation experience within the metalwork industry. With our experience we can provide a competitive and professional standard to meet our customer's requirements. We pride ourselves on providing the best service and providing a service within our customer's budgets.
We manufacture in Commercial Kitchen Fabrication From free site visits all the way though to completed finished restaurants and takeaways. We will deal with the council for planning applications and help through the process. Bespoke any size canopies, ducting, silencers, fans. We also have a new range of ozone machines and esp units with our partner FusionAir. We also can supply sheets of Hygienic PVC Sheets in a variety of colours for you walls.
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Andrew Daniels wrote (June 11) criticizing the condition of the playground at the Highfield Community Center, implying the cost to maintain the playground will be minimal.
Unfortunately that is not the case. There are requirements for a public playground that differ from a backyard play set.
The amount of rubber mulch necessary to satisfy the requirements for this project is cost prohibitive.
Approved wood playground mulch is more economical, but it is not cheap. To be in compliance, we would need 100 cubic yards of mulch, along with Geotech fabric and drainage installed as well as the required labor. The cost would approach $3,000.
The Highfield Community Association receives no government funding and all of the projects we undertake, including the maintenance of the playground, must be paid for on a case-by-case basis.
Unfortunately, there are many competing demands and the playground is currently down on the list. If Daniels looked closely he would see that the putting green also needs maintenance. This area was used by many of our members (me included) and residents of the community, but it is also lower on the priority list. Both the playground and the putting green are routinely vandalized by people who take advantage of our generosity. Frankly, we are growing tired of providing something free of charge to people who do not appreciate it — and then being chastised when it is no longer provided.
The Highfield Community Association had planned to sell some property to the Clement Baseball Academy. It was our intention to use the proceeds from this sale to do necessary maintenance on our facilities. Unfortunately Daniels and several others have been vociferous opponents of the Clement Project and the sale has not occurred.
If Daniels would like to spearhead a fundraising effort dedicated to playground maintenance, I'm sure the board of directors at the Highfield Community Association would be willing to listen to his ideas. Like many other organizations, ours is dependent on volunteer labor. There was a time we could get 30-plus volunteers to show up for a project; now, we are lucky if we get 10. When he spoke to me last year he asked if he could do some work at the playground. I told him it would be not problem, but that was the last I heard from him.
If Daniels and some volunteers who feel strongly about the playground canvassed the Highfield area, they might be able to come up with the necessary funds to maintain the playground. There is no need to stop at my house since I will personally pledge $100 to the cause. Daniels and the people who opposed the Clement facility have spent significantly more than the cost of maintaining the playground opposing the Clement facility. Once they purchase 100 cubic yards of mulch, they can let us know and someone will show them where to dump the mulch.
The board of directors of the Highfield Community Association welcomes the opportunity to discuss this with Daniels any time.

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The full-stage production of Women of Ireland will be held at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 11, in Riceland Auditorium.
The next generation of Ireland's leading female performers will be showcased in the newest addition to the Grand Prairie Center's 2012-2013 performance series.
The full-stage concert production of Women of Ireland will be held at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 11, in Riceland Auditorium.
According to women-of-ireland.com, "the show demonstrates the well of talent that exists within Ireland's traditions of music, song and dance.
"The common theme inherent in all performances is the presentation of the most revered qualities of Ireland's ethnic music which will be transported from the Irish fireside to the international concert hall platform," the website continued.
Grand Prairie Center Director Amanda Holsted said she was first introduced to the production when she attended a Midwest arts conference and met with several entertainers and performers.
Later, Holsted learned Women of Ireland was coming through the region with an open night that needed filled. She said it "fit perfectly with what I envisioned for this year.
"It's something different we've never had before," Holsted said, adding that she has been wanting to bring an Irish show to the center.
The Grand Prairie Center originally had 12 events lined up for its 2012-2013 performance series. Six performances have already occurred, and Holsted said it is "going good" so far.
"Our number has definitely increased over last year's fall numbers," Holsted said. "Of course, we want to bring in more people and we want to grow."
Women of Ireland tickets are $22.50 or $30 on the main floor and $15 in the balcony. To purchase tickets, call the Grand Prairie Center box office at (870) 673-4201 ext. 1895. The box office is open Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. and two hours before any scheduled performance.


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Anatomy of an Election Series: Technology
A review in The New Republic called it "a timely, rare, and valuable attempt to unveil the innovations revolutionizing campaign politics." Journalist Sasha Issenberg spoke about his recently published bookThe Victory Lab: The Secret Science of Winning Campaigns about how today's campaigns are run by teams of technicians using statistics, behavioral psychology and data-mining to determine just how millions of Americans will vote. Issenberg's lecture was the second installment in the "Anatomy of an Election" series.
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Johnson County large animal livestock shows (beef, sheep, swine, dairy, lead line, goat, horse, auction, carcass contest,jackpot show); weigh-ins for beef, sheep, goats, and swine; and committee meetings. Also includes the small animal committee meetings and small animal shows (rabbit, poultry, dog, cat, buck calf).
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Saint Anthony of Padua, Wonder-Worker and Patron of Lost Articles
St. Anthony of Padua is one of the most beloved saints in the Church and one of the most well-known early disciples of St. Francis of Assisi. He was a renowned preacher and worker of miracles during his lifetime, and throughout the eight hundred years since his death he has so generously come to the assistance of the faithful who invoke him, that he is known throughout the world. We celebrate his feast day on June 13.
St. Anthony was born in Lisbon, Portugal in the year 1195 and entered the religious community of the Canons Regular of St. Augustine at the Monastery of Coimbra when he was 15 years old – there he fervently devoted himself to study and prayer. During his formation at Coimbra, some Franciscans moved the area and begged a small space from the Canons Regular. Young Anthony was very struck by their evangelical poverty and simplicity. After members of this early group of Franciscans were brutally martyred in Morocco, Anthony was seized with an intense desire to join them and go to the missions. Moved by their example Anthony begged and petitioned his superiors to release him so he might become a Franciscan. Shortly thereafter his petition was granted and he was received into the small Franciscan community in Coimbra in a simple ceremony.
