The Quantum Mechanic » funny http://quantum-mechanic.com Uncertain rants and musings Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:04:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Nobama, please http://quantum-mechanic.com/2008/07/13/nobama-please/ http://quantum-mechanic.com/2008/07/13/nobama-please/#comments Sun, 13 Jul 2008 17:08:36 +0000 qm http://quantum-mechanic.com/2008/07/13/nobama-please/ Hoisted from the Althouse comments:

Obama is the messiah, he cometh with truth.

He taxeth the wealthy and giveth me new programs.

He taketh not my paltry earnings, but giveth me the money earneth by others.

He endeth the war and retreateth from victory.

He speaketh with mine enemies, both great and minor.

He asketh them to forbear and desist.

He taketh the profits of oil companies and keepeth it for the government.

He lowereth the price of gasoline by making it more difficult to drilleth for oil.

He opposeth fracturing the atom to generate electricity, but demandeth that my car be powered by electrons.

He transcendeth race by declaiming his whitheth mother and grandethparents who raiseth him after his blacketh father skeedaddleth back to Africa.

He associateth with radicals and crooks, both blacketh and whiteth, ignoring their color and loveth only their influence and money.

He promiseth anything in the name of vote seeking.

He lieth through his teeth.

]]> http://quantum-mechanic.com/2008/07/13/nobama-please/feed/ 0 If only Beethoven had followed in the footsteps of his teacher… http://quantum-mechanic.com/2008/01/29/if-only-beethoven-had-followed-in-the-footsteps-of-his-teacher/ http://quantum-mechanic.com/2008/01/29/if-only-beethoven-had-followed-in-the-footsteps-of-his-teacher/#comments Wed, 30 Jan 2008 03:40:34 +0000 qm http://quantum-mechanic.com/2008/01/29/if-only-beethoven-had-followed-in-the-footsteps-of-his-teacher/ Johann Georg Albrechtsberger
(and listen to the samples!)

“Doing-doing-doing-DOINNNNNG. Doing-doing-doing-DOINNNNNNG!”

]]> http://quantum-mechanic.com/2008/01/29/if-only-beethoven-had-followed-in-the-footsteps-of-his-teacher/feed/ 0 Tales of Supernatural Law! http://quantum-mechanic.com/2007/12/16/tales-of-supernatural-law/ http://quantum-mechanic.com/2007/12/16/tales-of-supernatural-law/#comments Sun, 16 Dec 2007 13:37:11 +0000 qm http://quantum-mechanic.com/2007/12/16/tales-of-supernatural-law/ Damn that Volokh Conspiracy commenter for finding me another webcomic to waste time on.

As a legal geek and mild horror fan, I find Supernatural Law nicely amusing and a fun read. Based on the webcomic, I’ve decided to take a flyer by ordering some of their collections of past physical SL comics.

]]> http://quantum-mechanic.com/2007/12/16/tales-of-supernatural-law/feed/ 0 Obit of the year http://quantum-mechanic.com/2006/07/12/obit-of-the-year/ http://quantum-mechanic.com/2006/07/12/obit-of-the-year/#comments Wed, 12 Jul 2006 16:50:32 +0000 qm http://quantum-mechanic.com/2006/07/12/obit-of-the-year/ You have to read this.

]]> http://quantum-mechanic.com/2006/07/12/obit-of-the-year/feed/ 1 Capturing Vertigo to a T http://quantum-mechanic.com/2006/07/06/capturing-vertigo-to-a-t/ http://quantum-mechanic.com/2006/07/06/capturing-vertigo-to-a-t/#comments Thu, 06 Jul 2006 22:37:44 +0000 qm http://quantum-mechanic.com/2006/07/06/capturing-vertigo-to-a-t/ From a (positive) review of the final issue of Lucifer:

Vertigo have released countless Sandman spin-offs over the years, of which this is just one. The numbers have dwindled recently, but back in the day you couldn’t move for stories featuring a minor character who had three lines of dialogue in Sandman #17, usually discovering the exciting world of lesbianism and tarot. Most of them were, shall we say, less than memorable.

]]> http://quantum-mechanic.com/2006/07/06/capturing-vertigo-to-a-t/feed/ 4 The Geek Hierarchy http://quantum-mechanic.com/2006/06/04/the-geek-hierarchy/ http://quantum-mechanic.com/2006/06/04/the-geek-hierarchy/#comments Sun, 04 Jun 2006 18:18:04 +0000 qm http://quantum-mechanic.com/2006/06/04/the-geek-hierarchy/ Sad, but true.

]]> http://quantum-mechanic.com/2006/06/04/the-geek-hierarchy/feed/ 1 Death to Mary Sue! http://quantum-mechanic.com/2006/06/03/death-to-mary-sue/ http://quantum-mechanic.com/2006/06/03/death-to-mary-sue/#comments Sun, 04 Jun 2006 00:50:11 +0000 qm http://quantum-mechanic.com/2006/06/03/death-to-mary-sue/ If you’ve read any SF or fantasy (or, god forbid, fanfic), you’ve undoubtedly run across Mary Sue, even if you don’t recognize “her”.

Anyhow, here’s a hilarious parody of Sues and the lamers who foist them on us.

]]> http://quantum-mechanic.com/2006/06/03/death-to-mary-sue/feed/ 1 Sherman! Set the Way-Back Machine! http://quantum-mechanic.com/2006/05/12/sherman-set-the-way-back-machine/ http://quantum-mechanic.com/2006/05/12/sherman-set-the-way-back-machine/#comments Fri, 12 May 2006 21:04:33 +0000 qm http://quantum-mechanic.com/2006/05/12/sherman-set-the-way-back-machine/ A frighteningly time-wasting site where you can look up the TV shows and toys you frittered away your childhood on. You know you can’t resist…

]]> http://quantum-mechanic.com/2006/05/12/sherman-set-the-way-back-machine/feed/ 1 We welcome our networked tamagotchi overlords… http://quantum-mechanic.com/2006/04/19/we-welcome-our-networked-tamagotchi-overlords/ http://quantum-mechanic.com/2006/04/19/we-welcome-our-networked-tamagotchi-overlords/#comments Thu, 20 Apr 2006 03:21:25 +0000 qm http://quantum-mechanic.com/2006/04/19/we-welcome-our-networked-tamagotchi-overlords/ Tamagotchi are back. And they can communicate with each other. Be afraid. Be very afraid.

]]> http://quantum-mechanic.com/2006/04/19/we-welcome-our-networked-tamagotchi-overlords/feed/ 1 Pennies as call options http://quantum-mechanic.com/2006/04/13/pennies-as-call-options/ http://quantum-mechanic.com/2006/04/13/pennies-as-call-options/#comments Thu, 13 Apr 2006 16:05:53 +0000 qm http://quantum-mechanic.com/2006/04/13/pennies-as-call-options/ Tyler Cowen has a neat post about pennies behaving as call options on zinc/copper.

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