Discombobulated Thursday: Apparently IMBT

I'm kind of all over the place today so I apologize in advance...

Everyone's been posting Steve Jobs' Stanford commencement address.  If you haven't already watched it, you should.  It's inspiring.  And sad.  But also happy.  Here:

If, like me, you're now curious about the Whole Earth Catalog he mentioned, here's their site.

This is also fascinating.

And finally, did you hear about this?  CRAY-CRAY.

Our family's first computer was an old school Macintosh that my dad built himself.  It took actually-floppy floppy disks.  My current MacBook Pro and iPod have traveled the world with me.  33% of YOU, the readers of this blog, are viewing this on a Mac, iPhone, or iPad.

We'll miss you Steve.



Completely unrelated, and because I think we could all use some joy, check out this crazy awesome (but maybe a little creepy) new Florence + The Machine Video:

Also, in addition to it being my BFF Lisa's bday, yesterday was also Kate Winslet AND Guy Pearce's birthdays!  Both!  On the same day!  Why is this a thing?  Because they're our prize Emmy winners, duh.  So HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the both of you <3

Lastly, I WANT TO BE THIS GUY:

Seriously, why can't that be my life?

No One's Best Thing: Natural Disasters

Earlier this week, as an earthquake rattled the East Coast, Twitter exploded, we West Coast-ers giggled, which made the East Coast mad, but then they giggled too.  The end result:

Here are a few more pictures of the epic devastation.

But now people are boarding up their windows and fleeing their homes in preparation for the arrival of Hurricane Irene.  New York, Maryland, Virginia and South Carolina have all declared states of emergency.  The Weather Channel is calling it an "extreme" and "extraordinary" threat.

I mean, this is really scary right?

To my family, friends, and readers who might be in Irene's path: PLEASE please do what you need to do to protect your home and get yourself and your pets (read this if you have one) out of harm's way.  Seriously, stop reading this right now and GO.

In the meantime I will be praying you all stay safe.  <3

PS.  Are there really people out there still doubting global warming/global weirding?  Really?  If so, they need to WAKE THE F*CK UP.