Anthony's fervent hope to join the Franciscan missions in Africa was never completely fulfilled as the Lord had other plans for him. He became very ill upon arriving in Africa and had to return home to Portugal. A storm diverted his ship and landed on the coast of Sicily – there he took refuge with a group of Franciscans. Henceforward Anthony remained in Italy where he became known for his preaching and as an example to all who encountered him. St. Francis himself gave Anthony the special mission of preaching throughout Italy. The number of those who came to hear him was sometimes so great that no church was large enough to accommodate and so he had to preach in the open air.
Frequently St. Anthony wrought veritable miracles of conversion. Deadly enemies were reconciled. Thieves and usurers made restitution. Calumniators and detractors recanted and apologized. He was so energetic in defending the truths of the Catholic Faith that many heretics returned to the Church.
Once a man, at whose home St. Anthony was spending the night, came upon the saint and found him holding in his arms the Child Jesus, unspeakably beautiful and surrounded with heavenly light. For this reason St. Anthony is often depicted holding the Child Jesus.
In 1227 A. D., St. Anthony was elected Minister Provincial of the friars living in northern Italy. Thus he resumed the work of preaching. Due to his taxing labors and his austere penance, he soon felt his strength so spent that he prepared himself for death. After receiving the last sacraments he kept looking upward with a smile on his countenance. When he was asked what he saw there, he answered: "I see my Lord." One year after his death, Pope Gregory XI proclaimed him a saint. In 1946 he was made a Doctor of the Church and has been given the title "Evangelical Doctor."


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Things to know...
- Garden Tours are free and last approximately 30 mins
- While we don't allow picnics at the farm we are in close proximity to Crump Park
- There is no need for registration, just show up at the farm and check in at the store.
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Michigan Democratic Rep. Jim Townsend, D-Royal Oak, said he is sponsoring legislation that would ban minors from tanning and require tanning salons to pay an annual license fee of $75 and register with the state.
"We have an epidemic of tanning bed use among young people and a rising number of melanoma cases," said Townsend.
Although he acknowledges not all melanoma cases stem from tanning, he said medical evidence shows a link between the two.
Currently, Michigan patrons who are younger than 18 must have a parent's signature on a statement saying they understand the health risks.
Ionia's Day in the Sun Tanning Salon Manager Christine Engel said roughly half of the business' clients are under 18 years old, so the legislation would have an extremely negative affect.
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Townsend said the human body is able to take in positive benefits from sunlight exposure each day, even if the sky is overcast.
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For prescriptions from medical doctors, Townsend said the legislation can establish a provision to treat the situation separate from the law.
Mark Purkey, owner of Jamaican Me Tan in Ionia, said he is also against the proposal to ban underage tanning.
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Purkey said he believes tanning is not hazardous if correct procedures are followed because a tanning salon is a controlled environment for UVA and UVB rays, unlike the outdoors.
The legislation also calls for tanning salons to register with the state and pay an annual license fee of $75. Townsend said the action is necessary to establish a credible system for regular checks by law enforcement and to pay for a proper database.
Ionia High School students Kendell Alcala, 17, and Megan Corey, 16, both tan on a semi-regular basis and said they do not support the proposal.
Corey said she mainly tans for high school dances and to have a base tan when she travels to warmer climates for vacation.
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Townsend said he believes parents who sign the waivers for their children are misinformed by the dangers tanning can cause. He added he believes tanning has become the cultural norm and has positive associations. However, tanning can be emotionally addictive and can end up costing thousands in medical bills if melanoma develops, he said.
Townsend said he believes the ban also would encourage tanning salon owners to create a safer way to achieve the same results, such as carrying products that darken the skin or spray tanning.
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By "trials" they mean having to deal with Eckstein.
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Thursday, October 24, 2013
Comics 1272-1281: Over Nine Thousand Reviews
1273. It's funny because Randy's job is basically producing shitty infographics. F
1274. One of the things I've always thought was absurd about conspiracy theories is they are usually espoused primarily by morons, and if there really is such a huge conspiracy going on, the morons probably wouldn't know about it. (Also, if there were huge conspiracies running the world, the world wouldn't be so terrible.) B-
1276. Noted webcartoonist Randall Munroe once wrote a comic about how shitty infographics are terrible. I concur wholeheartedly. F
1277. The joke here is literally that Ayn Rand's last name is also the first syllable of the word "random." F
1278. Here is a comprehensive list of fucks that I give: (intentionally blank) F
1279. Randall Munroe, observational wizard! F
1280. See also the review for comic 1278. F
1281. Yes, and? F
80 comments:
- AnonymousOctober 24, 2013 at 9:28 PM
No, robisrandal.pngDelete
- AnonymousOctober 24, 2013 at 9:48 PM
So everyone weighs 1 kg huh.Delete
You FOOL. You UTTER FOOL.
Wrong, wrong! You're obviously using the international kilogram in your assessment. Did you not think that Ann was in fact using the Queen's kilogram, as per British tradition? It is a much more elegant unit of measure, equivalent to 62.17 of your international or 'SI' type kilograms. We've been using the Queen's kilogram for hundreds of years, thank you very much. And we'll never change. Fuck the EU!Delete
And don't even get me started on gigabytes in powers of two, or whatever stupid system they're using now. When I was growing up, a gigabyte was not 1024 megabytes. It was 240 furlongs, and to me it will always be that way.Delete
- AnonymousOctober 25, 2013 at 9:28 AM
Curious conversion factor.
Besides, I thought you Brit-fucks used 'onces', 'cloves', 'stones', 'tods' and 'sacks'?
And it's "The Queen's Kilogramme" you ignorant Brit-fuck wannabe!
Britannia has certainly gone to Hades of late. I've just received a letter - in the Post - from The Home Office and the fucker is rife with American spellings!
God help you!
