Friday Ephemera

I suppose we should list the possibility of an “explosive colonoscopy” as a “First World Problem.” Though, in truth, I could have used that information this morning while trying to explain to my doctor why I’d been avoiding scheduling such a procedure. When I go in two weeks, I’ll be sure to put a sign on my bum which says, “No Smoking.”

Sociology and farting, together at last.
I’m so glad sociologists are spending their time (and our money) on really important work.

I just wanted to go on record and complain in writing to the management about all the crap going on at this site.

The erotic aspects of Tetris had previously been overlooked.
It’s $3.01. I’m tempted…

I seem to recall that the Kruszelnicki study included the term “blast radius” as well.

Speaking of education.

According to recent news, you too can donate to the creation of . . . . insert lots of polysyllabic phrases . . . art.
“If you own or plan to purchase a 18k gold apple watch, you are rich and evil. We are offering you one way out: donate to us. After all, why on earth you need a watch,” the artist wrote online.
Actually, for Apple products, my favorite example of stupidity, or, There’s a hipster born every minute, was the expensive red dot.

Guys, guys, you really need to get a load of this:
“We live in a male-supremacist society. Under it, women are sexually colonized, are treated as sexual and reproductive chattel. Under it, women are subjected to a female sexual slavery that is at the core of patriarchy’s heart of darkness. Under it, women are subjected to epidemic level of male violence, male sexual violence and abuse. It is a rape culture. It is a woman-hating culture.”
Of course, it’s not all that unusual for Gender Studies students to spout such nonsense. As a matter of fact, though, the above is taken from a PhD thesis in… accounting. Yes, seriously:
http://theothermccain.com/2015/03/20/from-a-ph-d-dissertation/

The theater (in the round) where they filmed that Bach/Jackson 5 video is really amazing. The entire stage, from the basement to the rafters, is totally souped up.
They can make whole the stage rotate or just an outer ring, customizable hydraulics permit them to raise or lower any sized section of the stage they want.
For Treasure Island, the set was a ship surrounded by real water, with a 12-foot pool on one side that actors dove into but didn’t surface where we could see them.
Yeah, I saw it. Had season tickets for two years.

“Some people are sexually aroused by farts”. I know what you’re all thinking, and no, I’m not one of those people.

If it’s any comfort, this week’s ephemera … has fart jokes and everything.
Perhaps comfort is not exactly the right word, but “When Kindle covers go wrong” was certainly a marvel to behold.
Now then, apparently unaware that this is an already well-worn and shop soiled grievance, Starbucks’ silly habit of writing patron’s names on all their cups ‘triggers’ yet more feelings of alienation in those who believe themselves not to be blessed by systemic privilege.

And speaking of colossal narcissists, there’s this fine example.
Mr Colvin’s extended two finger gesture to the people who paid his salary – and the former co-workers who presumably had to do the work that he was too grand to do – is worth reading in full.

With that knowledge, can anyone advise if LGBTQIA remains sufficiently inclusive and all-encompassing?
Several years back even was the first time I heard the prediction that in enough time the actual acronym will simply be the remaining few letters not in use . . . .

I must confess that when I first heard of LGBT as a teenager, I actually thought it was a sandwich.