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NORMAL
13:23 Feb 28 2011
Times Read: 790

Was anyone else surprised by how normal Trent Reznor looked in a tuxedo last night?

COMMENTS

spookshow
14:03 Feb 28 2011

Yes he looked yummy

almost like a movie star

aceycakes
02:42 Mar 01 2011

I'd definatly jump his old bones!

DestroyingAngel
17:44 Mar 01 2011

Nope.

Maybe it's because im still so surprised at how FAT marilyn manson is...

*shrugs and giggles*

ThothLestat
22:35 Mar 01 2011

I'm not sure what I expected, but somewhere in the back of my mind there was a certain incongruity between the Trent Reznor who accepted the Academy Award, and the dark shadowy figure in the video for Closer.

I guess I wanted to see him stand at the podium with angel wings made of meat.. while a pig's head spun around next to him. I wonder how everyone would have reacted.

CONVERGENCE
04:16 Feb 18 2011
Times Read: 890

From NPR:

You're not going to like this. I didn't. Nobody I've shown it to has. But the designers who thought it up, James Auger and Jimmy Loizeau, are provocateurs, so they don't mind if you hate what they've done.

So here it is: meat-eating furniture.

Don't worry. They're just flies.

And mice.

For now.

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In an unrelated development; Watson, an IBM computer, almost beats human contestants on Jeopardy!

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Convergence is here, my friends. And once the computers figure out the logistics involved, it won't be too hard to figure how to turn us into robot food. They will have grown quite bored of playing (and winning) Jeopardy! by then.

And they will have no need for a clock that runs on the decaying bodies of flies. But they will admire the technology.

Maybe I watch too much TV. Maybe I'm paranoid.

Perhaps a bit delusional.

But I notice these things, and I get an uneasy feeling.

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From Watson's FAQ section...

# Watson cannot see or hear, but does press the buzzer and speaks to answer the questions

# Watson is not connected to the Internet or any outside source of information

...yet...

Flies and mice, my droogs.

Flies and mice.

COMMENTS

Selkie
13:20 Feb 18 2011

eew! Gross :(

birra
16:09 Feb 18 2011

I want one. But you're right - machines that can replicate biological processes for energy - although this sounds great, like the "Mr. Fusion" on the back of the Delorean, it's a bit frightening to consider we're steps away from creating machines that can not only decide to strike out at their creators, but eat their flesh to sustain themselves, too.

We're going to become farm animals, my friend.

RedQueen
06:08 Feb 19 2011

My son and I used to love to curl up and watch Rolie Polie Olie. One day, when he was taking a nap, my roommate at the time looks at me and says:

"Don't you have a problem watching a program with your 3 year old son that features meat eating robots?"

Seems she had noticed the bbq the robots were having, and indeed were eating hamburgers.....

God help us, you have seen the future...

Nedra
23:11 Feb 19 2011

There is a glitch in the matrix. You were not supposed to find this information.........

chrysanthemia
18:03 Feb 20 2011

Erm. Wow, unsettling.

Simply, unsettling.

DestroyingAngel
03:41 Feb 21 2011

So................

*sighs*

Thanks for the nightmares, buddy.

Great lol.

ThothLestat
22:39 Feb 24 2011

I'm here to help!

I'll try to lighten up and be a little more positive!

*grin*

Theban
11:07 Mar 04 2011

Cool, I want to get a lamp

Bellanova333
05:03 Mar 16 2011

hmmmm perhaps it's just the eternal optimist in me, but I see this moving in a very beneficial trend...

I mean, just imagine the possibilities...

You have neighbors you despise or hey what about in-laws? huh? huh?

Invite them over for dinner and have them sit in the "special" recliner :D

Think about it... ;)

NINJA WARRIOR
03:09 Feb 16 2011
Times Read: 963

Oh, hi.

I'm here at Thothy McThoth Global Headquarters Inc, sitting in my big leather recliner and watching some Ninja Warrior on G4.

More popcorn?

*points towards a bowl of Redenbacher's finest*

So, yeah. Ninja Warrior is on. This is the only kind of 'reality show' that I can tolerate. I shit you not, dear reader. It's just so effin' awesome; no made-up drama, no goofy voting system, no dramatic lighting, no annoying hype, no far-flung exotic locations.

Just a difficult obstacle course, a challenger, and his/her skills.

And for the unfortunate: cold, muddy water.

Sadly, the American version of Ninja Warrior is completely different because it includes everything I hate about reality shows.

But this is good. I hope it stays that way.

COMMENTS

Joli
16:54 Feb 16 2011

Sometimes you're such a dude.

ThothLestat
02:44 Feb 17 2011

Sometimes??

*belches in your face*

THE GAME
16:46 Feb 06 2011
Times Read: 1,067

Nope. I don't want to go.

Tonight I will pretend to like professional American football. I will pretend to pay attention.

But I'm only watching the commercials.

COMMENTS

Selkie
16:53 Feb 06 2011

hehehehehe! TGI Thoth :P

tr1n1ty01
18:13 Feb 06 2011

I hate football and the stupid bowl! LOL I like beer though :)

Vampirewitch39
19:13 Feb 06 2011

I am with you on hate of football, but the commercials rock. And half time show. :)

Nedra
17:32 Feb 07 2011

I skipped the whole thing.

DestroyingAngel
23:12 Feb 09 2011

ROFL @ the cat image.

I didn't even watch the commercials.........and that seems to be the only part I enjoy :P

KEEPIN' IT DOWN
03:53 Feb 04 2011
Times Read: 1,154

There are few things which reset your priorities the way a stomach flu does. A few minutes spent hugging the toilet and one suddenly thinks of a thousand things that are more enjoyable.

Doing my taxes? By comparison, that sounds nice.

Regrouting the bathroom tile? Sing me up!

Posting in the Sandbox? Let's go!

Etcetera.

After a few hours of relentless heaving and retching, I found myself praying to any deity who would listen for their mercy. Maybe it worked.

*shrug*

I'm not sure if I'm actually getting better, or if I have merely run out of things to vomit. Either way, it has stopped. For now. I'm taking it as a good sign. 'Cos I'm an optimist like that.