Adventures & Insights

One man's adventures in the physical and intellectual worlds…

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Twitter – You Are A Dirty Bird.

 

The bird is dirty...

I don’t mean to dis you or hurt your feelings Twitter but I seriously need to tell you something.

Please stop sending naked women my way.

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The Things We Do For Love

In Australia today, news was surprisingly slow. Or this one particular story was so amazing that it warranted almost a whole day of dedication from electronic media. You decide.

Olivia – Do You Remember Steve Tucker?

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Netspeak – I Don’t Support It

I'm pretty sure Baby Jesus is crying right now.

The English language is under seige my friends, rally to me and fight back with all your might! The tide is against us, but we will overcome!

“Techlology” is killing the English language. You know what I’m referring to. What began as a mild mutation of English has distorted almost exponentially into the monstrosity that now assaults so many eyes and ears.

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Multi-dimensional Wonders of the World (of Warcraft)

Brackarn Santhor - Humble, stalwart warrior and dancer extraordinaire

It used to be that when you went marauding heedlessly into a dungeon or chasing the enemy hordes across the battlefield, you knew exactly who you were dealing with. You were usually sitting around a table with your friends and a character sheet in front of you which listed all your strengths and weaknesses, along with the entire contents of your backpack.

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Spamtastic!

I wish I could say I am in a good mood today. Sadly I can’t and while I do my utmost to maintain a positive and well-mannered exterior there is a bubbling snark inside me that just wants to say sarcastic things at every opportunity. Instead of aiming this snarkasm-cannon at my friends and readers, I will fire at will at the spam comments I’ve received here at Adventures and Insights over the past few weeks.

Happy Monday everyone; I hope yours is/has been better than mine!

If the idea of sarcastic responses to spam comments doesn’t really amuse you (I can understand why not), check this out instead – Cool Material.com. It gave me a much needed laugh. Be warned though, it contains swearing.

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