December 03, 2006

Suddenly

My urban location may change, but I'm planning on keeping the last name: elissa.weichbrodt.org. Could be fun.

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April 13, 2006

In Praise of Small Biceps

As some recent referals to this blog revealed, Google-imaging for "skinny woman" (sans quotes) and digging through three pages will lead you right back here. Better yet, Google-imaging for "skinny arms" (sans quotes) has my picture on the first page of results.

I mean, let's be frank. They didn't nickname me "Steamroller" for nothing.

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August 04, 2005

An Open Letter to Those Whom My Google Juice Has Misled

Gentle Google-Sent Reader,

You came looking for animated gifs. Now, I'm torn. I don't want to get our relationship off on the wrong foot, but I feel compelled to express my utter bewilderment at your insistence on sprinkling blinking, spinning, or otherwise morphing bits of digital glitter across the web. That's coming perilously close to using the dreaded "blink" tag, and we all know what happens to people who use the "blink" tag.

Still, I feel as if I may have misled you with my blog title, and for that I am truly sorry. So, as a virtual olive branch, dear reader, I have culled online animation sites to marshall together those bits of pep that you have sought after. Unless my site tracker has deceived me, all of images are ones that some peruser or another has hoped to find within these pages. Honest.

Besides, who knows how many other folks out there are looking for that elusive animated noodle?

Finally, Gentle Reader, as I've done you a favor now I ask one in return. Please don't use these on your website.

Cordially,
- elissa

P.S. Follow the jump to find your heart's desire; it's too painful to put on the initial blog page...

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July 30, 2005

And Fish Blogging, Why Doesn't Anyone Fish Blog Anymore?

This isn't exactly something that might keep you up at night, but have you ever wondered why cats seem to enjoy the bulk of online animal celebrity, leaving man's best friend in the websites-with-cult-following dust? The New York Times has a hypothesis, and it involves fun things like voyeurism and the usual personality profiles of frequent bloggers. As an added bonus, the links scattered throughout the article will undoubtedly cheat you of minutes you can't get back:

And, yes, I think Whittier would blog if given the mental capacity.

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July 14, 2005

Indecisive? Commit your ways to Google.

I guess I missed this on its first time around, but Google Battle might just be too much fun.

Can you imagine the possibilities? If you're in an online debate and you need to whip out cold, hard statistics...

Presbyterian or Baptist?
North or South?
Apples or oranges?

If you're trying to make tough decisions...

Spaghetti or lasagna for dinner?
Red dress or black dress for your date?
Law or medicine as a career path?

Or if you want to see how your alma mater stacks up against old rivals.

Covenant College or Bryan College?
Covenant College or Milligan College?
Covenant College or Wheaton College?

Sweet are the wonders of the decontextualized popularity statistic.

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