Gout Files: 9/16

Kate and I went to all-you-can-eat-crab night at Looies last night…I’m 90% sure I overdid it. Not only from the standpoint of what is and is not socially acceptable to consume in a public setting, but more from the angle that I have gout, and this crap is horrible for my body.

delicous little bastards

delicous little bastards

So right now, my bloodstream is the site of a strange battle between ibuprofen and acids trying their best to crystalize. My toe is about 5000 degrees, but pain-free thus far. Godspeed, brave ibuprofen. Godspeed.

Taxation with Representation

This is pretty awesome…

...looks about right

...looks about right

…playing a little solitaire…listening to a little drivel. All in all, pretty good day at work. With Obama’s popularity down to 45% and this shit going down on the House floor, we might not bankrupt ourselves after all.

Special shout out the Representative watching the baseball game on the left. Nice work on the MLB.com package.

Microsoft Faux Pas

This is pretty ridiculous…and funny. Apparently the Polish hate black people. Microsoft posted this on the English site…

from the English site...

from the English site...

…and this bad boy on their Polish site:

...and from the Polish site.

...and from the Polish site.

They must not have Photoshop over at the Microsoft campus. I could see how making that little swap-er-oo could be difficult using MS Paint. They could at very least have used the spray paint tool to lighten up the dude’s hand…just a suggestion.