cuthbert killed osmium

Nov 22

Together again.

Nov 21

The pronunciation of the name Uranus preferred among astronomers is /ˈjʊərənəs/, with stress on the first syllable as in Latin Ūranus; in contrast to the colloquial /jʊˈreɪnəs/, with stress on the second syllable and a long a, though both are considered acceptable. Because, in the English-speaking world, ū·rā′·nəs sounds like “your anus”, the former pronunciation also saves embarrassment.

Wikipedia, always practical, always willing to go the extra step where the encyclopedia britanica would have spat on you. From the entry on YUR-enis.

The Pet Shop Boys and Dusty Springfield

What have I
What have I
What have I done to deserve this?

There is an overloaded, filthy used music store near the corner of 8th Street and 1st Ave. Inside, there is a single aisle, and not enough room for two customers to pass. There is a section for scratched CDs, usually priced from 2-5 dollars. In contrast to most stores in the city with used CDs, most of these are good stuff, names you recognize.

The drill is that I go in there and find a few records I might want in the scratched section, open them up, and review the CD, deciding if it’s worth the gamble. The guy who works there leans over and says, “That’s the scratched ones. Some people like to buy them. They have nice computers and they get the songs to play.”

“Yes, I know, cool.” I say.

A few months ago, there was a copy of Discography by the Pet Shop Boys. I thought, That would be cool to have. In 1987 I remember listening to my new Pet Shop Boys tape riding around in the car with my dad; he turned to me and said, incredulous, “Are they saying I love you, you pay my rent?”

The underside of the CD looked all right. It was $4. For some reason I didn’t buy it. I went insane for five minutes and decided $4 was just too much money to blow.

Proof of my latent autism: every couple days since then, I have thought Man, I wish I had that Pet Shop Boys CD. I’ll be sitting in a meeting, being set to a task I despise, and in the back of my mind, it’ll suddenly occur to me That CD would have been awesome, why didn’t I get it?

Mia is majorly re-organizing the kitchen, and has presented me with these mostly-defeated bottles from the bar wing (top of the fridge). My goal for the next couple days (tonight) is to have two rum and cokes, a Campari and soda, and … something with vodka. (The Kahlua fell earlier in the week.)

sweet mother of fuck.

(via biteofpythias)

I look forward to biteofpythias watching football on saturdays. it’s like a passion transplant. i wanna be like YEAH where’s the parking lot and the beer wait i’m in new york shit.

Nov 20

Imma doc

damhnait:

Phew!

Doctah! I got a pain in my arm, it’s right here! (Congrats!)

[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]

The Smiths - Still Ill, live 16 March 1984

I dunno

Nov 19

Close your face. It’s 9:30, Thursday night, and I’m drinking a caucasian.

Jewish Girls Give Great Head, Right?

biteofpythias:

youngmanhattanite:

The breakup seemed amicable and Reyzl asked if Feivel would walk her to her apartment building, which also housed a low-end brothel run by Rivka “the Cow” Linderbaum and her son, Khatzkel, a notorious pimp. Feivel agreed to escort her to the front steps. When they got there, the two began to kiss. In the shadows at the side of the stairs, Reyzl began slithering downward, descending to her knees. Though they were broken up, Feivel didn’t stop her. Suddenly, he felt a sharp pain like none he’d ever felt before. He collapsed on the macadam and looked up at Reyzl, cackling as she made her way up the stairs, her face and blouse spattered with blood. Feivel looked down. She had bit his penis in half.

this reads like one of those cautionary tales meant to scare boys away from fun time girls…

I have a policy that when I hit the word “macadam” I stop reading immediately.

Abundance of the elements in the Earth’s crust, relative to silicon (the second highest). Iridium is the anti-social winner. If you’ve got some iridium, hold on tight, motherfucker!

EDIT: although the wikipedia page for iridium claims Ru, Re, and Rh are less-abundant. Headline: wiki-graph contradicts wiki-page, someone is wrong, somehow world goes on.