Month: June 2010

  • Commenter brilliance – Arwen edition.

    I’m not sure if you all know, but the comments section here is often the best part of this whole ice-cream social. Up till now, I’ve just been too lazy to pick out some of the gems for you, but I’m going to start. There are too many hilarious, touching, and/or informative vignettes to let…

  • Diet Pop Culture – Choice Quotes from Diet Paperbacks

    I have a sort of unofficial hobby of collecting diet paperbacks — something about them fascinates me in the same way I am fascinated by infomercials. Not only are they often unintentionally hilarious, but they have a certain formula and flavour that promises to reveal something about how marketing, emotion, and motivation interact. So I’ve…