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invisible fools

April 1, 2008April FoolishnessChris

You might notice that Global Spin has a flavor today. You might even say there’s a hint of something feline. Well, you’d be correct.

Do not adjust your set. We have control of the language and the grammar. And we have a cheeseburger.

Update April 2: If you didn’t see the site yesterday, this may not make sense. All articles (including past posts and comments) were translated into LOLspeak by the excellent TFS LOLcat plugin for WordPress. So basically the whole site didn’t make sense, and this post fit right in.

a milestone i hoped we wouldn’t reach

March 24, 2008IraqChris

I’ve been too busy with life to mention the anniversary of the invasion, but I couldn’t let pass the 4,000th soldier to fall.

It’s been two years since my last numbers update, so here are the current tallies:

Weapons of Mass Destruction found before invasion: 0
Weapons of Mass Destruction declared by US before invasion: LOTS
US Cost in dollars: 500,000,000,000 (yes, half a trillion dollars already)
US military deaths: 4,000
Iraqi civilians killed: 82,000
Weapons of Mass Destruction found after invasion: 0
U.S. timeline to leave Iraq: NONE
Days until the 2008 presidential election: 224

And yes, that last link is a blatant plug for Barack Obama. As was that one. But seriously, how else am I supposed to respond to such depressing numbers?

my man-crush on JoCo continues

March 10, 2008MusicChris

Geekdad ran a great interview with Jonathan Coulton today, at the end of which he summed up the Geekdad (and Global Spin) philosophy perfectly:

Jonathan Coulton: I have the luxury of being able to say this because things have worked out pretty well for me, and I’m very grateful for that, but I really think this is true: the best example you can set for your kids is to do what you love. People who grow up feeling like geeks soon become very practiced at hiding the parts of themselves that don’t fit in with the rest of the people around them, and that’s a terrible shame. I hope my kid loves math (or robots or elves or aliens), and I hope she doesn’t care who knows it.

For our part, we here at Global Spin will continue to protect our freaks, no matter how old they are.

the tale of apache beard: the final chapter

March 3, 2008International Mustache MonthInternational Mustache Month, momonth, mustacheChris

And on the last day, or perhaps the day before that, for they deemed it a ‘leap year’ and all was confusion, the beard it came to pass. And it was soft, and luxurious, and only a little patchy on the one side, not so as you would notice at least. And the hero approved of the beard, and it was good.

And there followed much clipping, and wailing, and gnashing of teeth, and the sink became covered all about.� But such was not the end of the beard. From the ashes arose a new sight, altogether more magnificent and grand. And they were sore afraid. And the new beard it burned, burned as though the sides were on fire. And the hero approved of this, and he wished it could stay so forever.

But it was not to be. The beard could not last, for this was not International Beard Month or even International Sideburns Month. The mustache must come forth; so it shall be, and so it was. And the hero made the best of it, considering.