Saturday, December 26, 2015

WhoSay

This is for Babcocks, Lindsay and Ivy, for whom this film is their Star Wars.
Chevy Chase looks back at National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation — and it is pure magic.
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This is for Babcocks, Lindsay and Ivy, for whom this film is their Star Wars.

Wednesday, December 23, 2015

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All the other reindeer were dicks and wouldn't let him play.

Saturday, December 19, 2015

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Biggest surprise of the Force Awakens... General Sy Snoodles of the Resistance.

Sunday, December 13, 2015

Thursday, December 10, 2015

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Are you, or someone you know, an experienced tech reporter on the west coast looking for a job? If so, get in touch.

Monday, December 7, 2015

Saturday, December 5, 2015

Thursday, December 3, 2015

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Tell Steve Miller, the lyric should be: "Well I've been lookin' real hard And I'm tryin' to find a JARB."

Thursday, November 19, 2015

Monday, November 16, 2015

Thursday, November 12, 2015

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Things that are saporific sometimes, in surfeit, make me soporific.

Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Newsmaker Show, November 10, 2015, Eric Griffith | AM 1480 WLEA News

I'm back on WLEA radio! Talking about @PCMag stories. It's the best of all worlds.

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I'm back on WLEA radio! Talking about @PCMag stories. It's the best of all worlds.

Tuesday, October 13, 2015

Friday, October 9, 2015

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Has anyone in history ever made this impulse purchase at checkout? Also: how does it attach to your navel?

Thursday, October 8, 2015

Tuesday, October 6, 2015

Oh my god #how make great apearance walking in grandmas house

I can see one of my nephews doing this. (Probably about 10 minutes after he sees this.) Then: get ready for a paddlin'!
Vine by SlimJim
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I can see one of my nephews doing this. (Probably about 10 minutes after he sees this.) Then: get ready for a paddlin'!

Sunday, October 4, 2015

Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Monday, September 28, 2015

Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Jazz Fever (feat. Seth Green) - Rachel Bloom

There's only one cure.
Originally produced by Above Average. Website: http://ift.tt/17q7gW6 Buy this song and full album on iTunes: http://ift.tt/1QyZstj.. Twitte...
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Four dollar stores? Really? FOUR? http://ift.tt/1KBcFOJ

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Make the upgrade, then learn the tips. Then, put down your phone and stop being rude, jerks. (JK. Always use your phone.)

26 iOS 9 Tips for Apple Fanatics

Make the upgrade, then learn the tips. Then, put down your phone and stop being rude, jerks. (JK. Always use your phone.)
It's time to upgrade to iOS 9. Here are the top tricks that make it a worthwhile upgrade.
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Monday, September 21, 2015

Hamm Knows

Hamm knows: laugha are always better than class.
The best GIFs are on Giphy
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Lazy is... scratching my back with a ruler because the backscratcher would mean moving my chair.

Friday, September 18, 2015

Wednesday, September 16, 2015

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There will not be a Pacific Rim 2. Sorry, porn industry. You'll have to come up with your own story for Pacific Rim-Job 2.

Saturday, September 12, 2015

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A look back at a night five years ago that changed the course of my life.

Friday, September 11, 2015

Why you should never make your bed

So there, my hyper-allergenic Lindsay. I never have to ever again, nyaaaa.
Yes, you read that right. Just get up and go.
http://ift.tt/1IR4bAO --via Facebook

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So there, my hyper-allergenic Lindsay. I never have to ever again, nyaaaa.

Friday, August 28, 2015

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My Pivot-Table-fu is strong. Jealous? #AnotherFridayNightLost

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Dirty talk: Netflix and Chill. Netflix & Chill. #NetflixAndChill

Wednesday, August 19, 2015

Podzook Is The Perfect Backyard Office Pod

Want.
Escape the dreaded cubicle life.
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Want.

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Does anyone else have a friend they hate/envy because that person is brave and does cool stuff and writes amazingly about adventures and get paid for it and is a genuinely nice person? Yeah, that's how I feel about Josh.

I hiked to the ‘edge of the world’ and stayed at the famous explora Patagonia lodge — here’s what it

Does anyone else have a friend they hate/envy because that person is brave and does cool stuff and writes amazingly about adventures and get paid for it and is a genuinely nice person? Yeah, that's how I feel about Josh.