- AnonymousOctober 25, 2013 at 12:24 PM
American spelling is best because it frequently saves U.Delete
I'm just going to leave this here:ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 25, 2013 at 1:09 AM
Rob, I have heard that Jon Levi laughed aloud at 1277. I am so ashamed. I will never suckle from anybody else's teat again. I promise.ReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousOctober 25, 2013 at 9:00 AM
He didn't really laught out loud. He was possessed by Jimmy Carr - the jewish equivalent of SatanDelete
- AnonymousOctober 26, 2013 at 4:36 AM
So Satan expects people to laugh when he delivers lines simply because they are inappropriate, rather than because they had been arranged into something that can be appreciated as a joke? Makes sense, actually.Delete
- AnonymousOctober 25, 2013 at 5:46 AM
"......One of the things I've always thought was absurd about conspiracy theories is they are usually espoused primarily by morons, and if there really is such a huge conspiracy going on, the morons probably wouldn't know about it. (Also, if there were huge conspiracies running the world, the world wouldn't be so terrible.)......"ReplyDelete
We in the 1% ensure that the 'unfortunate truth', when we can no longer 'contain' it, is ALWAYS disseminated through the lunatic-fringe media. That way only morons will believe it.
Rule 1:
How fortunate it is for governments that the people do not think.
Rule 2:
If you can get the people asking all the wrong questions, you do not have to provide answers to the correct ones.
Rule 3:
The people are deeply, deeply stupid.
And the world is not at all terrible. Perhaps you are externalising and then transferring your own teenage angst upon the entire world? Go back to staring out your window for hours on rainy days while reciting Sylvia Plath poetry. And what is it that makes you think a 'conspiracy' controlled world would be better?Replies
The zio control north american and european governments and it ain't even secret.Delete
- AnonymousOctober 25, 2013 at 9:36 AM
Zio, Togo, a prefecture in southern Togo?
Zio, the Italian word for uncle, or slang for friend ("bro")?
Zio a major antagonist from the video game Phantasy Star IV?
the Zonal Informatics Olympiad of the Indian Computing Olympiad?
Franck Zio, a Burkinabé long jumper?
Toyota Mark X ZiO, a crossover vehicle sold in Japan?
If it has anything to do with Zion, I am not interested.
Besides, it's the fucking Micks who control the world - one haemorrhaging Altar Boy anus at a time.
sylvia plath? please. edith piaf or bust.Delete
- AnonymousOctober 25, 2013 at 10:22 PM
I don't trust those conspiracy theories. There must be something behind them.Delete
- AnonymousOctober 26, 2013 at 6:47 AM
".....sylvia plath? please. edith piaf or bust......"Delete
You made me laugh. You scoundrel!
"La Vie en cunt"
That song is going to be in my wedding if'n I ever gets me a man!
- AnonymousOctober 26, 2013 at 7:30 AM
I guess I better Trade Mark and Copyright "La Vie en cunt" before that Lord Kitten fucker steals it like he did my "À la recherche du cunts perdu". The filthy tosser.Delete
And to make matters worse, I can't get that fucking song out of my head!
Quand il me prend dans ses bras
Il me parle tout bas
Je vois la vie en cun-tuh
- AnonymousOctober 26, 2013 at 8:41 AM
- AnonymousOctober 25, 2013 at 7:39 AM
I love you robReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 25, 2013 at 7:40 AM
"Over ninethousand reviews..."ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 26, 2013 at 3:43 PM
Do you people realise there hasn't been a good goatkcd since 1269? I bet Randall planned this. Given that 69 is a very naughty number he wants to help the posterior for 1269 go down in posterity.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 27, 2013 at 2:17 AM
Xkcd is kinda like getting a blowjob from Rob.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 28, 2013 at 8:41 AM
And what costume shall the poor girl wearReplyDelete
To all tomorrow's parties
A hand-me-down dress from who knows where
To all tomorrow's parties
And where will she go and what shall she do
When midnight comes around
She'll turn once more to Sunday's clown
And cry behind the door.
I miss him already!
- weaselsoupOctober 29, 2013 at 1:32 AM
the one about gmail addresses was like total goomh for me cos i have a really common name & 75% of email i get is for other people. and it was STILL REALLY SHITReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousOctober 29, 2013 at 9:59 PM
I didn't know weaselsoup was such a common name.Delete
you'd be surprisedDelete
- weaselsoupOctober 30, 2013 at 1:02 AM
even more so than 'anonymous' yesDelete
- AnonymousOctober 30, 2013 at 10:35 AM
- AnonymousOctober 30, 2013 at 7:12 AM
>be robReplyDelete
>be sad
>reading through xkcd comics
>think they are all shit
>get on omegle to cheer up by calling people niggerfaggots
>gets connected to an unexpected person
>call him niggerfaggot
>after calling randall a niggerfaggot for an 1 hour, wonder why he has not disconnected
>realize that he somehow connected with himself
>commit sudoku
inb4 4chan gtfo niggerReplies
- AnonymousOctober 31, 2013 at 9:36 AM
I think you just concieved the next Summer blockbuster.Delete
- AnonymousNovember 1, 2013 at 8:09 AM
And with a name like that, she's headed for only one industry.Delete
- AnonymousNovember 14, 2013 at 2:09 PM
is it the soup industryDelete
- AnonymousNovember 1, 2013 at 9:16 AM
That is Belphegor's Prime.
It also happens to be the sum of the following numbers:
Rob's Wells Fargo Bank Account number.
Rob's European shoe size.
Rob's normal blood-alcohol level. Yeah, I know, right? It's a whole number! Can you believe it?
Rob's IQ
Sorry, that's all I got.
