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08/09/2008 06:01 #45285

The Third Larson?
Category: e:strip
Behold Larson, the hidden.

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museumchick - 08/11/08 23:02
I do see a bit of facial resemblance there:).

Hey, were you at the Shakespeare in the Park that night? I thought I saw a woman who looked like you, but I wasn't sure as she didn't have on the jacket.

Take care and hope you are doing well, Tinypliny!

08/07/2008 20:55 #45266

Way to go, e:Jim!!! Congratulations!!!
Category: e:strip
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mrmike - 08/08/08 10:42
Seconding that emotion. Keep it going Jim

08/02/2008 19:06 #45231

A cup of tea
Category: eating in
Doesn't ring the bell of evil now, does it?

Watch and learn.

::Download Flash Video::


tinypliny - 08/04/08 20:35
That's funny. I didn't notice the building earlier and there indeed is one on the pot. I just like the fact that the music is so unduly spooky and its such a silly low-level havoc to wreck on anyone. hahaha...
metalpeter - 08/03/08 14:57
Hey (e:Tiny) sorry I missed you in the chat you will notice I used the picture. Also that video is a little bit odd. I like that you can see the reflection of some building in the Tea Pot I wonder if it worked out that way or if it was planned, to bad I can't tell what building it is, but someone might be able to.

08/01/2008 00:37 #45212

"He had a full-sized thumb!"
Category: the odes
That is what I thought I heard (e:enknot) utter at lunch today. I am not sure what it was in reference to - perhaps a certain league of homeless perennially living in rollercoasters? I was too far away and too distracted by (e:mike)-stalking to figure out the context or even if it was actually what he had said. But that is not the point of this post.

I had an epiphany ten minutes ago and I think (e:enknot)'s phrase has immense potential and is poised to make it's grand entry into the English idiom universe. In fact, I see it sweeping the global vernacular in the next couple years or so. The endless possibilities of this unique phrase are compelling.

Someone vetoes an excellent proposal just because of their idiocy. You step out of the veto meeting and declare in bitterness, "Some full-sized thumb he has." Touche.

Some impatient creep jumps the queue and gets service out of turn. You exclaim in frustration, "BUT he had a full-sized thumb!" Touche.

Yeah, I can see some of you clickety-clicking away from this journal. Stop fidgeting and settle down, will you? You have a full-sized thumb for goodness sake! Touche.

Some crazy superior comes along and unravels months of your hard work by declaring the project you have been working on, as defunct. You want to grab him by the collar, shake him down and yell - "You full-sized thumb abuser, you!" But you also don't want to lose your job so you end up not doing any of the above. You did, however, use the idiom mentally. So, touche.

You are trying to get your friend to reach a time-bound decision for e.g. which restaurant should you be eating dinner at. You could say, "Tick Tock, put that full-sized thumb to work, will you?"

The government makes another thoughtless decision and goes to war with the rest of the universe. You think in exasperation, "What's new? Their brains obviously didn't grow in proportion to their full-sized thumbs". Touche.

Just a taste of how a well-placed and probably misheard phrase can prove to be a full-sized thumb in the evolution of language.
zobar - 08/01/08 16:32
Ohhh I get it. Sorry, I'm having a short-thumb day today.

- Z
tinypliny - 08/01/08 10:18
Haha... yeah but the usage needs to be **idiomatic**! As (e:jon) would probably say, I demand that the the usage be idiomatic!
zobar - 08/01/08 08:54
'Could you describe the person who mugged you?'

- Z

07/29/2008 03:11 #45179

The Rocky Plastic Toxic Horror Show
Category: carbon neutral
So you went to the grocery store and ticked off the items from the crumpled list you clutched till the ink ran and splotched your fingers. When you came out to your car, for those five little things you bought, you have EIGHT plastic bags.
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Why is the Maths not adding up? Because when the cashier asked if you wanted the milk double-bagged, you unconsciously nodded, and lord forbid that the cereal ends up within a mile of soap or the bread, regardless of the fact that all of them are excessively packaged on their own anyway. So you come home with eight bags or more.
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And you think, oh, I can return them the next time I go to the store, since they accept all plastic bags back, don't they? That may be true but ever wondered if it really gets recycled? Consider these statistics:

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Yeah, highly unlikely.

