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May 22

Can I tell you …

Boys will be boys … especially when drinking is involved. Mind you, I have also seen the same type of behaviour from a group of women in the same state of inebriation. Whilst not excusable, human nature is,well, primal, and that is not contained to meatmarket nightclubs.

That said, an aspect of people watching I have noticed, is that (imbibed nonsense aside) that people do fall in love with people who they click with.  You’d be surprised how far a laugh, a chat and just the ability to really listen to what someone is saying actually makes that click happen over any primal based short term stupidity. Or maybe its only something that happens as we get older?

What I’m saying is - you might be surprised who you click with. Or something.

An oldie, but a goodie ...

• Scene: dinner and drinks with friends. Bunch of male colleagues are getting all excited and whispering to each other.
• Me: What's that about?
• Female Colleague: They're all discussing that cute young waitress and whether they would "go eat there"
• Me: Huh, not "would she consider any of our pathetic selves?"
• Her: Surprisingly, no! How about you? Would you "eat there"
• Me: Presuming you mean, she came and offered?
• Her: Ok, sure
• Me: Well, I'm in a relationship, so I'd be flattered, but would regrettably have to say no.
• Her: Pooper. Ok, so let's try it another way, if you weren't?
• Me: Well, so you're asking "If you were younger, better looking and single, would you go ask her out?"
• Her: Yes!
• Me: Well, then I think I'll find I still won't have a chance - but, hey, at least I will be younger, better looking and single!
• her: *snorts*

Yahoo wants to remove the porn?

No wonder their previous purchases went under … 

May 21

How Yahoo plans to make money on Tumblr: ads that don’t feel like ads -

“We’re pretty opposed to advertising,” David Karp, the founder of Tumblr, said three years ago. “It really turns our stomachs.”

So today he’s turning over the six-year-old blogging startup to a company that can stomach it. Yahoo, which currently generates 76% of its revenue from advertising, made clear that it intends to make money from its…

Like nobody was expecting that … mind you, if it means we get a search function that, well, functions and user settings we’ve been asking for since  the days of tumblarity … well, fine, bring them on then.

beinggayisokay:

I’m going to die from all the fucking accuracy

^^^^

(via erinmargrethe)

In case of emergency …

keep calm

and format the fucking hard drive.

so, it’s not the end and nothing is ruined?

Apparently, they’re not going to change the team, and everything stays the same?

Hold on, so, they’re going to leave it broken?  

I thought they were going to come in and fix it!?

mrsevilvixen:

*snort*

Well, that might be right, but wouldn’t the sudden blood pressure drop be detrimental and counteractive?

(Source: cannon2026)

So, I reworked and reposted a piece

entitled “Can the world go vegan?” and promoted it via twitter last night.

This morning I awoke to 12 new vegan followers. Presumably auto-following me based on keyword searches.

I’m currently debating myself on whether i should troll them with a “hey, thanks for the follow - how’d you find the article?”

I mean … I probably won’t … but it amused me

May 20

The problem with self doubt

… is that it is like a cancer that attacks your emotional being. 

If it attaches in one aspect of your life, it doesn’t stop there. It spreads. It wiggles its way into everything. It finds those dark spots you ignored. Those cracks from past traumas. The…

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