I'm playing Panzer Dragoon Saga. Discuss.ReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousNovember 3, 2013 at 8:22 AM
I'm masturbating as I type this, whirling the glans around at I tug the shaft back and forth. I'm going to hit "Publish" at the moment of Spritzung. Discus.Delete
JRPG is for wankers.Delete
I normally dislike RPGs because the fights boil down to trading blows until one of you dies, but this one keeps it interesting with an innovation in the combat. Legend of Legaia is another really good one.Delete
- Anal CondensationNovember 4, 2013 at 1:45 PM
That reminds me of the dragon that shat on my bed and then smeared it around with its ass.Delete
- AnonymousNovember 4, 2013 at 6:32 AM
1283 actually entertained me. Am I going to die?ReplyDelete
Why does Jon Rosenberg have such a big stick up his arse about the Ender's Game movie?ReplyDelete
Also I can't be the only one who thinks his comics as of late have been anything other than thinly veiled angry-old-jew rants with aliens and passable artwork.Replies
- Anal CondensationNovember 5, 2013 at 5:45 AM
That reminds me of the dragon that shat on my bed and then smeared it around with its ass.Delete
Yeah, sorry about that. I was having a bad day.Delete
Lucky dip! One of these links will take you to an amazing argument I had with Jon Rosenberg on Twitter. The other will take you to my latest xkcd review.ReplyDelete
Good luck!Replies
- AnonymousNovember 5, 2013 at 8:44 PM
Banal shit boring argument, boring banal shit reviews. Hang your neck in shame.Delete
- AnonymousNovember 6, 2013 at 3:06 PM
how do you hang your neckDelete
- AnonymousNovember 6, 2013 at 7:43 PM
With a rope.Delete
- AnonymousNovember 7, 2013 at 3:52 AM
Or hang your neck with pride. Either way die.Delete
- AnonymousNovember 10, 2013 at 6:24 PM
No! I need him alive.Delete
- AnonymousNovember 5, 2013 at 11:38 AM
lol rob you are complete moron (obviously). There could be "background" organizations that make the world terrible at purpose to benefit themselves. Do you really think those organizations that have all the power care about the rest?ReplyDelete
Putting a B- on one comic does not hide your randallness. You know you like all your comicsReplies
- AnonymousNovember 5, 2013 at 11:55 AM
lol Anonymous you are complete moron (obviously). There could be "background" posters that make the blog terrible at purpose to benefit themselves. Do you really think those posters that have all that power care about the rest?Delete
Putting a F- on one post does not hide your cuddlefishness. You know you like all Rob's posts
- AnonymousNovember 5, 2013 at 6:58 PM
- SleeperNovember 5, 2013 at 10:46 PM
Wouldn't it be fun if Randall knew enough about chess (or enough about art) to draw a board that didn't feature too many pieces and three bishops for white?ReplyDelete
I guess we'll never know because he is a lazy fuckwit.
Oh. Well.Replies
- AnonymousNovember 6, 2013 at 4:16 AM
- AnonymousNovember 6, 2013 at 9:15 AM
Wouldn't it be fun if Sleeper knew how to count?Delete
- SleeperNovember 7, 2013 at 6:43 AM
He's gone and changed it. Erased his mistakes and pushed them under the bed.Delete
I wish I had evidence supporting this. Except his entire comic is evidence of this exact thing.
- AnonymousNovember 7, 2013 at 10:52 AM
That doesn't surprise me actually.Delete
- AnonymousNovember 8, 2013 at 1:06 AM
Now this is just plain outright slander. NO DO OVERS. It is his policy, and he would not deceive his fans. He has more integrity than you jealous worms could ever aspire to.Delete
- AnonymousNovember 6, 2013 at 12:57 AM
I found 1287 funny!ReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousNovember 7, 2013 at 6:38 AM
1287 was one of the most singularly unfunny things I've seen with my eyes in a long time. What's the joke? That 'white' is fucking tripping balls, since they're trying to play chess on a completely white board against an opponent who's using different pieces? Hurr hurr, wouldn't it be funny if the WORLDS OF DIFFERENT BOARD GAMES COLLIDED!? What a wacky thought! We've never seen that *cough*839*cough* before!Delete
- AnonymousNovember 10, 2013 at 6:59 AM
But 1288 makes 1287 look good. Jesus.Delete
- AnonymousNovember 10, 2013 at 4:37 PM
It's keyboard/leopard 2.0! This time, Randy has upped his game and suggested MULTIPLE wacky substitutions! Oh, the hilarity that will ensue when I download the inevitable fan-created browser extension to perform said substitutions! Oh, wait. That's stupid and I don't care, and this isn't a comic. If Randy has actually programmed a browser extension and provided it for people to download, he would at least have contributed something to the Internet, albeit something inane that would be good for about 5 minutes of entertainment before becoming stale and irritating. Instead, he's basically creating work for his fans.Delete
Oh, and also, this is a thing:
- AnonymousNovember 7, 2013 at 8:15 AM
wow rob how can you hate such works of art? i am 13 and i understand more of the comics than you do. he is the best he is in reddit all the time unlike you, who spends all his time on /b/. me and my girlfriend will hold hand passionately laughing at your pitiful mean comics.ReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousNovember 7, 2013 at 2:41 PM
Protip, junior: don't refer to your hand as your girlfriend. It doesn't help your chances of scoring a real one.Delete
- AnonymousNovember 7, 2013 at 9:16 PM
LOLOLOL And stop seeing your mother on the side, your hand won't turn a blind eye forever ;)Delete
- AnonymousNovember 8, 2013 at 9:27 AM
I'm going to k-k-k-ill you allDelete
To k-k-k-ill you
To k-k-k-ill you with my hat on
With my hat on
I will k-k-k-ill you
I'm an ass-ass-ass-in
I'm going to k-k-k-ill you
With my hat on
In the morning time
Early in the morning time
I'm going to k-k-k-ill you all
With my hat on
Before you're out of bed
Before you're even out of bed
I'm an ass-ass-ass-in
With my hat on
- AnonymousNovember 9, 2013 at 1:45 AM
Any of you want to have sex? So sick of being a virgin.ReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousNovember 9, 2013 at 2:52 AM
weaselsoup is the only one here with a functioning vagina, and it'll take a while to find it.Delete
- AnonymousNovember 9, 2013 at 4:35 AM
That's ok. And if any of you without vaginas are willing, that's ok too. I'm sure you have other orifices.Delete
- AnonymousNovember 9, 2013 at 8:01 AM
I just noticed that was the 69th comment on this thread.Delete
- AnonymousNovember 9, 2013 at 9:09 AM
LOL acan reconize those werds and replacing for fun make of jokes is JOKES. CAN YOU being to see what is this is? 1288 not more that 15 mibutes effort you lazy cunt.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 9, 2013 at 1:11 PM
Guys, I can't comment on YouTube anymore because they want me to join the ranks of fuckholes that have Google+ accounts. Will be commenting here more frequently from now on, you lucky things.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 11, 2013 at 3:10 PM
- Randall MunroeNovember 13, 2013 at 8:08 AM
dont be so homophobic dude :))Delete
- AnonymousNovember 13, 2013 at 9:14 AM
Speaking as a gay man, I wish faggots such as Randall Munroe@8:08 would stop patronising homosexuals like we're a bunch of limp-wristed faggots.Delete
- AnonymousNovember 13, 2013 at 1:39 PM


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December 8th is also the day on which the Japanese consider the attack on Pearl Harbor to have taken place. To us December 7th is the "Day That Will Live In Infamy." But, because the international dateline is between Japan and Hawaii, as far as the Japanese are concerned, it happened on the 8th. I didn't realize this until I moved to Japan — where I lived for 11 years. I once asked to a co-worker upon noting it was December 8th if she knew what day it was. At the time, I just wondered if she'd know it was Buddha's enlightenment day or if she'd only remember Lennon's death. I was surprised when she got kind of sheepish about it and finally answered that she knew very well it was Pearl Harbor day.
