Tacky, arranged furniture catalog photos are great targets for snippyness. Billed as "A look into the exciting lives of the people who live in your catalogs" Catalog Living adds always-hilarious captions to the already-humorous photos we find in our furniture catalogs:
Tisn’t quite the season…
Embarrassed by their premature arrival, Gary & Elaine’s decorative Christmas trees made their way upstairs to hide for another month.
Hilarious Mac vs. PC article by Marion Cox on Escapist Mag.
I suggested that she go buy a $15 wireless router rather than spending $100 on an expensive Apple gimmick. She told me that collage-boy refused to use anything but Mac products because of Feng Shui, apparently it went better with the cheap Ikea furniture.
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She would ask me if $2500 was too much to spend on a computer; I died a little inside when I realized that Apple computer would cost more than my last car.
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As my homebuilt PC came down, the Mac snapped; the extremely expensive machine cracked open, guts spilling from its disemboweled chassis. Clearly, PC was the winner in this particular fight. Screw you, Justin Long.
P.S. - I am writing this from a VIA Rail train, with free wifi in every car. Welcome to the future [sic].
... via Sascha
(update: Iraq won! :) )
Morale-boosting final awaits Iraq
Iraq's passage to its first Asian Cup final has triggered wild celebrations back home, with many people seeing the team as a symbol of national unity. However, the team's success has come against a background of violence, with bombers killing at least 50 people in Baghdad as crowds celebrated the semi-final win over South Korea.
Iraq's Brazilian coach Jorvan Vieira conceded the bombings had affected the squad but said: "Life must go on.
Saudi Arabia's Brazilian coach Helio Cesar dos Anjos accepts the sympathy will be with Iraq.