What then happens to your plastic bags and your disposable coffee mugs, mug caps, disposable forks, knives, spoons, plates, boxes and all the other plastic that you throw away on a daily basis??

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Some end up in land-fills.
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Some end up in oceans.
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You couldn't care less, right? It's just littering the ocean far away from you.

Well, think again. The plastic bags that you thought were being recycled choke and kill coral reefs by blocking access to their precious sunlight.
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Unsuspecting birds feed on this plastic.
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Some of these could be endangered species...
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Some of these birds become hopelessly entangled with plastic bags making them unable to fly. Imagine living your life in a dirty plastic bag.
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Some suffer worse fates.
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This bird was choked to death by a handle of a plastic bag you gleefully dragged home and threw away.
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Birds and corals are not the only victims. Plastic bags and plastic disposables float about the ocean.
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Many turtles who live up to 120 years die in a mere 10-50 choking on shredded plastic bags.
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This poor turtle was brutally choked to death on the Hawaiian atoll of Midway where all the plastic washed up on beaches.
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They are eaten by sealion pups that die soon after.
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In 2002, this young dead minke whale washed ashore the Isle of Mull:
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Scientists conducting the autopsy were shocked to discover that the cause of death was a whale-load of plastic inside its stomach.
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Land animals are affected as well. Rare species of monkeys have reduced lifespans because of plastic.
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They affect birds of prey, thus disrupting the food-chain.
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The king of the jungle is sadly humbled to death by the plastic bag you threw away.
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For those of you who are gloating over the fact that you take only paper bags home, here's what your paper bag cost the planet:
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Bring your own washable cloth bags.
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Use reusable mugs and cups for your daily coffee!
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And that is not all.
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Wouldn't you say its time to finally spell out a firm NO TO PLASTIC BAGS? How many more deaths and wars do you need? How many more coasts do you need choked? How many species would you like seeing wiped out? Say NO to this hideous and insidious pestilence.
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Put an end to the plastic horror show.
Source of Slides:
Source of Photographs: Banish the bags Campaign, The Daily Mail.


museumchick - 07/29/08 18:13
I never realized so few plastic bags were recycled, or just how much of a negative impact they can cause. Thank you so much for posting about this!
lauren - 07/29/08 12:04
Nicely done. I do have to say though...how much are we really accomplishing unless companies actually stop making plastic bags in the first place? The only place I can think of is Aldis that doesn't offer you courtesy bags when you check out. I guess the answer to that would be... if the demand wasn't there, the product wouldn't be, so quit taking the bags! For those of you who don't know, Wegmans does recycle plastic bags, even non Wegman's bags... the one on Sheridan has a slot right next to the bottle recycle...they also take bread bags.
heidi - 07/29/08 11:40
Go, Tiny!

The nonprofit community organization I started in 2004 hosted an environmental fair last year. We worked with our regional solid waste authority to accept computer parts, textiles and magazines for recycling - we had nearly 3,000 lbs of stuff, mostly computer parts. We also teamed up with them to distribute 1,000 reusable grocery bags for free, and we've given away nearly 500 reusable water bottles. (see my next post for pix)
hodown - 07/29/08 11:32
Fantastic post. It frequently astonishes me the amount of bag action people have. I keep every plastic bag I get and try to not take one most of the time. My biggest pet peeve is when I say I've brough my own bag and the cashier still bags my stuff AND then puts it into my cloth bag. Whole Foods actually stopped carrying plastic bags and NYC has a mandatory recycle bag program in effect now. Still I don't see it helping all that much- Americans have an addiction to plastic.