Most Japanese people seem basically embarrassed by their role in WWII. Of course there are all kinds of issues related to this. But, I'm afraid I've never seen the point in endless debates about the matter. I'm no more interested in pushing it than my Japanese friends and relatives are.
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Posted 01 November 2005 - 11:54 AM
Life has some unanswerable questions...like "what came first the chicken or the egg?"
what are the ones you know or can you think of expnaations for them?
here are a few of the questions i know
Why are cigarettes sold in gas stations when smoking is prohibited there?
If 7-11 is open 24-hours a day, 365 days a year, why are there locks on the doors?
If you're in a vehicle going the speed of light, what happens when you turn on the headlights?
You know how most packages say "Open here". What is the protocol if the package says, "Open somewhere else"?
Why do we drive on parkways and park on driveways?
Why is it that when you're driving and looking for an address, you turn down the volume on the radio?
Why is it that when you transport something by car, it's called a shipment, but when you transport something by ship, it's called a cargo?
Just a few i know..anyone know the answers or can anyone think of anymore?
Posted 01 November 2005 - 01:07 PM
Posted 01 November 2005 - 01:38 PM
If a tree falls and no one is around to hear it, does it make a noise?
(a couple more)
Posted 01 November 2005 - 02:02 PM
(I couldn't resist it!)
Posted 01 November 2005 - 02:03 PM
Posted 02 November 2005 - 01:26 AM
Why do they call them Apartments if there so close ?
Why do we park on a drive way and drive on a park way?
In high school why did we have to take english WE speake fine ?
Why cant convicted falens vote? there people too.
and most of all
see who gets this
Brothers and sisters I have none.
But this mans father is my fathers son
Posted 02 November 2005 - 03:37 AM
Why do we say an alarm clock is "going off" when it's actually turning on?
Why is the slowest time of day on the road called "rush hour?"
Doesn't expecting the unexpected make the unexpected expected?
Posted 02 November 2005 - 06:06 AM
If a palne crashes in a cemetery, where do they bury the survivors?
(I couldn't resist it!)
Of course you wouldnt bury the survivors lol
How about this one...why is it that hot dogs are sold in packs of 8 and the buns come in packs of 10?
Posted 02 November 2005 - 08:21 AM
Posted 02 November 2005 - 12:26 PM
I've been hit by mrsspookypants
Posted 02 November 2005 - 01:02 PM
Posted 02 November 2005 - 01:36 PM
cause they only ones that do win (( the lottery )) are the ones that have never plain on where the money would go. Or how it needed to get spent
how far can u go into the wood?
How far can u go up?
how is it people who talk about how hard u should have to work to make money yet they only worked 6 years their whole life.
Posted 03 November 2005 - 02:29 AM
Why are hamburger called that when they are made of beef 99% of the time?
They are named for a city in Germany and not the meat!
Posted 03 November 2005 - 11:58 AM
I've been hit by mrsspookypants
Posted 04 November 2005 - 03:40 AM
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Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Comic 521: An XKCDsucks Christmas
First off: Merry Christmas! I hope you are all enjoying yourselves, and not drinking yourselves into oblivion because this comic has brought you more despair than you can handle this holiday season. As my Christmas gift to you, I present you: It's A Wonderful Webcomic, a short story by yours truly.
Randall Munroe was a webcomic, authoring a niche comic that was increasingly less funny. Desperately, he tried to insert geeky references into his works, trying to service as many fans as possible in attempt to save his comic from the dark oblivion. Then, disaster struck. Christmas approached. He was unable to decide on a single internet-based joke for Christmas, and he didn't have time for a whole Christmas story!
Even if he did, his ideas had grown too disparate, too crazy to connect in a coherent plot. He needed a plan. So, late at night, Randall Munroe went out into the lonely bars of Cambridge, drank, and doodled on napkins. He was getting nowhere. He was doomed to write a comic that did not inspire vapid comments on his forums.
His pen broke. Ink started filling one of the panels--one where he had drawn the waitress telling him how she wanted to go ice skating on the Charles river. The resulting comic made no sense--and it was perfect. He immediately thought of a suitably nerdy pattern with which to black out the panels. He told the waitress he loved her, and ran home to write his Christmas special. He could make 12 panels look like 32! He could make the story completely nonsensical, just nerd reference after nerd reference, and everyone would think that was part of the genius!
It was the best Christmas ever. THE END. Happy holidays, loyal fans.
UPDATE: I am going to just make a list of better Christmas comics than this one. Feel free to suggest your own and I will add them, unless they suck, in which case I will cry.
COMIC THE FIRST: A Softer World - Oh, A Softer World. I love you.
COMIC THE SECOND: Cat and Girl - A++ would buy again
COMIC THE THIRD: Kate Beaton - As of this writing, the most recent one. Scroll down until there is Santa.
