It's just a very geeky morning :D

[skreidle]

Geeky:
A friend's AIM away message:

The adjacent text utilizes four a's, one b, two c's, three d's, thirty-six e's, five f's, three g's, nine h's, eleven i's, two j's, one k, four l's, one m, eighteen n's, thirteen o's, one p, one q, eight r's, twenty-seven s's, twenty-four t's, four u's, four v's, seven w's, five x's, four y's, and two z's.

The adjacent text utilizes four a's, one b, two c's, three d's, thirty-two e's, nine f's, three g's, eight h's, eleven i's, two j's, one k, three l's, one m, seventeen n's, fifteen o's, one p, one q, eleven r's, twenty-six s's, twenty-one t's, eight u's, six v's, six w's, three x's, four y's, and two z's.

Think about that for a while. As you're tabulating in one sentence, each new number-word changes three to eight-ish words in the other sentence, and vice versa..

vinz_klortho got an awesome birthday cake! I want a picture!
The cake was a green circuit board with a cream-cheese icing resistor. The color codes matched my age, and chocolate twizzlers made dandy wires.

Lit-geeky:
From verblgerbl: Jean-Paul Sartre's cooking diary.
I want to create an omelet that expresses the meaninglessness of existence, and instead they taste like cheese. I look at them on the plate, but they do not look back. Tried eating them with the lights off. It did not help. Malraux suggested paprika.

Word-geeky:
hehehe! From another friend:

The twit in my office just said, "I'm so nauseous." Yes, yes you are, you little twit!

Note to non language geeks: the word "nauseous" means "causing nausea" and it is often misused as a synonym for "nauseated," which means "affected by nausea." Depending on which dictionary you reference, though, you might find that the misuse has creeped its way into a tentative legitimacy. It's still damn funny though.

Activist-computer-geeky:
From Christine: Bikes Against Bush: An Internet-Enabled Protest. Awesome!
Using a Wireless Internet-enabled bicycle outfitted with a custom-designed printing device, the Bikes Against Bush bicycle can print text messages sent from web users directly onto the streets of Manhattan in water-soluble chalk.

Activist-quiz-geeky:
Partly by Christine:
Hi gang! Hopefully, the militant pro-choice tone won't insult you, but this is one of the projects I worked on for Donordigital where some of my writing actually stuck around.

Dear Friend,

President Bush, Dick Cheney... I don't want America falling for any of these "Mr. Wrongs" this election day -- so I just took the Notyourmatch.com quiz to find out just who my anti-choice Mr. Wrong is, and what I can do to stop them! You don't want any of these fellas showing up on YOUR doorstep. Take to find out who your Mr./Ms. Wrong could be. Then check out the site to find out how to make sure we elect Mr. Right -- John Kerry in November!

http://www.NotYourMatch.com

Comments

[inkyblue2.livejournal.com]

I DIG that bike. You know, making something like that would be simplicity itself...

[skreidle.livejournal.com]

Get crackin'!

[reverend-dave.livejournal.com]

Depending on which dictionary you reference, though, you might find that the misuse has creeped its way into a tentative legitimacy. It's still damn funny though.

Sounds like a dangerously inflammable situation to me!

[skreidle.livejournal.com]

Damn evolutionary language. Some things just shouldn't change.