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7 Things We Want at Disney's Star Wars Theme Parks

I speak for all of PCMag, nay, the world, when I say a shooting gallery of Jar-Jar targets would be a big hit.
Star Wars is coming to Disney in a big way. Here's hoping they include these attractions.
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I speak for all of PCMag, nay, the world, when I say a shooting gallery of Jar-Jar targets would be a big hit.

Saturday, August 15, 2015

Wednesday, August 12, 2015

Tuesday, August 11, 2015

Monday, August 10, 2015

Thursday, August 6, 2015

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You only have two days left to support the Misfit Otters Women Swimmin' team before they make a loop throught Lake Cayuga. Donate to the team or it's members: Christen, Kerry, Ivy, Liz, or Lindsay. They've made $3,465.70 so far, and you can make it even more! All procedes go to Hospicare. All good feelings go to you. And you might win a PRIZE because they collected cool stuff to give out.

Wednesday, August 5, 2015

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The college radio DJ just said he's "still just spreading my legs and flying."

Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Wednesday, July 22, 2015

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Do you like to win stuff? Stuff from places like: The Ithaca Ale House ($50.00) Mercato ($50.00) Cent Dix ($50.00) Rasa Spa (30 minute massage) Cinemapolis Tix (5 pack) Pottery (by Gary Rith!) Paddle-n-more SUP Yogo (4) Copper Horse Coffee (gift basket full o' coffee!) And that's just what I know about. It can be yours--you get a chance to win by donating to the Misfit Otters Women Swimmin' team, or any individual on the team. It's that simple. And if you already donated, you are already in the running. But donate again. FOR SCIENCE. You've got until August 7.

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This about says it all. ANTS!

Walt Disney Studios

This about says it all. ANTS!
Paul Rudd & Michael Douglas lead the ant charge! See Marvel's Ant-Man in theaters today!
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Moriarty is in SPECTRE.

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Do you love fairy tales? Adventures in far-off lands to the south (Brazil!)? Historical fiction? Mash them all up and you've got this amazing novelette by my friend Christopher. I got to read it back in 2007! Now you can too FOR FREE. And the sequels? Only NINETY-NINE CENTS!

The Fortuitous Meeting (The Elephant and Macaw Banner - Novelette Series Book 1)

Do you love fairy tales? Adventures in far-off lands to the south (Brazil!)? Historical fiction? Mash them all up and you've got this amazing novelette by my friend Christopher. I got to read it back in 2007! Now you can too FOR FREE. And the sequels? Only NINETY-NINE CENTS!
This work was a finalist for the Nebula Award in 2011.Welcome to a world of muskets and magic. In The Elephant and Macaw Banner series, two brave adventurers--the Dutch explorer Gerard van Oost and Yoruban warrior Oludara--travel the unexplored wilderness of sixteenth-century Brazil. Along the wa...
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The Fortuitous Meeting (The Elephant and Macaw Banner - Novelette Series Book 1)


This work was a finalist for the Nebula Award in 2011.Welcome to a world of muskets and magic. In The Elephant and Macaw Banner series, two brave adventurers--the Dutch explorer Gerard van Oost and Yoruban warrior Oludara--travel the unexplored wilderness of sixteenth-century Brazil. Along the wa...
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Batman Is A Corny Dingus, And Superman Should Whomp His Ass

Tears.
As the title suggests, the upcoming stupid-ass movie Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, will feature Batman and Superman opposing each other, at least for a while, before they inevitably come together to form what will become the Justice League of America. I do not follow this garbage film franchis…
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Tears.

Thursday, July 16, 2015

Wednesday, July 15, 2015

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Lindsay just passed her personal fundraising goal for Women Swimmin'! Time to stop giving, right? WRONG, Chester. The money goes 100% to Hospicare! You may need it someday! Pay it forward while you can. Or you're a jerk who kicks puppies and babies.

Lindsay Babcock's Personal Page for Women Swimmin' for Hospicare

Lindsay just passed her personal fundraising goal for Women Swimmin'! Time to stop giving, right? WRONG, Chester. The money goes 100% to Hospicare! You may need it someday! Pay it forward while you can. Or you're a jerk who kicks puppies and babies.
The mission of Hospicare and Palliative Care Services is to bring medical expertise and compassionate, respectful care to people and their loved ones at any stage of a life-threatening illness, and to provide information and education about advanced illness, dying, and bereavement to the entire comm…
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Comics about Stuff

it's all I as of my pool too.