COMIC THE FOURTH: Nedroid
UPDATE AGAIN, INDEPENDENT OF THE FIRST UPDATE: ugh I forgot to complain. Randall. It is not 'the yggdrasil'. It is Yggdrasil. Just Yggdrasil. You are DOING IT WRONG.
STILL FURTHER UPDATE, RELATED TO THE SECOND UPDATE BECAUSE THAT STILL BOTHERS ME: Yggdrasil means "Ygg's Horse." Ygg means Odin. The Odin's Horse makes no sense. RANDALL FAIL.
59 comments:
Well, yeah.ReplyDelete
I really like your coal joke.
BTW, did you know Santa was once a fierce Norse warrior, arguably the archetype of all fierce Norse warriors?
I plug this wikipedia bit where ever I can.
Already wrote about it here:
Oy, the comic I was linking, with Santa, the Krampus and Skadi, the Norse warrior, is here:ReplyDelete
- DoubleBlackbirdDecember 24, 2008 at 1:47 PM
Cue Carl getting all angry about the use of 'Friggin'' in the seventh panel because that's what Ryan North did today!ReplyDelete
Man I still don't know how to put links in the text. Here are some comics, though, you decide whether they're better than this one:
Cat and Girl
Kate Beaton
(it's the first one on the page at the moment but her layout is not conducive to linking, curse you Beaton)
and pretty much every Count Your Sheep posted in December, especially this one:
There is some reading material for Christmas!
Added a few more to my list!ReplyDelete
Oh man, you guys need to watch The Hogfather. And read it. It is the best Christmas story ever. Seriously.
Wow Rob in the time it took me to read the post and the comments, you already commented. I applaud your quick commenting abilities!ReplyDelete
Anyway, DoubleBlackbird--links are html fun! You see how it gives you HTML tags below the comment form? That last one is the one you use for links. So if you want to link something, you type:
type whatever you want the link to look like here
So let's say you want to link to xkcd:
this is a terrible webcomic
and it will look like this is a terrible webcomic.
Hope that helps!
Why would the penultimate panel have the message wishing everyone a merry Christmas instead of the last one?ReplyDelete
Because the last panel is the conspicuously-absent punchline.ReplyDelete
Because Randall did not think this through.ReplyDelete
Because the last panel is the girl saying "I'm leaving you."ReplyDelete
Oh man this comic was so sad. "Oh man i have the best excuse for putting random stuff together! I don't have to think of anything logical! wooooo" and of course he gets to add the totally unneeded prime number thing into it, just to show that he knows about math!ReplyDelete
It seems like there is stuff that we miss in between panels 2 and 3, also. He clearly just made some random story and didn't think about the logic of it.
Fun fact: this is the original version of this comic - you'll note that it has one row fewer than the current version, and that panel 27 (ie, panel 3*9) has a part of the story. And so Merry Christmas was at the bottom separate from the story. So, he realized his mistake, added another row, and because he also needed panel 31, made Merry Christmas part of the story. And added the happy couple because xkcd is a comic about romance, after all!
DoubleBlackbird - Man I love Achewood but this week has been even more depressing than usual. Good god. Those are some good links, though.
except you randall
oh, happy winter to you too, who am i kidding
- AnonymousDecember 25, 2008 at 12:53 PM
About the Yggdrasil.ReplyDelete
It's a damned tree. The fucking tree of life. It is not Odin's Horse.
Odin's other name is Yggr, which some speculate may mean that the name came from odin tethering his horse at the tree.
I just get annoyed when the religious beliefs of friends of mine are pretended to be understood.
I dunno. I kinda liked the last panel. At least Black Hat Dude's actually doing creatively evil shit again instead of Randall just telling us how creative and evil he is.ReplyDelete
It's christmas, everybody! :) When is nostalgia and self-reference as acceptable as it is during christmas. Some random references is all I want on christmas eve. Nothing exceptionally clever, just simple fun. I actually do enjoy that "screw you"-mentality shown by not caring that the Merry Christmas wish isn't in the last panel.ReplyDelete
Escalating stories seams to be a new xkcd theme (349, 445, 456, 475, 518 and today, at least). I enjoy them all, except 445.
Merry Christmas, XKCD lovers and haters!
- AnonymousDecember 25, 2008 at 7:18 PM
God thank you. I found this blog googling about the Yggdrasil thing to make sure I wasn't crazy. The etymology is honestly kind of irrelevant, though -- what is relevant is that it is a NAME, not a description, and names of that kind just don't take definite articles in English. In any case, wtfwtfwtf.ReplyDelete
First Anonymous: Your friends are idiots. (As are you.) Tell them I said so. Show them the post, if necessary. Tell them I want to hear from them. I want to teach them how not to be idiots. Please send them to me.ReplyDelete
But perhaps you should develop some basic literacy. Yggdrasil means 'Odin's horse.' I did not say it was a horse, merely stated the etymology. Yggdrasil means 'Odin's horse.' I do not bother myself with what some idiot wannabe pagans think it means, I am more concerned with etymology. Yes, it is the world tree. Yes, I know it is not actually Odin's horse. But do your fucking homework before you try to go all elitist.
Second Anonymous: Yeah, for a nerd Randall sure dropped the ball on this one.
No, dude, his friends are vikings. Modern-day Thor-worshiping vikings. I bet they have swords on their walls and everything.ReplyDelete
Mess with them and they'll gut you.
oh shit. I just fucked with the vikings.ReplyDelete
Robbbbbb I thought we were calling them cuddlefishies now. /whineReplyDelete
I have no idea what this whole Yrrr thing is. I guess I should keep my neck out of it, though, as it appears Vikings are involved.
oh man you are SO. IGNORANT. Cuddlefish #1 is going to have his friends CAST VIKING SPELLS on you. They will have a fairy revel and he will wear a costume of LINK from THE LEGENDS OF ZELDA and he has a real athame and can draw a REAL RITUAL CIRCLE with it, and the Vikings will totally hang you from a tree as a sacrifice to ODIN.ReplyDelete
I think I would be more threatened if I knew what all those words meant. As it stands, your usage of capital letters has me alarmed enough.ReplyDelete
well not really
Also, it will be an ASH TREE.ReplyDelete
You are so doomed. :(
Thanks, Rob. AREN'T YOU GOING TO DO ANYTHING TO HELP SAVE ME FROM MY DOOMReplyDelete
P.S. - Happy winter to you, too, Carl.
