I like that the Today Show went with the brave, unusual stance of talking about how GROSS life-threatening medical emergencies are. Doesn’t get said enough, you guys. Doesn’t get said enough. 

So, someone needs to do an intervention on the Intervention synopsis writer.

This is just lovely, and heartbreaking, and all-around beautiful writing.

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Yup. This is my new favorite Tumblr: screenshotsofdespair

Wishbringer was our first Infocom game, purchased with my sister at a Babbage’s in the Cherry Hill Mall (I think?). It was not our last, not even close: we played almost every title, even the weird ones with grown-up themes we didn’t get.

We treasured all the little extras that came in the boxes, bought the invisible ink hint manuals you had to decode with special pens and spent hours in the basement playing these games, cracking up, solving puzzles and working as a team.

I MISS THEM SO MUCH. I know there are other text-adventures, and I know I can replay the classic games now in flash form online or elsewhere, but I want MORE INFOCOM. I wish I could look forward to a new Zork game the way I look forward to a new Halo or Bioshock. 

BONUS: they were great vocabulary boosters, even for an already bookish nerd-child. And so, may I present a short feature, entitled:

A Sampling of Words I Learned From Infocom Games

• Chemise
• Copse
• Maw
• Shillelagh
• Hurdy-Gurdy
• Reticule

Right? Come on. These games were, and are, the greatest.

Sometimes I think I love the Internet more than your average person, and then I see something like this and I am… shocked. Puzzled? And, frankly, kind of terrified.

Let’s all get a grip, please. 

(she said, via the Internet. I know, I know. But trust me, if you know me in person, I’m going to want to talk about this in person too. Sorry in advance.)

Edited to add: Yes yes, many of our jobs depend on the Internet, so I suppose that might be part of the problem here. But still. 

I always thought he looked like a lion, but this is so much better.

redscharlach:

Otters Who Look Like Benedict Cumberbatch: A Visual Examination.

All otters are from The Daily Otter, for all your ottery Tumblr needs!

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I genuinely thought the voiceover guy called them “Chicken McButts”, and that he then said they were made of “creamy chicken breast”… and I STILL wanted to try them, so… I think basically I’m a lost cause, you guys. 

Just give up on me.

Let me go.

OK, yes, I am hysterically laughing, but I am laughing WITH her, and not at her.

Recently they were shooting an episode of some reality show at a nail salon I was in and I literally just ROLLED away from my manicurist when I thought I was suddenly in the background of a shot. Just rolled away in my chair, sailed over to the other side of the room, behind a divider.

So I get it. I get it.

thedailywhat:

Camera Shy of the Day: Awkward Kristin is awkward.

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thedailywhat:

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