January 2006

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Overheard on IM…

Regarding the fact that I like not having a ton of icons and graphics in GTalk/jabber…

Mathew: What, you mean I can’t see your OMG KEWL buddy icon and custom background?  Pardon me while I weep tears of bitter resentment.
Andrew: hahaha
Mathew: I am here to talk, not to let you suffer under some illusion that your ability to mix-and-match clipart will somehow make me have some deeper understanding of the artistic whimsy of your soul or some shit like that.

Bird flu! It’s new, it’s hot. It’s spreading like wildfire. Thankfully due to my excellent training in medieval history, I am well-assured that a world-reaving pandemic would never, ever spread from Turkey to lay waste to millions of people. Couldn’t happen. Wouldn’t happen. Naaaah.