I SUPPOSE I can fight the Viking magician hell demons for you.ReplyDelete
I leave for a week and you've gotten NORSE GODS to reign a fiery death upon us?? THANKS A LOT, ROB.ReplyDelete
It's all cool, I am fighting them off. I am an expert at battling hell demons etc.ReplyDelete
Commenting far too late to be relevant, but I only found this blog this week and have been catching up on the archives.ReplyDelete
What bothered me the most about this comic was the (once again) unnecessary introduction text ("Due to the slowing economy...").
It isn't even internally coherent as a joke. How would the economy prevent Randall, I'm sorry Randall & Co. as indicated by the "we", from posting the complete comic, let alone, just prime numbered panels. It is a cheap justification to throw in a cheap throw-away geek reference.
Let me put it this way:
In the novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, the main character, Christopher, who is autistic and the fictional author of the book, has chosen to use prime numbers only as chapter numbers. It is part of the over-all texture of the book and character, justified because it is written by someone who is autistic.
I think Randall means us to take the blacked out panels in the same way, just part of the over-all texture of xkcd. But why then try to excuse it with a lame and non-sensical "due to the economy". Oh yeah, because as you have pointed out over and over again, he sure is on top of those gosh-darned wacky current events.
As a montage of xkcd in-jokes and wacky unrelated scenarios, it is sub-par, but it he has already told us that that we're not going to see the rest of the comic and we can fucking assume that what we will see will be oh so wacky and inexplicable and... Jesus, he has really just stopped trying. He couldn't even throw in a smarmy I love this comic and reiterating the same jokes over and over again. Instead our Christmas present was a great big:
I love being lazy.
Fuck you Randall.
- The ScyphozoaFebruary 10, 2009 at 10:19 PM
I'd just say it's... an experiment. He WANTS us to wonder about the missing story.ReplyDelete
Plus it got a great alteration in xkcd slightly worse.
are we still fighting about this?ReplyDelete
No, since I've settled the "argument" with an undeniable fact.ReplyDelete
Ok, as long as no one disputes you...ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 2, 2009 at 8:15 AM
Jesus Christ! You like *a softer world*? Well, that explains everything. You just have no taste.ReplyDelete
well I don't like it, Rob does. It is one of his few flaws.ReplyDelete
In any case, isn't that one of the small number of comics xkcd links to?
WHY YES, yes it is. WHAT NOW, BITCH
I don't expect you to understand, Cuddlefish. It's intelligent. It requires basic reading comprehension skills to understand.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 16, 2009 at 7:41 AM
"what some idiot wannabe pagans think it means"ReplyDelete
... Norse. Mythology.
I'm a fan of this site - sometimes. You raise some valid concerns about xkcd that have changed my perception of it - but you WHINE and BITCH so much. It's a webcomic. Its not perfect. You complain so often that "Oh noez, randall only works 3 times a week to write a load of crap." How is that so different from what you do? You write 3 times a week about how you think someone else is doing a crap job. You made a good effort to redeem yourself with xkcdcouldbebetter, even though I didn't really enjoy that so much.
What I'm saying is that I like this site. I like what you do here. But do not be a jerk. Don't say "Yggdrasil means 'Ygg's Horse.' Ygg means Odin. The Odin's Horse makes no sense. RANDALL FAIL." if you don't know what Yggdrasil is. Okay, i'm fine with this at first - you made a mistake. But when people point it out, ADMIT IT. Don't bitch more and insult people more because you were too much of an idiot to actually look it up.
Whine more please.
If you were literate you might notice that I do, in fact, know what Yggdrasil is, and am, in fact, referring to the fucking etymology of the word--as any dictionary or encyclopedia will tell you. But you aren't literate, so I will leave you to figure out "literacy," and give you this parting comment:ReplyDelete
You are a fucking imbecile and an affront to the human race. Your death will be unmourned, and you will be forever unloved.
Okay but see the difference is that Randy makes money off of writing crap three times a week.ReplyDelete
Are we really still fighting over Yggdrasil?
YOU SHALL NOT SUFFER A VIKING TO LIVEReplyDelete
Rob look now, the Norse gods are so pissed off at you, what have you doneReplyDelete
listen Amanda I read American GodsReplyDelete
NORSE GODS ARE JUST GRIFTERS. LIKE KARI FERRELL. and maybe I am Baldr or something, whatever, I will kill them with my zombie wife
I can honestly say I have no idea what you just said to me.ReplyDelete
but ilu anyway <3
CAPTCHA: "blideb"--what you just sounded like to me.
listen Amanda you need to read American GodsReplyDelete
also this: http://gawker.com/5212970/meet-kari-ferrell-criminally-hipster
okay maybe somedayReplyDelete
and Rob i want you to throw a hot dog down my hall.
you can be my korean abdul-jabar any timeReplyDelete
you realize that when someone comments on an old post we three are the only ones who hear about it so it just ends up as us talking / you talking and me reading? it's a little weird.ReplyDelete
Yeah I know. I have high hopes that he will come back in another four months and say something else stupid! Should I start ignoring them? (then how will i ever have amanda tell me about her hotdog/rob-related fantasies?)ReplyDelete
- dragon2041April 18, 2009 at 6:52 AM
Oh fuck. Sorry Rob - i misread your earlier comment. When you said "I do not bother myself with what some idiot wannabe pagans think it means," even though that was a jerk thing to say, I thought you were saying that, "No! I don't care what's true! I'm gonna say its damn Odin's horse cause i want to be right! *cry*." Honest mistake, sorry.ReplyDelete
(although, if you do know what Yggdrasil is, the least you can do is not insult Randall just because the etymology means something different than the actual word meaning itself)
You are a fucking imbecile and an affront to the human race. Your death will be unmourned, and you will be forever unloved."
Weren't you anonymous before? YOU CANNOT DO THIS TO MEReplyDelete
i will forgive you this time, mostly.
