Just got an e-mail from ‘Netflix’ that started ‘Dear Costumer.’
THIS IS NOT A COSTUME, ‘Netflix.’
(It came from an e-mail address ‘@infonet.com.br’, so PROBABLY NOT THE REAL NETFLIX.)
See also: Christine
Note to local car dealer:
In referring to your inventory in your radio ad, you might not want to say you have “a selection to die for.” That’s probably not the most favorable association for your product.
The illusion of permanence
“I like the stars. It’s the illusion of permanence, I think. I mean, they’re always flaring up and caving in and going out. But from here, I can pretend…I can pretend that things last. I can pretend that lives last longer than moments. Gods come, and gods go. Mortals flicker and flash and fade. Worlds don’t last; and stars and galaxies are transient, fleeting things that twinkle like fireflies and vanish into cold and dust. But I can pretend…”
― Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 7: Brief Lives
Some of the best burritos in L.A. …
This sounds like something in a Richard Kadrey story. (Richard Kadrey writes the Sandman Slim book series.)
Some of L.A.’s Best Burritos Are Served Inside a Gas Station
How hard is it to count to… two?
Huh. My Amazon Prime order placed on Friday, April 6 with free two day delivery, is now scheduled to arrive… before 8:00 p.m. Wednesday, April 11.
I blame Common Core math.
How to make great pizza dough
This hits all the tips I would tell you on how to make great pizza dough.
Evolution of the English alphabet
~ @usefulcharts on Twitter
How blood pressure works. Or not.
TV show on now:
“His blood pressure is 90 over 120.”
Wait, what? No! THAT’S NOT HOW BLOOD PRESSURES WORK.
Hard sparkling water?
Wait. Now someone has come out with HARD SPARKLING WATER? What is THAT? Like a vodka tonic without the distracting flavor of tonic water? Vodka diluted with bubbly water?
Paws.
My cat has his head cuddled into my toes and his paw hooked over my foot. We’re holding paws, sort of.