Vindication!

I wish the study hadn’t just focused on men but I like that BDSM is being studied at all and that results show that participants are totally normal, and in some cases better-adjusted, than their vanilla counterparts.

Bondage lovers normal, maybe even happier | NEWS.com.au

By Tamara McLean

AN unusual sex survey has found that Australians who enjoy bondage and discipline are not damaged or dangerous, and might even be happier than those who practice “normal” sex.

…contrary to commonly-held stereotypes, they are not doing so in reaction to sexual abuse or because they are “sexually deficient” in some way, according the study of 20,000 Australians by public health researchers at the University of New South Wales.

…In fact, men who take part may be happier, with results showing they score significantly lower on a scale of psychological distress than other men.

The researchers did not study why this was, but suspect it might simply be that they’re more in harmony with themselves because they’re into something unusual and are comfortable with that.

I can’t decide if my new catchphrase should be:

“I don’t want to party with new fillings.”

or

“I caution you, it can be both.”

Lifescore so far today = 0/4, unless turning on the sprinkler counts as a household chore. I am so tired.

Create a 3D Push Pin and a Paper Note in Illustrator - VECTORTUTS

Needing to freshen up my Illustrator skills, so doing random tutorials. Love PSDTUTS, VECTORTUTS is just as cool. Nice to have someone walk me through the 3D capabilities of CS3, here’s my output.

(What, like you thought it wouldn’t be pink? Please.)

Quite possibly a devious WIN if you really don’t like soccer players.

see more pwn and owned pictures

I had to smallinate this for posting here, so click on it to go there where it’s from.

I want a box.

OH! The things I would holler.

This came from here so go there.

more cat pictures

Thank Ceiling Cat for icanhascheezburger.com, it’s the only thing that makes me smile from 8-4, M-F.

more cat pictures

Oh, you totally know I cried.

Fun toy for the day, take a bunch of words (or your delicious tags/links) and have wordle turn them into a fun, artful tag cloud. Save it to their gallery or print.

Pretty! Mine looks like a shoe!

Wordle

more funny fail pictures at FAIL Blog

I am such a sucker for these CollegeHumor.com videos, but they’re so well done!

#99 Grammar « Stuff White People Like

Another important thing to know is that when white people read magazines and books they are always looking for grammar and spelling mistakes. In fact, one of the greatest joys a white person can experience is to catch a grammar mistake in a major publication. Finding one allows a white person to believe that they are better than the writer and the publication since they would have caught the mistake. The more respected the publication, the greater the thrill. If a white person were to catch a mistake in The New Yorker, it would be a sufficient reason for a large party.

I’ve been all weekend traumatized because one of my friends kept using the word “shat” in the wrong tense. Clearly “shat” is past tense and she was using it in future tense. I could hardly keep myself from reprimanding her. But in the end I rose above it. *sigh*

Then MyTodd™ said that he thought it wasn’t even a real word! Merciful heavens, the educating I have to do amongst my friends. Who appreciate it one and all, and don’t find me in the least pedantic. *ahem*

I haven’t been keeping up with Something Awful lately because for a while everything there was pissing me off. But to be honest, everything everywhere has been pissing me off lately (read:since January) and I can bravely admit that I am just one big, stinking, festering pile of pissed-off asshole. So anyway. I am eating lunch at my desk today because, like any self-respecting American, I give little to no thought to my mental or physical health and a lot of thought to getting my work done and avoiding my coworkers. I was browsing around and found this article which (if it weren’t for them apparently having some kind of moratorium on women writers there) I would swear a girl had to have written. Maybe just some guy who observes other guys a lot did it, I dunno. Whatever. Now I am pissed off again. Anyway go read this because it made me laugh and because you value my judgement regarding funny stuff.

No Big Deal.

So, married? Boyfriend? Kids? Whats the story? No, not like that, just getting to know you. Oh, married? Yeah, thats great. I cant say I envy you, though. I was married for a while, but thats over. No kids, though.

Oh Yeah, no, Ive got the one kid. Great kid. Hes gonna be smart, like his dad. Im a great dad, never missed a birthday. I spoil that kid rotten on his birthdays. Power Wheels, Nintendo, plasma TV, all that stuff. My ex is like “youre buying him too much stuff, hes too young, he doesnt need all this stuff,” but Im like, dont tell me what your kid needs. For instance, this year I bought him this great little .22 rifle, and his mom throws a hissy fit. Shes like “hes only three, hes gonna kill someone with this thing,” but Im like, listen, the kids gotta be, pardon my French, but the kids gotta be a fucking deadeye to kill someone with a little .22. This year I was gonna get him a crossbow, lets see him kill someone with that. I bet he cant even pull the string back.

You know, I get bored with online tricks and toys. In 1995 I was impressed with having all the world’s information at my fingertips, but now… meh. The world’s information has lost its charm.

Something has rekindled my love of online living lately though, and it’s all related to Firefox. I am using the very niftiest of extensions with it. They make me feel like my own grandma, so filled am I with wonder and amazement at their handiness. Chief among these is:

Foxmarks - This extension for firefox synchronizes your bookmarks across multiple computers. As many computers as you want, whatever platform you desire, as long as you’re running Firefox on said system. I don’t think you can possibly recognize how essential that is until you experience it.

For instance - I am at work. I bookmark a great site. I add it to my Bookmarks toolbar even, that’s how much I love it and need it near me always. Later that afternoon I walk across the office and log into the Mac… it’s there. I go home and log in at home… it’s there. I am at the coffeeshop working on my laptop… it’s there. I don’t have to do anything, I don’t have to manually sync, I don’t have to use an online service like del.icio.us, I don’t have to think about it. It’s just so mindlessly convenient and right. The way things should work. Likewise if I delete a link, or remove some duplicate or redundant ones. I only have to do it once. Lovely.

Google Notebook, specifically the Firefox browser extension for it. This is a clipping service type-o’-deal, so that when I want to save a snippet of HTML I will need later, or a snippet of info from a page, or a link that I don’t want to bookmark but want to visit later that day, or the name of a plant I want to buy, I can just highlight it, click “Clip” and there it will be later! If I want to capture snippets of conversational inanity such as:

“Marketing, it’s not a science. I mean, there’s only so much you can do with it.”

or

“The actual numbers aren’t as important as the fact that we have capacity”

for a book about retarded people that I am planning to write when I have a minute, or maybe just note down the amount of times per day that my new boss calls me “Sharon”, I can do that with no problem. And all that information is available to me on any system I regularly use.

I can also visit my Notebook from any browser on any computer, and share it with others if I want to, but it’s the browser extension that I really love. It lives down in the bottom right-hand corner of my screen being all handy and shit. See?:

So, those are some things that are making me love the internet again lately. Hope you find them useful if you’re not already using them!