Still, Randy does not know how to use proper nouns. It is very infuriating. It's like saying "The Boston Common" or "The Harvard Yard" or "The Pike Place" or "The Park Slope" or etc. I mean, there are proper nouns that take definite articles but Yggdrasil is not one of them.
- dragon2041April 19, 2009 at 6:44 AM
"Weren't you anonymous before? YOU CANNOT DO THIS TO ME"ReplyDelete
Oh, and i completely agree that it should have been Yggdrasil instead of the Yggdrasil. I'm not as infuriated by it as you are, but i recognize it as a mistake.
- dragon2041April 19, 2009 at 6:46 AM
"Okay but see the difference is that Randy makes money off of writing crap three times a week."ReplyDelete
Point taken. I still like this blog, even though I complain about it. <3
Also everything we write is UTTERLY BRILLIANTReplyDelete
well Carl you have to realize that when we make it BIG all the bitches will be scrollin' through the archives, aren't they?ReplyDelete
Maybe not. But the possibility exists!
- dragon2041April 20, 2009 at 1:47 PM
I'm still going through the archives, Amanda.ReplyDelete
Come to think of it, I'm not sure how i found this blog... wasn't by typing xkcd sucks into google...
Hello dragon2041 and welcome to our humble abode.
- dragon2041April 22, 2009 at 2:53 PM
Grr, i'm trying to figure out how i found this blog. I've narrowed it down to first finding it on April 10... I think. But unfortunately firefox's history section doesn't show chronologically, but alphabetically. Oh wait, found out how to sort.... but unfortunately, sites i have visited more thna once disappear from earlier in the list. =\ \=.ReplyDelete
- dragon2041April 22, 2009 at 2:54 PM
Hm. I found xkcdcouldbebetter first. bleh this is annoyingReplyDelete
"Due to the slowing economy we could only afford to produce the prime-numbered panels..."ReplyDelete
The first panel is black but one is a prime number. The second panel is 'produced' but two is not a prime number.
Liz: unfortunately, not trueReplyDelete


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Seaport readies to launch Morgan
Mystic - There hasn't been an event like this at Mystic Seaport since the launching of the Amistad in 2000.
During a one-hour ceremony beginning at 2 p.m. Sunday, the Seaport will relaunch the whaling ship Charles W. Morgan, which has been undergoing a $7 million restoration over the past four years. Shipwrights and other craftsmen have come from around the country to work on the ship.
The 113-foot-long Morgan is not only the iconic symbol of the Seaport, it is the world's last surviving wooden whaling ship from a fleet that once numbered 2,700. It is also a National Historic Landmark and holds the distinction of being the country's oldest commercial vessel still afloat.
The launch ceremony Sunday, the 172nd anniversary of the day the vessel first was launched in New Bedford, Mass., will feature documentary filmmaker Ric Burns as the keynote speaker.
"This is the most extensive and important restoration project the museum has undertaken in quite a few years," said longtime museum shipyard director Quentin Snediker, who has overseen the Morgan project, among others, including the construction of the Amistad.
Snediker added that the group of craftsmen assembled for the project not only has the needed skills but "a reverence for the work they are doing."
"They feel a great obligation to maintain the historic importance of the artifact because this is not just a ship, it's an artifact," he said.
Even though the 113-foot Morgan is being launched on Sunday, there's still much work to do as the museum prepares the ship to begin a journey late next spring to visit historic whaling ports around New England.
"The launch is a major milestone, but it's still just a milestone," Snediker said.
While the majority of the work to the hull is complete, details of a whaling ship, such as davits, have to be added while the captain's cabin and fo'c'sle have to be restored after being partially dismantled for the hull work. Fourteen of the 22 spars have to be replaced or repaired, and the ship has to be rigged, fitted with new sails and have the electrical system replaced.
The trip next summer requires the installation of navigation and safety gear, a generator, batteries and a bilge pump. Most of this modern equipment will be removed when the voyage is over.
While he called the launch an exciting time for the museum, Snediker said he will miss the structural work and acquisition of wood and structural materials.
After the project is complete next spring, the Morgan will travel to New London, where it will spend three weeks preparing for the voyage and conducting sea trials.
Escorted by a tugboat and the Roann, a fishing vessel restored at the Seaport, the Morgan next will sail to Newport, R.I., Vineyard Haven, Mass., New Bedford, Mass., the Cape Cod Canal, Provincetown, Mass., Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary in Massachusetts Bay, Boston, then back to New London before returning to the Seaport in September 2014.
Since the restoration began in November 2008, each piece of wood that has been removed and replaced has been documented with photographs, laser scans and X-rays. The Morgan has between 15 percent and 18 percent of its original wood, including its keel. Much of the new wood came from the southeastern United States, including oak trees downed by storms such as Hurricane Katrina.
The majority of the restoration has focused on deteriorated framing below the water line. Interior planking had to be removed to reach the framing, and some of it was replaced. Exterior planking also was replaced. The work is expected to preserve the ship for the next 30 years.
The Morgan went on 37 profitable voyages in a career that spanned 80 years and ended in 1921. Those voyages took it as far as the South Pacific and the Arctic. It arrived at Mystic Seaport in 1941.
The Morgan will be closed to the public on Sunday but reopened to visitors early next week.
If you go
• Regular museum ticket prices admit visitors to the ceremony.
• The ceremony will take place rain or shine.
• A large turnout is expected, so visitors should arrive early. There will be a standing-room-only viewing area in the shipyard for the public.
• The launch will be streamed live at the Tom Claggett Boat Shed and under a tent on the Village Green. Tent seats are available on a first-come, first-served basis.
• Parking in the museum's north and south lots is being supplemented with off-site parking and shuttle service from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. from lots behind the Brustolon car dealership on Route 1 and at the former Sailor Ed's on Old Stonington Road.
• The Seaport docks are sold out and heavy marine traffic is expected in the Mystic River. Those who use the museum's dinghy dock at the north end of the museum should check in at the museum's main entrance.
• The launch will be streamed live online at www.mysticseaport.org.
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