Indistinguishable from Jesse » Humor

Eye of the beholder

Jesse Ruderman — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 08:06:11 +0000

"Something in your eyes" = poetically romantic

"Something in your eye" = allegorically judgmental

"Something in my eye" = painfully annoying

Earth complaint department

Jesse Ruderman — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 02:23:51 +0000

Finally, a bug-tracking system for everything. The priorities, severities, products, and components are great.

Help combat global warming

Jesse Ruderman — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 08:45:57 +0000

Mike Shaver and Johnny Stenback are doing their part. Are you?

MIT City Car

Jesse Ruderman — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 04:52:30 +0000

The MIT City Car page says:

The City car is NOT a replacement for personal vehicles, taxis, buses, or trucks...

It may, however, be a replacement for the Segway.

Tools of Satan

Jesse Ruderman — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 21:46:48 +0000

Last night, while I was trying to fall asleep, it occurred to me that religious days of rest might seem arbitrary to people living near the International Date Line. I got up and searched Google for "international date line" sabbath, thinking I might at least come across someone else who had also wondered about the same thing. What I didn't expect to find was multiple pages arguing that the International Date Line is a tool of Satan. I also found a lengthy rebuttal. Who knew that datekeeping could be so controversial?

Could this be turned into a game? Perhaps one player picks a seemingly uncontroversial object or concept, and another player must invent a story or argument that makes it out to be either the root of all evil or mankind's salvation. For example:

PODASIP: Spoons are corrupting and should be eradicated.

Meeting spot

Jesse Ruderman — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 05:42:54 +0000

Google suggests holding tomorrow's leak meeting on a cruise ship.

Somehow I don't think that would work very well. Leaks and ships don't get along perfectly.