Monday, July 13, 2015

The Best Free Software for 2015

Every few years I say (mostly to Windows users), "There's Free Software!" And here I am again.
Your phone is full of free apps. But don't neglect the desktop. These free programs can make your life better.
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Every few years I say (mostly to Windows users), "There's Free Software!" And here I am again.

Friday, July 10, 2015

Why I'm Always Late

I'm not going to say all your chronically-late people that I love are evil narcisists...but that "big-thinking optimism" argument didn't hold up either.
There's not really any other explanation—chronically late people are actually insane.
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I'm not going to say all your chronically-late people that I love are evil narcisists...but that "big-thinking optimism" argument didn't hold up either.

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Hey, PCMag! Here's to eight years together.

Thursday, July 9, 2015

Nature! Or, "what happens to kids when you make their mom nervous."

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Don't stare at a breast feeding woman. It makes them nervous and who suffers? The children.

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Comics about Stuff

Someday... with HOLOGRAMS.

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Judy's (my mom) dog got out; got found. Christen and Mike's dog got loose; got found. This morning, my neighbor's dogs are all standing in the street, waiting to run! I corralled two into their gate...but one cattle dog got away. Hopefully my track record of not finding lost dogs who get home anyway will stand. (BTW, if anyone knows Dr. Sharon Center over at Cornell and can let me know if she found the pup--I had to call Cornell and have them page her, I don't have her number, unlisted, etc.--I'd like to know.)

Saturday, July 4, 2015

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Hornellians...please keep an eye out for my moms dog. Also, eff fireworks.

Thursday, July 2, 2015

TiVo Roamio Over The Air Commercial Contest: DELIVERY ROOM: #horrifiedmom

Wish I could get HD over the air, because I'd buy this TiVo, and now I might buy one anyway because I love this commercial more than anything. ANYTHING.
Is this the video TiVo doesn’t want you to see?!?! Actually, it’s a video we really do want you to see. BUT IT’S NOT FOR THE EASILY OFFENDED TYPES. Although ...
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Wish I could get HD over the air, because I'd buy this TiVo, and now I might buy one anyway because I love this commercial more than anything. ANYTHING.

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Eric: outside of "the Social Network," have there been any movies about people in the tech industry? Lindsay: Um...Tron?

Wednesday, July 1, 2015

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Watching whole first season on Amazon Prime. For second time. Totally worth it. Effing hilarious.

Thursday, June 25, 2015

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My fiance swims like a mermaid--FOR CHARITY! Support her as she swims across the breadth of the Lake of CAYUGA. For HOSPICE. Give now, you bums! http://ift.tt/1BDwzK2

Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Saturday, June 6, 2015

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The cold embrace of death sounds much more appealing than the gym.

Friday, June 5, 2015

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Annoying that Hannibal isn't on Hulu--such moves promote piracy, you chumps!--but still hungry-making.

Watch Antipasto from Hannibal on NBC.com

Annoying that Hannibal isn't on Hulu--such moves promote piracy, you chumps!--but still hungry-making.
Hannibal's murderous reign resumes with Bedelia Du Maurier at his side.
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Comics about Stuff

Also, no porn on the TV!

Wednesday, June 3, 2015

Thursday, May 21, 2015

Shoulda named her Flash.

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Saturday, May 16, 2015

Comics about Stuff

This is exactly what I expect when I inevitably get one for my "health."

Sunday, May 10, 2015

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Happy Mom's Day to my favoritest moms out there. You know who you are.

Saturday, May 9, 2015

Friday, May 1, 2015

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Thoughts on Avengers: AoU: ●That's a lot of dick jokes for a Marvel U. movie. ●Donald Glover seems a little too old to play Miles Morales... ●I got a little teary when Cap hugged still-living Agent Coulsen. ●Can't believe Ant-Man was inside the Vision the whole time! ●Ben Affleck was a weird choice to play Moon Knight.

Thursday, April 30, 2015

Wednesday, April 29, 2015

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Will you be bored on Sunday? Like to talk about jetpacks, time travel, and warp drives? Come to We Were Promised Jetpacks: Ideas in Science Fiction at CSMA at 1:45! I'll blather on about that and more, with local authors! It's all part of www.springwrites.com. (Stay for my reading at 3pm with the rest of my local writing group. All good stuff.)

