The Poverty Jet Set

Two things of note have crossed my ‘desk’ today that I’d like to shovel over to your ‘desk’ for consideration:

First: via Geekadelphia, via Man in Blue:

Next, via Liza, via xkcd:

I took a couple grabs of my computer screen yesterday because I thought I saw something in them. A sign of the times, if you will. I lament this because I spend WAY too much time on the Internet and am blogging about screenshots (ugh.) and because they’re inside jokes for the Innnnernet wonkies in the house. First, fellow Twitter fanatics will get the same sinking feeling (exhibit A) I get from this one:

Second, my friend Dorothy posted these consecutive lil’ rants on Facebook (exhibit B) that made me laugh out loud (ie: LOL). She really is a funny girl, though. You should read her blog, too.