Spring Writes Literary Festival * Our Events * Community Arts Partnership

Will you be bored on Sunday? Like to talk about jetpacks, time travel, and warp drives? Come to We Were Promised Jetpacks: Ideas in Science Fiction at CSMA at 1:45! I'll blather on about that and more, with local authors! It's all part of www.springwrites.com. (Stay for my reading at 3pm with the rest of my local writing group. All good stuff.)
Tompkins County's Arts Council. CAP acts as an advocate for the arts, serves the public by providing services and resources for county artists and arts organizations, and encourages collaboration among arts, education, business, civic and government organizations.
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Thursday, April 16, 2015

Friday, April 10, 2015

What Is Liquid Cremation and Why Is It Illegal?

I'm a firm believer that funerals and so forth are for the living, and dead people can't always get what they want. That said, if I have my druthers, this is really what I'd want when I kick the bucket, kids. It ain't illegal in NY!

Excuse the bluntness, but once we shuffle off this mortal coil, our bodies are nothing but bags of live bacteria and dead cells. We can attempt to slow our decay (embalming), or we can preempt it with a destructive blaze (cremation). We can also dissolve our bodies with lye, using an increasingly po…

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I'm a firm believer that funerals and so forth are for the living, and dead people can't always get what they want. That said, if I have my druthers, this is really what I'd want when I kick the bucket, kids. It ain't illegal in NY!

Comics about Stuff

This is the dream.

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12:30AM on April 10. And Netflix still isn't showing #Daredevil! So much for watching it all before work.

Tuesday, April 7, 2015

Tuesday, March 31, 2015

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If I set up a rule to filter all Kickstarter and Indiegogo vaporware pitches, my inbox stays mysteriously empty.

Monday, March 30, 2015

When 'Mad Men' Ends, Does TV's Best 'Stealth Feminism' Die, Too?

"It's like, you do a movie about the Civil War, and there's slavery in it—I hope no one thinks that you're advocating slavery." Exactly right, Mr. Weiner... I've never understood complaint about MAD MEN's treatment of women when the obvious commentary is: it was pretty terrible then for working women. Also, smoking is gross.

For seven seasons, Matthew Weiner has devoted himself to creating fascinating, complicated female characters.

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"It's like, you do a movie about the Civil War, and there's slavery in it—I hope no one thinks that you're advocating slavery." Exactly right, Mr. Weiner... I've never understood complaint about MAD MEN's treatment of women when the obvious commentary is: it was pretty terrible then for working women. Also, smoking is gross.

Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Thursday, March 19, 2015

Tuesday, March 17, 2015

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"Everybody here is a fart. A LIVING FART from the butt of a lesser God." Oh, #COMMUNITY. I've missed you.

Monday, March 16, 2015

Comics about Stuff

Speed Bump

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The big day has arrived. Canceling the DVD-rental part of Netlfix, for a streaming-only lifestyle after 15 years of red envelopes. Suck for the USPS.

Friday, March 13, 2015

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Wondering why your brand new Windows PC runs like crap? Because it's full of #CRAPWARE. Just ask my dad. Here's how to fix it. http://ift.tt/1HJgNfk

How to Clean Crapware From a New PC

Wondering why your brand new Windows PC runs like crap? Because it's full of #CRAPWARE. Just ask my dad. Here's how to fix it. http://ift.tt/1HJgNfk

A new Windows PC typically comes pre-installed with shovels full of crapware you don't want. Here's how to deal with it.

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Saturday, March 7, 2015

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Lindsay (yelling in car about a grey-clad, easy-to-hit pedestrian): "'Oh and what color did you wear on your walk today?' 'Road.'"

Wednesday, March 4, 2015

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I wish I'd never read the article pointing out how so many Billy Joel songs have sound effects. Now it's all I can hear.

Tuesday, March 3, 2015

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This insprires me...to go inside and sit by the heat vent. http://ift.tt/1wMYek0

Monday, March 2, 2015

Comics about Stuff

This is like every morning for me, but I never get offered juice.

Thursday, February 26, 2015

Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Monday, February 16, 2015

Wednesday, February 11, 2015

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Moving to the country. Gonna eat me a lot of peaches. Gonna have me a lot of diarrhea.